Affiliation:
1. Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112.
Abstract
A total of 435 clinical isolates of anaerobes were tested with a broth microdilution method to determine the activity of BAY y 3118 compared with those of other agents against anaerobic bacteria. All strains of Bacteroides capillosus, Prevotella spp., Porphyromonas spp., Fusobacterium spp., Clostridium spp., Eubacterium spp., Peptostreptococcus spp., and Veillonella parvula were susceptible (MICs of < or = 2 micrograms/ml) to BAY y 3118. Against the 315 strains of the Bacteroides fragilis group, five strains required elevated MICs (> or = 4 micrograms/ml) of BAY y 3118. Only imipenem and metronidazole were active against all anaerobes. Overall, BAY y 3118 was more active than ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, piperacillin, cefotaxime, and clindamycin against the test isolates.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology
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