Antimicrobial activity of DU-6681a, a parent compound of novel oral carbapenem DZ-2640.

doi:10.1128/AAC.41.6.1260

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Antimicrobial activity of DU-6681a, a parent compound of novel oral carbapenem DZ-2640.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 1997

Tanaka M, Hohmura M, Nishi T, Sato K, Hayakawa I

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The in vitro antibacterial activity of DU-6681a, a parent compound of DZ-2640, against gram-positive and -negative bacteria was compared with those of penems and cephalosporins currently available. MICs at which 90% of the isolates are inhibited (MIC90s) of the compound for clinical isolates of m...

Topics

Administration, Oral
Carbapenems
Dipeptidases
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Enzyme Stability
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Gram-Positive Bacteria
Humans
Kinetics
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mutation
beta-Lactamases

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