title: In-vitro effects of vancomycin, rifampicin, and fusidic acid, alone and in combination, against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: Minimal inhibitory and minimal bactericidal concentrations were determined for eighteen methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates, the majority also resistant to gentamicin, obtained from the blood of bacteraemic patients. Fifty per cent of organisms had a greater than four-fold difference in M.I.C. and M.B.C. for vancomycin, 83% for rifampicin, and 89% for fusidic acid. In-vitro effects of two-drug combinations of vancomycin, rifampicin, and fusidic acid demonstrated neither synergy nor antagonism when measured by a checkerboard dilution technique. The relevance of these findings to choice of therapy of serious infection due to methicillin-gentamicin resistant Staph. aureus is yet to be determined.
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D005672:Fusidic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D005672:Fusidic Acid; D014640:Vancomycin; D008712:Methicillin; D012293:Rifampin