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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2003, p. 2644-2645, Vol. 47, No. 8
0066-4804/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.8.2644-2645.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

In Vitro Activities of Tigecycline (GAR-936) and 12 Other Antimicrobial Agents against 90 Eikenella corrodens Clinical Isolates

Emilia Cercenado,* Sonia Cercenado, and Emilio Bouza

Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital General Universitario "Gregorio Marañón," Madrid, Spain

Received 27 February 2003/ Returned for modification 3 April 2003/ Accepted 9 May 2003

The activity of tigecycline was compared with those of other antimicrobials against 90 isolates of Eikenella corrodens. The MIC at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited was 2 µg/ml for tigecycline and 1, <=0.5/0.25, 0.5, <=0.12, <=2, and 0.5 µg/ml for ampicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, cefotaxime, imipenem, chloramphenicol, and ciprofloxacin, respectively.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital General Universitario "Gregorio Marañón," Dr. Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain. Phone: 34-91-586-8459. Fax: 34-91-504-4906. E-mail: ecercenado{at}teleline.es.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2003, p. 2644-2645, Vol. 47, No. 8
0066-4804/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.8.2644-2645.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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