| Literature DB >> 27021326 |
David J Farrell1, Rodrigo E Mendes1, Mariana Castanheira1, Ronald N Jones2.
Abstract
Fusidic acid (FA) activity was evaluated against 2,002 clinical staphylococcal isolates collected in U.S. hospitals during 2014. FA (MIC50/90, 0.12/0.12 μg/ml) inhibited 99.8% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates at ≤1 μg/ml. Only four S. aureus isolates displayed FA values of >2 μg/ml (three strains with fusC and one with an L461K substitution in fusA), and they were isolated from patients in four states. In conclusion, FA demonstrated sustained, potent activity against this recent collection of U.S. staphylococci.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27021326 PMCID: PMC4879425 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00238-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191