Effect of Clavulanic Acid on Anaerobic Bacteria Resistant to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Effect of Clavulanic Acid on Anaerobic Bacteria Resistant to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics

Published:1978-01 Issue:1 Volume:13 Page:130-133
ISSN:0066-4804
Container-title:Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
language:en
Short-container-title:Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Author:

Wüst Jürg¹,Wilkins Tracy D.²

Affiliation:

1. Institute for Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, CH-8028 Zurich, Switzerland,

2. Anaerobe Laboratory, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

Abstract

The minimum inhibitory concentrations of penicillin and cephalothin necessary to inhibit growth of most anaerobic bacteria were reduced to a susceptible level by 1 to 5 μg of clavulanic acid per ml. In most cases, minimum inhibitory concentrations of cefoxitin were not affected.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AAC.13.1.130

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