In vitro susceptibility tests with cefoperazone compared with cefotaxime, cefoxitin, cefuroxime, cephaloridine and gentamicin. 1984

M I Brenciaglia, and P Cipriani, and M C Ghezzi, and A Giordano, and C Mancini, and D Rivanera, and F Filadoro

Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs), minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) and sensitivity disc tests of cefoperazone, cefotaxime, cefoxitin, cefuroxime, cephaloridine and gentamicin were determined from 300 Gram-positive and -negative isolates from kidney transplant recipients. Cefoperazone inhibited 50% of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains at a concentration of 6.25 micrograms/ml. Only gentamicin had similar activity but if we consider the sources of our strains and the nephrotoxicity of the compound, its use is not suitable. Moreover, cefoperazone was able to inhibit from 50% to 90% of the other strains at variable concentrations between 0.39 micrograms/ml and 3.12 micrograms/ml.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008826 Microbial Sensitivity Tests Any tests that demonstrate the relative efficacy of different chemotherapeutic agents against specific microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, fungi, viruses). Bacterial Sensitivity Tests,Drug Sensitivity Assay, Microbial,Minimum Inhibitory Concentration,Antibacterial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination,Antibiogram,Antimicrobial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination,Bacterial Sensitivity Test,Breakpoint Determination, Antibacterial Susceptibility,Breakpoint Determination, Antimicrobial Susceptibility,Fungal Drug Sensitivity Tests,Fungus Drug Sensitivity Tests,Sensitivity Test, Bacterial,Sensitivity Tests, Bacterial,Test, Bacterial Sensitivity,Tests, Bacterial Sensitivity,Viral Drug Sensitivity Tests,Virus Drug Sensitivity Tests,Antibiograms,Concentration, Minimum Inhibitory,Concentrations, Minimum Inhibitory,Inhibitory Concentration, Minimum,Inhibitory Concentrations, Minimum,Microbial Sensitivity Test,Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations,Sensitivity Test, Microbial,Sensitivity Tests, Microbial,Test, Microbial Sensitivity,Tests, Microbial Sensitivity
D002438 Cefoperazone Semisynthetic broad-spectrum cephalosporin with a tetrazolyl moiety that is resistant to beta-lactamase. It may be used to treat Pseudomonas infections. Cefobid,Cefoperazon,Cefoperazone Sodium,Cefoperazone Sodium Salt,Céfobis,T-1551,T1551,Salt, Cefoperazone Sodium,Sodium Salt, Cefoperazone,Sodium, Cefoperazone,T 1551
D002439 Cefotaxime Semisynthetic broad-spectrum cephalosporin. Benaxima,Biosint,Cefotaxim,Cefotaxime Sodium,Cefradil,Cephotaxim,Claforan,Fotexina,HR-756,Kendrick,Klaforan,Primafen,Ru-24756,Taporin,HR 756,HR756,Ru 24756,Ru24756,Sodium, Cefotaxime
D002440 Cefoxitin A semisynthetic cephamycin antibiotic resistant to beta-lactamase. Cefoxitin Sodium,MK-306,Mefoxin,Mefoxitin,Méfoxin,MK 306,MK306,Sodium, Cefoxitin
D002444 Cefuroxime Broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic resistant to beta-lactamase. It has been proposed for infections with gram-negative and gram-positive organisms, GONORRHEA, and HAEMOPHILUS. Cephuroxime,Ketocef,Zinacef
D002509 Cephaloridine A cephalosporin antibiotic. Cefaloridine,Cephalomycine,Cephaloridin,Ceporin
D005839 Gentamicins A complex of closely related aminoglycosides obtained from MICROMONOSPORA purpurea and related species. They are broad-spectrum antibiotics, but may cause ear and kidney damage. They act to inhibit PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS. Gentamicin Sulfate (USP),Gentamycin,G-Myticin,Garamycin,Gentacycol,Gentamicin,Gentamicin Sulfate,Gentamycins,Gentavet,Genticin,G Myticin,GMyticin,Sulfate, Gentamicin
D006090 Gram-Negative Bacteria Bacteria which lose crystal violet stain but are stained pink when treated by Gram's method. Gram Negative Bacteria
D006094 Gram-Positive Bacteria Bacteria which retain the crystal violet stain when treated by Gram's method. Gram Positive Bacteria
D001419 Bacteria One of the three domains of life (the others being Eukarya and ARCHAEA), also called Eubacteria. They are unicellular prokaryotic microorganisms which generally possess rigid cell walls, multiply by cell division, and exhibit three principal forms: round or coccal, rodlike or bacillary, and spiral or spirochetal. Bacteria can be classified by their response to OXYGEN: aerobic, anaerobic, or facultatively anaerobic; by the mode by which they obtain their energy: chemotrophy (via chemical reaction) or PHOTOTROPHY (via light reaction); for chemotrophs by their source of chemical energy: CHEMOLITHOTROPHY (from inorganic compounds) or chemoorganotrophy (from organic compounds); and by their source for CARBON; NITROGEN; etc.; HETEROTROPHY (from organic sources) or AUTOTROPHY (from CARBON DIOXIDE). They can also be classified by whether or not they stain (based on the structure of their CELL WALLS) with CRYSTAL VIOLET dye: gram-negative or gram-positive. Eubacteria

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