Effect of Clavulanic Acid on Anaerobic Bacteria Resistant to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics
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- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 13 (1) , 130-133
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.13.1.130
Abstract
The minimum inhibitory concentrations of penicillin and cephalothin necessary to inhibit growth of most anaerobic bacteria were reduced to a susceptible level by 1 to 5 μg of clavulanic acid per ml. In most cases, minimum inhibitory concentrations of cefoxitin were not affected.Keywords
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