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. 1981 Jul;20(1):10–14. doi: 10.1128/aac.20.1.10

Experimental endocarditis caused by Streptococcus sanguis: single and combined antibiotic therapy.

M V Vicente, T Olay, A Rodríguez
PMCID: PMC181623  PMID: 7283409

Abstract

The effectiveness of penicillin G, fosfomycin, and cefoxitin alone and in combination was studied in vitro and in the treatment of left-sided Streptococcus sanguis endocarditis in rabbits. In vitro, the combinations penicillin G plus fosfomycin, penicillin G plus cefoxitin, and fosfomycin plus cefoxitin were synergistic or partially synergistic for S sanguis. Therapy with the combinations was more effective in eradicating the species from cardiac vegetations that was that with each antibiotic used alone.

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