Can interchangeability of lincosamides be assumed in clinical practice? Comparative MICs of clindamycin and lincomycin for Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Mar;69(3):856-7. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt436. Epub 2013 Oct 28.

Authors

Michelle C Porter¹, Barbara A Henderson, Paul E Healy, Geoffrey W Coombs, Paul R Ingram, Duncan McLellan, Benjamin Clark

Affiliation

¹ PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

PMID: 24164721
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt436

No abstract available

Keywords: L-phenotype; antibiotic stewardship; lnu.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Clindamycin / pharmacology*
Humans
Lincomycin / pharmacology*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
Streptococcus agalactiae / drug effects*
Streptococcus agalactiae / isolation & purification
Streptococcus pyogenes / drug effects*
Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Clindamycin
Lincomycin