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fusidic acid

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fusidic acid
a lipophilic steroid antibioitic, the product of Fusidium coccineum; mainly active against gram-positive bacteria.
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All MRSA isolates had identical susceptibility patterns; they were resistant to oxacillin (and thus to all [beta]-lactam antimicrobial drugs), tetracycline, and fusidic acid.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Dutch soccer team by Wannet, Wim J.B. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
An antibiogram was performed on Mueller-Hinton agar by the disk diffusion method according to CLSI recommendations, against a panel of 8 antimicrobial drugs (14): erythromycin (15 [micro]g), tetracycline (30 [micro]g), trimethoprim (5 [micro]g), ciprofloxacin (5 [micro]g), gentamicin (10 [micro]g), rifampin (5 [micro]g), fusidic acid (10 [micro]g), and mupirocin (5 [micro]g).
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones, Western Australia by Christiansen, Keryn J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The strain was sensitive to penicillin, ampicillin, gentamicin, rifampin, vancomycin, teicoplanin, tetracycline, sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim, fusidic acid, ciprofloxacin, and norfloxacin and resistant to erythromycin, lincomycin, and nitrofurantoin.
Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium urinary tract infection by Poyart, Claire / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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