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. 1980 Oct;18(4):645–648. doi: 10.1128/aac.18.4.645

Comparative in vitro activity of moxalactam, cefotaxime, cefoperazone, piperacillin, and aminoglycosides against gram-negative bacilli.

T O Kurtz, D J Winston, J A Hindler, L S Young, W L Hewitt, W J Martin
PMCID: PMC284064  PMID: 6255864

Abstract

The in vitro activities of four new beta-lactam antimicrobial agents (moxalactam, cefotaxime, cefoperazone, and piperacillin) and the aminoglycosides against 744 recent clinical isolates of facultative gram-negative bacilli were compared simultaneously by the agar dilution method. The major in vitro difference of these newer beta-lactam compounds appeared to be their antipseudomonal activity; cefoperazone was the most active, whereas cefotaxime had the least potency. The aminoglycosides, however, had the most effective in vitro activity on a weight basis against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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