COMPARISON OF ANTIBIOTIC COMBINATIONS AGAINST PENICILLIN-RESISTANT PNEUMOCOCCI

Authors
CASSINAT B NICOLAS MH
Citation
B. Cassinat et Mh. Nicolas, COMPARISON OF ANTIBIOTIC COMBINATIONS AGAINST PENICILLIN-RESISTANT PNEUMOCOCCI, Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 34(5), 1994, pp. 785-790
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Journal title
Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
03057453
Volume
34
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
785 - 790
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-7453(1994)34:5<785:COACAP>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The isolation rate of penicillin resistant pneumococci is increasing i n France. To date, cefotaxime and ceftriaxone are the two drugs recomm ended for the treatment of severe infections and oral third generation cephalosporins are frequently employed for the treatment of non-invas ive pneumococcal diseases. In this study, we determined the bacteriost atic activity of 21 antibiotic combinations against 13 clinical isolat es of Streptococcus pneumoniae with MICs greater than or equal to 0.1 mg/L penicillin and 13 strains that were susceptible.