Use of Penicillin MICs To Predict In Vitro Activity of Other β-Lactam Antimicrobial Agents against Streptococcus pneumoniae
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- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 39 (1), 367-369
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.1.367-369.2001
Abstract
Linear regression analysis was used to compare penicillin MICs determined with 3,129 recent clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae to MICs obtained with nine other beta-lactam antimicrobial agents. A strong correlation between penicillin MICs and those obtained with other beta-lactams was demonstrated. It may be possible to test penicillin and use MICs obtained with penicillin to predict MICs of other beta-lactam antimicrobials for Streptococcus pneumoniae .Keywords
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