Inhibition of Antibiotic Activity In Vitro by Synthetic Melanin
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 10 (3) , 569-570
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.10.3.569
Abstract
Synthetic melanin (100 to 1,000 μg/ml) markedly inhibited the in vitro activity of aminoglycosides and tetracyclines but did not affect the activity of betalactam antibiotics, erythromycin, or clindamycin.Keywords
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