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. 1976 Sep;10(3):569–570. doi: 10.1128/aac.10.3.569

Inhibition of Antibiotic Activity In Vitro by Synthetic Melanin

Michael Barza *, Jules Baum , Anne Kane
PMCID: PMC429790  PMID: 984797

Abstract

Synthetic melanin (100 to 1,000 μg/ml) markedly inhibited the in vitro activity of aminoglycosides and tetracyclines but did not affect the activity of betalactam antibiotics, erythromycin, or clindamycin.

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