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The effects of single and combined antibiotics on the growth of Legionella pneumophila using time-kill studies.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jul 1990
Barker J E, Farrell I D
Abstract excerpt
The combinations of erythromycin with rifampicin, with ciprofloxacin or with amoxycillin, and ciprofloxacin plus rifampicin were tested by the time-kill curve method to assess their bactericidal activity against Legionella pneumophila. Rifampicin-resistant strains were found in broth cultures of the micro-organism even before exposure to the drug. In the presence of MBCs of rifampicin, the sensitive organisms...
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