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. 1982 Feb;21(2):341–343. doi: 10.1128/aac.21.2.341

In vitro activity of N-formimidoyl thienamycin and other beta-lactam antibiotics against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

R L Thompson, K A Fisher, R P Wenzel
PMCID: PMC181885  PMID: 6951505

Abstract

Of 43 isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 90% were inhibited by 8 micrograms or less of N-formimidoyl thienamycin per ml by the agar-dilution technique. Cefamandole, cefotaxime, cefoperazone, moxalactam, and cefsulodin showed relatively poor activity. Vancomycin was the most active compound by weight, inhibiting 93% of strains at 1 microgram/ml.

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