Comparative In Vitro Activities of Ertapenem (MK-0826) against 1,001 Anaerobes Isolated from Human Intra-Abdominal Infections
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 44 (9), 2389-2394
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.44.9.2389-2394.2000
Abstract
By using an agar dilution method, the comparative in vitro activities of ertapenem (MK-0826) were studied against 1,001 anaerobes isolated from human intra-abdominal infections in 17 countries worldwide. MK-0826 was uniformly active against all isolates, including all Bacteroides fragilis group species isolates, with the exception of 12 of 61 (20%) strains of Bilophila wadsworthia , 3 strains of lactobacilli, and 1 isolate of Acidaminococcus fermentans . Geographical variation in activity was not observed.Keywords
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