In vitro activity of ceftaroline against Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates exhibiting resistance to penicillin, amoxicillin, and cefotaxime

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Nov;52(11):4209-10. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00712-08. Epub 2008 Aug 25.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Amoxicillin / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cefotaxime / pharmacology
  • Ceftaroline
  • Cephalosporin Resistance
  • Cephalosporins / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Penicillin Resistance
  • Penicillins / pharmacology
  • Pneumococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Pneumococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / drug effects*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cephalosporins
  • Penicillins
  • Amoxicillin
  • Cefotaxime