Lincomycins in the Treatment of Bacteroides Infections
- 29 January 1972
- Vol. 1 (5795) , 280-282
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.5795.280
Abstract
Lincomycin, or the closely related derivative clindamycin, was used to treat six patients with bacteroides infection. In five of the six there was a rapid clinical response to the treatment. Lincomycin and clindamycin seem to be the antibiotics of choice for such infections.Keywords
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