ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF BETA-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS AND GENTAMICIN AGAINST PENICILLIN-SUSCEPTIBLE AND PENICILLIN-RESISTANT PNEUMOCOCCI

Authors
GROSS ME GIRON KP SEPTIMUS JD MASON EO MUSHER DM
Citation
Me. Gross et al., ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF BETA-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS AND GENTAMICIN AGAINST PENICILLIN-SUSCEPTIBLE AND PENICILLIN-RESISTANT PNEUMOCOCCI, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 39(5), 1995, pp. 1166-1168
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy",Microbiology
Journal title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00664804
Volume
39
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1166 - 1168
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(1995)39:5<1166:AAOBAA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The MICs of penicillin and cefotaxime for a range of penicillin-suscep tible and penicillin-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae we re unchanged by the addition of gentamicin. In time-kill studies the r ate of killing was greater for 18 of 20 isolates in the presence of ge ntamicin. However, mean differences in killing after 6 h of incubation were modest, not exceeding 1 log(10) unit.