In vitro antibacterial activity of gramicidin and tyrothricin. 1983

G Ruckdeschel, and F Beaufort, and G Nahler, and O Belzer

815 recent clinical isolates of different species representing pathogenic or saprophytic constituents of human microbial flora were submitted to agar dilution tests. In concentrations above 64 micrograms/ml tyrothricin is in general equally as gramicidin or slightly more effective whereas below 8 micrograms/ml gramicidin is mostly more effective than tyrothricin. Of 401 streptococci all were inhibited by tyrothricin and gramicidin in concentrations up to 96 micrograms/ml; staphylococci were more resistant. The pathogenic species of 130 strains of gram-negative cocci were more susceptible than the saprophytic species. Haemophilus strains were mostly resistant to gramicidin and to a lesser extent to tyrothricin. Enterobacteriaceae were totally resistant to both antibiotics.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006096 Gramicidin A group of peptide antibiotics from BACILLUS brevis. Gramicidin C or S is a cyclic, ten-amino acid polypeptide and gramicidins A, B, D are linear. Gramicidin is one of the two principal components of TYROTHRICIN. Gramicidin A,Gramicidin A(1),Gramicidin B,Gramicidin C,Gramicidin D,Gramicidin Dubos,Gramicidin J,Gramicidin K,Gramicidin NF,Gramicidin P,Gramicidin S,Gramicidins,Gramoderm,Linear Gramicidin,Gramicidin, Linear
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
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
D001424 Bacterial Infections Infections by bacteria, general or unspecified. Bacterial Disease,Bacterial Infection,Infection, Bacterial,Infections, Bacterial,Bacterial Diseases
D014449 Tyrothricin A polypeptide antibiotic mixture obtained from Bacillus brevis. It consists of a mixture of three tyrocidines (60%) and several gramicidins (20%) and is very toxic to blood, liver, kidneys, meninges, and the olfactory apparatus. It is used topically. Codétricine,Dermotricine,Hydrotricine,Martricin,Tyroderm,Tyrosur

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