Ampicillin susceptibility can predict in vitro susceptibility of penicillin-resistant, ampicillin-susceptible Enterococcus faecalis Isolates to amoxicillin but not to imipenem and piperacillin.
Our findings demonstrated that the results obtained for ampicillin may accurately predict the in vitro susceptibility to amoxicillin but not to imipenem and piperacillin among isolates of Enterococcus faecalis resistant to penicillin but susceptible to ampicillin, which have emerged recently, in contrast to penicillin- and ampicillin-susceptible isolates.
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Natália
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Conceição
Cristina da Cunha Hueb Barata
Cda C
de Oliveira
Lucas Emanuel Pinheiro
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da Silva
Laís Rezende Cardoso
LR
de Souza
Adriana Gonçalves
AG
de Oliveira
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance; D047090:beta-Lactams / Q000494:pharmacology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D047090:beta-Lactams