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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2003) 52, 138-139
© 2003 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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In vitro activity of tigecycline (GAR-936), a novel glycylcycline, against vancomycin-resistant enterococci and staphylococci with diminished susceptibility to glycopeptides
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Dr. Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain
Keywords: tigecycline, GAR-936, glycopeptide-resistant enterococci, glycopeptide-resistant staphylococci, Gram-positives
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Sir,
Increasing antimicrobial resistance among clinical isolates of staphylococci and enterococci has complicated the treatment of infections caused by these microorganisms, and there is a need for therapeutic alternatives against them. The glycylcyclines are novel tetracycline analogues with activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, including tetracycline-resistant isolates. The glycylcycline tigecycline (GAR-936) is active against a variety of microorganisms;13 however, information concerning its activity against glycopeptide-resistant enterococci is very scarce, and there is none about its activity against staphylococci with diminished susceptibility
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