title: A national collaborative study of the in vitro activity of oral cephalosporins and loracarbef (LY 163892). Australian Group for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR).
abstract: A national collaborative study involving the laboratories of 17 Australian hospitals examined the in vitro activity of loracarbef, cefaclor, cephalexin, amoxycillin and amoxycillin/clavulanate against 2661 recently isolated common bacterial pathogens. Loracarbef was the most active agent against Escherichia coli (MIC90 = 1 mg/l) and had activity comparable to other agents against Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus mirabilis. Like the oral cephalosporins, it had no activity against species of Enterobacter and Serratia. beta-lactamase-producing Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus influenzae were moderately sensitive to loracarbef (MIC90 = 8 mg/l for both species). Streptococcus pneumoniae was moderately sensitive to loracarbef (MIC90 = 2 mg/l) but strains which were insensitive to penicillin were often highly resistant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Benn
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Nimmo
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D001315:Australia; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002511:Cephalosporins; C054920:loracarbef