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The microbiological intent-to-treat (MITT) population included 1,042 patients from which 685\n                    <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">S. aureus<\/jats:named-content>\n                    isolates were submitted for identification and susceptibility testing per CLSI guidelines at the central laboratory (JMI Laboratories, North Liberty, IA). The comparator fluoroquinolone antibiotics included levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin. Nonsusceptibility to these antibiotics was determined using CLSI breakpoints.\n                    <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">S. aureus<\/jats:named-content>\n                    isolates were 33.7% levofloxacin nonsusceptible (LVX-NS). The delafloxacin MIC\n                    <jats:sub>90<\/jats:sub>\n                    values against levofloxacin-nonsusceptible\n                    <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">S. aureus<\/jats:named-content>\n                    , methicillin-resistant\n                    <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">S. aureus<\/jats:named-content>\n                    (MRSA), and methicillin-susceptible\n                    <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">S. aureus<\/jats:named-content>\n                    isolates were all 0.25 \u03bcg\/ml. Delafloxacin demonstrated high rates of microbiological response against LVX-NS isolates as well as isolates with documented mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR).\n                    <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">S. aureus<\/jats:named-content>\n                    was eradicated or presumed eradicated in 98.4% (245\/249) of delafloxacin-treated patients. Similar eradication rates were observed for delafloxacin-treated subjects with levofloxacin-nonsusceptible\n                    <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">S. aureus<\/jats:named-content>\n                    isolates (80\/81; 98.8%) and MRSA isolates (70\/71; 98.6%). Microbiological response rates of 98.6% were observed with delafloxacin-treated subjects with\n                    <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">S. aureus<\/jats:named-content>\n                    isolates with the S84L mutation in\n                    <jats:italic>gyrA<\/jats:italic>\n                    and the S80Y mutation in\n                    <jats:italic>parC<\/jats:italic>\n                    , the most commonly observed mutations in global phase 3 studies. The data suggest that delafloxacin could be a good option for the treatment of infections caused by\n                    <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">S. aureus<\/jats:named-content>\n                    isolates causing ABSSSI, including MRSA isolates, where high rates of ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin nonsusceptibility are observed. 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