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  • Title: Susceptibility testing interpretive criteria for levofloxacin when testing respiratory pathogens, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis.
    Author: Cormican MG, Erwin ME, Marshall SA, Jones RN.
    Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis; 1996 Mar; 24(3):155-60. PubMed ID: 8724401.
    Abstract:
    The more active L-isomer, levofloxacin, of the racemic ofloxacin mixture has been under development for therapeutic use. In this study, we evaluated the activity of ofloxacin, levofloxacin, and D-ofloxacin against the fastidious respiratory tract pathogens Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis. Levofloxacin was two-fold more active than ofloxacin against H. influenzae (MIC90, 0.015 microgram/ml), and D-ofloxacin was least active (MIC90, 1 microgram/ml). For M. catarrhalis the MIC90 values were 0.03 microgram/ml, 0.06 microgram/ml, and 2 micrograms/ml for levofloxacin, ofloxacin, and D-ofloxacin, respectively. For disk diffusion susceptibility testing, Chocolate Mueller-Hinton agar (CMH) was considered preferable to Haemophilus test medium (HTM) because it supported the growth of all of 105 H. influenzae strains whereas five strains failed to grow on HTM. In addition, the margins of the zones of inhibition were more distinct on CMH and the Haemophilus species strains with elevated fluoroquinolone MICs were readily distinguished. The superior growth on CMH was reflected in a reduction of inhibition zone diameters of 2-3 mm relative to the inhibition zone diameters on HTM. The previously proposed interpretive criteria for the 5 microgram disk diffusion susceptibility test (susceptible at > or = 17 mm) results in complete categorical agreement with the reference microdilution broth method for M. catarrhalis on Mueller Hinton agar and for H. influenzae on HTM and CMH. However, the minimum diameter of the zone of inhibition recorded for a member of the dominant population of either species was considerably greater (25 mm) than 17 mm on any of the media tested.
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