Open AccessEffects of a Vancomycin-Rifampin Combination on Enterococci
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.22.5.915
Subject(s) - vancomycin , vancomycin resistant enterococci , microbiology and biotechnology , enterococcus , antibiotics , medicine , gram positive bacterial infections , antibacterial agent , biology , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , genetics
By the time-kill curve method, a vancomycin-rifampin combination showed neither synergism nor antagonism against 43 of 48 strains of enterococci. Antagonism was demonstrated against five strains.
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