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. 1987 Nov;31(11):1841–1842. doi: 10.1128/aac.31.11.1841

In vitro susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae to cefixime.

M Powell 1, J D Williams 1
PMCID: PMC175049  PMID: 3501703

Abstract

The in vitro activity of cefixime against 2,458 clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae was determined. All the strains were inhibited by less than or equal to 2 micrograms of cefixime per ml, and the modal MIC was 0.03 micrograms/ml. Activity was unaffected by the presence of beta-lactamase produced by 157 isolates. Nineteen of the twenty-four isolates for which cefixime MICs were greater than or equal to 0.5 micrograms/ml were beta-lactamase negative but showed reduced susceptibility to ampicillin.

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