| Literature DB >> 15808321 |
Samuel K Bouchillon1, Daryl J Hoban, Brian M Johnson, Tim M Stevens, Michael J Dowzicky, David H Wu, Patricia A Bradford.
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Tigecycline is the first glycylcycline antimicrobial in phase III clinical trials. This study compares the in vitro activity of tigecycline to 12 other predominately broad-spectrum antimicrobials against 3049 recent inpatient isolates from 38 clinical centers in 17 countries. The minimum concentration at which tigecycline inhibited 90% of the isolates for the entire collection, excluding Pseudomonas aeruginosa, was 1 microg/mL, including vancomycin-resistant enterococci-, extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-resistant phenotypes.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15808321 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.11.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803