| Literature DB >> 10508047 |
M Backo1, E Gaenger, A Burkart, Y L Chai, A S Bayer.
Abstract
We evaluated several 3-day antimicrobial regimens in the treatment of experimental endocarditis caused by an oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain exhibiting intermediate susceptibility in vitro to vancomycin (VISA). Neither vancomycin alone nor trovafloxacin exhibited in vivo efficacy; addition of amikacin to vancomycin yielded a modest in vivo effect. In contrast, the combination of ampicillin and sulbactam was highly effective in vivo, causing a mean decrease in VISA vegetation densities of >5 log(10) CFU/g versus those of untreated controls.Entities:
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 1999 PMID: 10508047 PMCID: PMC89523 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.43.10.2565
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191