title: In vitro antibacterial activity of trospectomycin (U-63,366F) against anaerobic bacteria and aerobic gram-positive cocci in Chile.
abstract: The in vitro activity of trospectomycin sulfate was compared with those of several antimicrobials, against 301 anaerobic bacteria and 613 aerobic Gram-positive cocci. Trospectomycin was about 4- to 32-fold more active than was spectinomycin. Trospectomycin exhibited consistently good activity against all Bacteroides fragilis group isolates, except Bacteroides vulgatus, and against all other anaerobes comparable or higher to that of clindamycin. The trospectomycin's activity was most similar to that of vancomycin, even against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Microbiología Clínica, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Montiel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaltwasser
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000187:drug effects*; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000187:drug effects*; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000187:drug effects; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D000198:Spectinomycin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; C043267:trospectomycin; D000198:Spectinomycin