title: Efficacy of cefcanel on staphylocci.
abstract: The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of cefcanel, a new oral cephalosporin, has been tested against 153 staphylococci subdivided into the species Staphylococcus aureus. S. epidermidis sensu lato and S. saprophyticus, with and without beta-lactamase production. The concentration inhibiting 50% of the strains was 0.5 mg/l for all three species while the corresponding values for 90% of the strains were 1, 2 and 1 mg/l, respectively. These values apply to all the strains. The MICs of the non-beta-lactamase-producing strains were identical to the MICs of the beta-lactamase-producing strains for S. aureus, three twofold steps lower for S. epidermidis and one step higher for S. saprophyticus. Consequently, beta-lactamase production had no consistent consequences for the activity of cefcanel against S. aureus and S. saprophyticus. In contrast, the beta-lactamase production of S. epidermidis did influence the activity of cefcanel. Among the tested cephalosporins, cefcanel had the highest antistaphylococcal activity, and no strain was resistant to this new cephalosporin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bergan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: da Fonseca
mesh_terms: D002437:Cefazolin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013045:Species Specificity; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; C022605:cefcanel; D001618:beta-Lactamases; D002437:Cefazolin