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Activities of the combination of quinupristin-dalfopristin with rifampin in vitro and in experimental endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus strains with various phenotypes of resistance to macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin antibiotics.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2001
Zarrouk V, Bozdogan B, Leclercq R, Garry L, Feger C, Carbon C, Fantin B
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We evaluated the activities of quinupristin-dalfopristin (Q-D), alone or in combination with rifampin, against three strains of Staphylococcus aureus susceptible to rifampin (MIC, 0.06 microg/ml) and to Q-D (MICs, 0.5 to 1 microg/ml) but displaying various phenotypes of resistance to macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin antibiotics: S. aureus HM1054 was susceptible to quinupristin and dalfopristin (MICs of 8 and 4...
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