Activity of Eleven Antimicrobial Agents against Methicillin-, Methicillin- and Rifampin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Chemotherapy
- Vol. 30 (2) , 97-101
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000238254
Abstract
Activity of eleven antimicrobial agents against methicillin-, methicillin- and rifampin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was studied using a microtiter broth dilution technique. Coumermycin was the most active agent. Vancomycin, rifampin, fusidic acid and N-formimidoyl-thienamycin showed excellent activity aginst methicillin-resistant St. aureus (MRSA). Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern was similar for MRSA and methicillin- and rifampin-resistant St. aureus. 8% of MRSA were resistant to trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole.Keywords
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