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SUBMITTER: Yan Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153823 | biostudies-other | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Yan Qun Q Karau Melissa J MJ Raval Yash S YS Patel Robin R
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20180924 10
The antibiofilm activity of oritavancin in combination with rifampin, gentamicin, or linezolid was evaluated against 10 prosthetic joint infection (PJI)-related methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (MRSA) isolates by time-kill assays. Oritavancin combined with rifampin demonstrated statistically significant bacterial reductions compared with those of either antimicrobial alone for all 10 isolates (<i>P</i> ≤ 0.001), with synergy being observed for 80% of the isolates. Oritavancin a ...[more]