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. 1989 Jan;33(1):128–130. doi: 10.1128/aac.33.1.128

Ciprofloxacin for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

E A Piercy 1, D Barbaro 1, J P Luby 1, P A Mackowiak 1
PMCID: PMC171438  PMID: 2712546

Abstract

Thirty-seven patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections and/or colonization were treated with oral ciprofloxacin (750 mg twice a day). Clinical cure or improvement of infections occurred in 91% of the patients, and bacteriologic cure occurred in 60%. Ciprofloxacin therapy suppressed methicillin-resistant S. aureus colonization in 55% of the patients. Ciprofloxacin-resistant strains emerged in 6 of the 37 patients.

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