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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2004, p. 4430-4434, Vol. 48, No. 11
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.11.4430-4434.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Activity of OPT-80, a Novel Macrocycle, Compared with Those of Eight Other Agents against Selected Anaerobic Species

Department of Pathology, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Received 16 June 2004/ Returned for modification 22 July 2004/ Accepted 26 July 2004

Agar dilution MIC was used to compare activities of OPT-80, linezolid, vancomycin, teicoplanin, quinupristin/dalfopristin, amoxicillin/clavulanate, imipenem, clindamycin, and metronidazole against 350 gram-positive and -negative anaerobes. OPT-80 was active against gram-positive strains only, especially Clostridium spp. (85 strains tested, including 21 strains of C. difficile), with MICs ranging between 0.016 and 0.25 µg/ml.

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