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fosfomycin

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fosfomycin /fos·fo·my·cin/ (fos-fo-mi´sin) an antibacterial agent active against a wide range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, used in the treatment of urinary tract infection; administered orally as the tromethamine salt.
fosfomycin
a phosphonic acid compound with antibacterial activity.
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It was sensitive to ampicillin, cefotaxime, cefuroxime, ceftriaxone, imipenem, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and fosfomycin but resistant to clarithromycin (MIC 96 mg/L).
Travel-related Salmonella Agama, Gabon by Ramharter, Michael / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Combining fosfomycin with an aminoglycoside has been repeatedly shown to protect from ototoxicity, although the reason it does so is unclear.
Characteristics of systemic and topical agents implicated in toxicity ... by Roland, Peter S. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The strain was susceptible to fluoroquinolones and fosfomycin.
Novel extended-spectrum [beta]-Lactamase in Shigella sonnei by Lortholary, Olivier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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