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. 1995 May;39(5):1166–1168. doi: 10.1128/aac.39.5.1166

Antimicrobial activities of beta-lactam antibiotics and gentamicin against penicillin-susceptible and penicillin-resistant pneumococci.

M E Gross 1, K P Giron 1, J D Septimus 1, E O Mason Jr 1, D M Musher 1
PMCID: PMC162702  PMID: 7625807

Abstract

The MICs of penicillin and cefotaxime for a range of penicillin-susceptible and penicillin-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae were unchanged by the addition of gentamicin. In time-kill studies the rate of killing was greater for 18 of 20 isolates in the presence of gentamicin. However, mean differences in killing after 6 h of incubation were modest, not exceeding 1 log10 unit.

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