In vitro activities of an investigational quinolone, glycylcycline, glycopeptide, streptogramin, and oxazolidinone tested alone and in combinations against vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1997 Nov;41(11):2573-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.41.11.2573.

Abstract

We evaluated the in vitro activities of clinafloxacin, CL331,002, LY333328, quinupristin dalfopristin, and eperezolid (formerly known as U-100,592) against four strains of enterococci. All regimens tested resulted in the growth inhibition of each isolate. Against the three clinafloxacin-susceptible strains, clinafloxacin tested alone was the most active treatment, decreasing the bacterial inoculum by more than 3 log10 CFU/ml after 24 h in time-kill curve studies.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • 4-Quinolones
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology

Substances

  • 4-Quinolones
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Drug Combinations
  • Vancomycin