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cloxacillin

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cloxacillin /clox·a·cil·lin/ (klok?sah-sil´in) a semisynthetic penicillin; used as the sodium salt to treat staphylococcal infections due to penicillinase-positive organisms.
cloxacillin
a semisynthetic penicillin, resistant to ß-lactamase and active against gram-positive bacteria.

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Disk diffusion susceptibility testing with antimicrobial drug-containing disks (Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur, Marnes-la-Coquette, France) (7) was performed with and without cloxacillin (250 mg/L), which is a [beta]-lactam molecule that inhibits in vitro cephalosporinase activity (5).
gatifloxacin, amoxicillin, cloxacillin, and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid) and nasal decongestants (e.
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