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Activity of clinafloxacin, trovafloxacin, quinupristin/dalfopristin, and other antimicrobial agents versus Staphylococcus aureus isolates with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin

Michael A. Cohen, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1999 - 
- Vol. 33, Iss: 1, pp 43-46
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ClinafloxacIn testing here by broth microdilution according to NCCLS guidelines and applying vancomycin breakpoint criteria, two of three strains were susceptible to vancomYcin rather than intermediate (MICs at 8 micrograms/mL) as previously reported by other laboratories.
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This article is published in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease.The article was published on 1999-01-01. It has received 19 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dalfopristin & Quinupristin/dalfopristin.

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Antimicrobial efficacy of riboflavin/UVA combination (365 nm) in vitro for bacterial and fungal isolates: a potential new treatment for infectious keratitis.

TL;DR: Riboflavin/UVA was effective against SA, SE, PA, MRSA, MDRPA, and DRSP, but was ineffective on CA and has the potential for use in treatment of microbial keratitis in the future.
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Quinupristin-Dalfopristin and Linezolid: Evidence and Opinion

TL;DR: Quinupristin-dalfopristin and linezolid demonstrate in vitro activity against a wide range of gram-positive bacteria, including many isolates resistant to earlier antimicrobials.
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Treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections with quinupristin–dalfopristin in patients intolerant of or failing prior therapy

TL;DR: Quinupristin-dalfopristin should be considered as a treatment option for infections caused by MRSA, especially in patients intolerant of or failing alternate therapy.
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Emerging options for treatment of invasive, multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

TL;DR: Treatment options for MRSA including linezolid, quinupristin‐dalfopristin, daptomycin, and tigecycline are being reexplored in the setting of increasing concern over MRSA acquired in the community setting.
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Clinafloxacin versus Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Treatment of Patients with Severe Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

TL;DR: Clinafloxacin monotherapy was equivalent in effectiveness to therapy with piperacillin-tazobactam plus optional vancomycin in the treatment of hospitalized patients with severe SSTIs, although no differences were statistically significant.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical strain with reduced vancomycin susceptibility.

TL;DR: Therapy was resumed with the com -bination of arbekacin and ampicillin/sulbactam which has been shown to have synergic activity against MRSA.
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Dissemination in Japanese hospitals of strains of Staphylococcus aureus heterogeneously resistant to vancomycin

TL;DR: Heterogeneously resistant VRSA was found in hospitals throughout Japan, which could explain, at least partly, the frequent therapeutic failure of MRSA infection with vancomycin in Japan.
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Co-transfer of vancomycin and other resistance genes from Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 12201 to Staphylococcus aureus

TL;DR: Conjugative transfer, in the apparent absence of plasmid DNA, of high-level vancomycin resistance from Enterococcus faecalis NCTC 12201 to Staphylococcus aureus B111 has been demonstrated and transfer of erythromycin and of chloramphenicol resistance has been achieved.
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Characterization of Staphylococci with Reduced Susceptibilities to Vancomycin and Other Glycopeptides

TL;DR: B strains of staphylococci with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides, such as vancomycin, are best detected in the laboratory by nonautomated quantitative tests incubated for a full 24 h.
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