Nitrofurantoin Is Active against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
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Nitrofurantoin is active against vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
The activity of nitrofurantoin was tested against 300 isolates of Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, and Enterococcus gallinarum. No isolates tested were resistant to nitrofurantoin (MIC, >/=128 microg/ml), including vancomycin-resistant E. faecium isolates with vanA- and vanB-positive genotypes and vancomycin-resistant E. gallinarum isolates. We conclude that nitrofurantoin may provi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.1.324-326.2001