Activities of Gatifloxacin Compared to Those of Seven Other Agents against Anaerobic Organisms

The agar dilution MIC was used to compare activities of gatifloxacin with those of ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, trovafloxacin, ampicillin, ampicillin-sulbactam, clindamycin, and metronidazole against 351 anaerobes. Overall MICs at which 50% of the isolates are inhibited and MICs at which 90% of the isolates are inhibited (in micrograms per milliliter) were as follows: gatifloxacin, 0.5 and 4; ciprofloxacin, 2 and 32; sparfloxacin, 2 and 8; trovafloxacin, 1 and 4; ampicillin, 1 and 64; ampicillin-sulbactam, 0.5 and 4; clindamycin, 0.125 and 8; and metronidazole, 1 and >16, respectively. Gatifloxacin MICs were similar to those of trovafloxacin in all organism groups.