Affiliation:
1. Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital, and University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Ceftobiprole is a novel broad-spectrum cephalosporin that binds with high affinity to PBP 2a, the methicillin-resistance determinant of staphylococci, and is active against methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
. Ceftobiprole was compared to vancomycin in a rabbit model of methicillin-resistant
S
.
aureus
aortic valve endocarditis. Ceftobiprole and vancomycin were equally effective against endocarditis caused by methicillin-resistant
S
.
aureus
strain 76, whereas ceftobiprole was more effective than vancomycin against the vancomycin-intermediate
S
.
aureus
strain HIP5836. The activity of ceftobiprole against drug-resistant strains of
S
.
aureus
warrants its further clinical development.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology
Cited by
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