| Literature DB >> 15504874 |
Kim L Credito1, Peter C Appelbaum.
Abstract
Agar dilution MIC was used to compare activities of OPT-80, linezolid, vancomycin, teicoplanin, quinupristin/dalfopristin, amoxicillin/clavulanate, imipenem, clindamycin, and metronidazole against 350 gram-positive and -negative anaerobes. OPT-80 was active against gram-positive strains only, especially Clostridium spp. (85 strains tested, including 21 strains of C. difficile), with MICs ranging between </=0.016 and 0.25 microg/ml.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15504874 PMCID: PMC525447 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.11.4430-4434.2004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191