JAC Advance Access published online on December 19, 2007
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, doi:10.1093/jac/dkm488
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In vitro activity of ceftobiprole against Burkholderia pseudomallei
Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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Key Words: B. pseudomallei , melioidosis , cephalosporins
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Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative bacterium, causes a disease called melioidosis in humans and animals.1 The bacterium is a soil organism found mainly in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. Antibiotics currently recommended for therapy of melioidosis are ceftazidime, imipenem, meropenem, amoxicillin/clavulanate, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, doxycycline and chloramphenicol.1 A development of resistance of
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