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F García-Garrote

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In vitro activity of linezolid against multiply resistant Gram-positive clinical isolates.

The in vitro activity of the oxazolidinone linezolid was compared with the activities of vancomycin and teicoplanin against 450 Gram-positive clinical isolates, including a variety of multiply resistant strains. Linezolid inhibited all microorganisms tested at < or = 4 mg/L, including methicillin- and teicoplanin-resistant staphylococci, glycopeptide-resistant enterococci, penicillin- and multiply resistant pneumococci and viridans streptococci, and erythromycin-resistant beta-haemolytic streptococci. The MIC(90) of linezolid for all isolates was 2 mg/L.

Acetamides↗

Comparative in vitro activity of the new quinolone gemifloxacin (SB-265805) with other fluoroquinolones against respiratory tract pathogens.

The in vitro activity of gemifloxacin (SB-265805) was compared with that of other fluoroquinolones against 302 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, 300 clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae and 28 clinical isolates of Moraxella catarrhalis, including multiply resistant strains. Gemifloxacin at 0.12 mg/L inhibited all microorganisms tested. MIC(90) values of gemifloxacin, trovafloxacin, grepafloxacin and levofloxacin against all (630) isolates tested were 0.03, 0.12, 0.12 and 1 mg/L, respectively. MIC(90) values of the same fluoroquinolones against S. pneumoniae were 0.06, 0.25, 0.12 and 1 mg/L, respectively.

Anti-Infective Agents↗

In vitro activity of the new quinolone moxifloxacin (Bay 12-8039) against resistant gram-positive clinical isolates.

The novel 8-methoxyquinolone, moxifloxacin (Bay 12-8039), was compared with ciprofloxacin and eight other antimicrobials for activity against 425 strains Gram-positive clinical isolates, including 73 methicillin-resistant staphylococci, 35 vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and 80 penicillin- or eythromycin-resistant streptococci. Overall, 82% of the strains were inhibited at < or = 2 micrograms/mL. Moxifloxacin was more active than ciprofloxacin against staphylococci (8- to 32-fold), enterococci (0- to 16-fold), pneumococci (16-fold) and other streptococci (4- to 16-fold) when MIC90 results were compared. Moxifloxacin demonstrated good activity against all Gram-positive isolates tested except for ciprofloxacin-resistant enterococci (MIC90, 32 micrograms/mL) and methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MIC90, 8 micrograms/mL). Clinical trials should be initiated to define the role of this new quinolone.

Anti-Infective Agents↗

In vitro activity of the new glycopeptide LY333328 against multiply resistant gram-positive clinical isolates.

The in vitro activity of LY333328 was compared with those of vancomycin and teicoplanin against 425 gram-positive clinical isolates, including a variety of multiply resistant strains. LY333328 at </=4 microgram/ml inhibited all microorganisms tested, including methicillin- and teicoplanin-resistant staphylococci, glycopeptide-resistant enterococci, penicillin- and multiply resistant pneumococci, and viridans and beta-hemolytic streptococci.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗

Comparison of broth microdilution method using Haemophilus test medium and agar dilution method for susceptibility testing of Eikenella corrodens.

Susceptibility testing of Eikenella corrodens is usually performed by a Mueller-Hinton sheep blood agar dilution (AD) method. However, this method is impractical for testing only a few strains. We compared AD with the broth microdilution method using Haemophilus test medium (HTM) in order to determine the susceptibility of 36 clinical isolates of E. corrodens to eight antimicrobial agents. MICs obtained by the HTM method yielded 95.5 and 84% agreement (within 2 and 1 log2 dilutions, respectively) with those obtained by AD. The HTM method with incubation in CO2 for 48 h was highly reproducible and constitutes an easy alternative for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of E. corrodens.

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