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Synergy characterization for Enterococcus faecalis strains displaying moderately high-level gentamicin and
C E Bantar1, M Micucci, L Fernandez Canigia
1Laboratorio de Bacteriología Clínica, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
Synergy of 14 Enterococcus faecalis strains displaying moderately high-level aminoglycoside resistance (MICs, 500 and 256 to 1,000 micrograms/ml for gentamicin and streptomycin, respectively) was characterized by time-kill studies. All strains proved resistant to penicillin plus the respective aminoglycoside. Strains with moderately high-level aminoglycoside resistance should be considered to exhibit high-level resistance in severe infections.