J Infect Dis. 1975 Apr;131(4):367-75. doi: 10.1093/infdis/131.4.367.

Antimicrobial therapy of experimental endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus.

The Journal of infectious diseases

M A Sande, M L Johnson

PMID: 1117194 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/131.4.367

Abstract

The rate at which various antimicrobial agents eradicated Staphylococcus aureus from cardiac vegetations in a rabbit model of endocarditis was studied. The rate at which various drugs and combinations killed high titers of bacteria in broth correlated with the relative effectiveness of the agents in vivo. Gentamicin plus penicillin proved to be synergistic in vitro and more effective in eradicating bacteria from cardiac vegetations in vivo than was penicillin alone. Vancomycin killed bacteria at a rate similar to that for the combination of penicillin and gentamicin, and the rate for cefazolin was similar to that for penicillin alone. Clindamycin was less effective in vivo and in vitro than penicillin. Therapy with rifampin led to the emergence of resistant organisms, and, when penicillin, this drug was less effective in vitro and in vivo than was penicillin alone. This model appears to offer an effective method for evaluation of antimicrobial treatment of staphylococcal endocarditis.

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Substances

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Gentamicins
• Penicillins
• Clindamycin
• Vancomycin
• Cephalothin
• Rifampin

MeSH terms

• Animals
• Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
• Cephalothin / therapeutic use
• Clindamycin / therapeutic use
• Disease Models, Animal
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
• Endocarditis, Bacterial / etiology
• Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology
• Gentamicins / therapeutic use
• Penicillins / therapeutic use
• Rabbits
• Rifampin / therapeutic use
• Staphylococcal Infections / complications
• Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
• Time Factors
• Vancomycin / therapeutic use

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• Journal Article

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