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6958215

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
The minimal bactericidal concentrations of N-formimidoyl thienamycin (N-f-thienamycin) against 21 strains of enterococci isolated from patients with infective endocarditis were determined by macro- and microdilution methods. By a macrodilution technique with the minimal bactericidal concentration defined as greater than or equal to 99.9% killing of an initial inoculum, all 21 strains of enterococci were found to have minimal bactericidal concentration/minimal inhibitory concentration ratios of greater than or equal to 32. The mean minimal inhibitory concentration was 1.5 micrograms/ml (range, 0.5 to 4 micrograms/ml), and the minimal bactericidal concentration was greater than or equal to 128 micrograms/ml. The disparity between the results of our study and those published elsewhere, which reported that N-f-thienamycin is bactericidal in vitro against enterococci, may represent the relative insensitivity of the microdilution method in determining greater than or equal to 99.9% killing. The lack of in vitro bactericidal activity of N-f-thienamycin against enterococci was confirmed in vivo in the rabbit model of experimental endocarditis. N-f-Thienamycin was no more effective than penicillin alone in the treatment of experimental enterococcal endocarditis and was less effective than the combination of penicillin and gentamicin. The results indicate that N-f-thienamycin should not be used alone in the treatment of enterococcal endocarditis.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0066-4804
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
448-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Lack of in vivo and in vitro bactericidal activity of N-formimidoyl thienamycin against enterococci.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't