Open AccessSynergism Between Vancomycin and Gentamicin or Tobramycin for Methicillin-Susceptible and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains
Author(s) -
Chatrchai Watanakunakorn,
Joann C. Tisone
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.22.5.903
Subject(s) - tobramycin , gentamicin , vancomycin , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , aminoglycoside , antibacterial agent , medicine , biology , bacteria , genetics
By the time-kill curve method, the combinations of vancomycin-gentamicin and vancomycin-tobramycin were shown to be synergistic against a majority of methicillin-susceptible and -resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus.
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