TABLE 3.
Inhibitory effects of fluoroquinolones on S. pneumoniae gyrase and topoisomerase IV and on growth of S. pneumoniae 7785
| Quinolone | IC50 (μM) for:
|
MIC (μM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNA supercoiling by DNA gyrase | kDNA decatenation by topoisomerase IV | ||
| NSFQ-105 | 5–10 | 20 | 0.13–0.26 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 80 | 5 | 2.7 |