Actividad inhibitoria y bactericida de ciprofloxacina, temafloxacina y tosufloxacina sobre Staphylococcus spp. Aislados en hospitales de ciudades chilenas / Inhibitory and bactericidal activity of ciprofloxacin, temafloxacin and tosufloxacin against staphylococcus isolated from chilean hospitals

Inhibitory and bactericidal activities of ciprofoxacin, temafloxacin and tosufloxacin were determined against isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative Staphylococci from various chilean hospitals. Time-kill experiments were performed against one selected strain of each of these bacterial isolates. Tosufloxacin showed highest activity against isolates of Staphylococci either methicillin resistant and methicillin susceptible. Ciprofloxacin was slightly less active temafloxacin