In Vitro Activities of Ampicillin-Sulbactam and Amoxicillin-Clavulanic Acid against Acinetobacter baumannii
1998 ◽
Vol 36
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pp. 3415-3416
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In vitro susceptibility patterns of newer β-lactamase-inhibiting antibiotics ampicillin-sulbactam (A/S) and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (A/C) for 100 consecutive isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii obtained from various clinical samples were studied. The A/C MIC for 86% of the strains was more than 16/8 μg/ml, whereas there was an A/S MIC of more than 16/8 μg/ml for only 38% of the strains. This showed that A/S has significantly superior in vitro activity compared to A/C against A. baumannii, although, theoretically, both should have similar activities. The therapeutic superiority of A/S over A/C needs to be studied, or else the breakpoints for these agents in in vitro tests need to be redefined.
2012 ◽
Vol 3
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pp. 379-380
1992 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 11-13
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1995 ◽
Vol 5
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pp. 183-186
2004 ◽
Vol 8
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pp. 362-373
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2002 ◽
Vol 46
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pp. 4019-4021
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Vol 17
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pp. 171-175
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Vol 45
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pp. 3629-3630
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Vol 31
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pp. 1434-1437
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2020 ◽
Vol 7
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pp. S792-S793