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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1990 Sep;34(9):1795-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.34.9.1795.

Antistaphylococcal activity of pentamidine.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

M D Libman, M A Miller, G K Richards

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  1. McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada.

PMID: 2285292 PMCID: PMC171928 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.34.9.1795
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Abstract

Pentamidine isethionate was bacteriostatic against Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus sanguis, Micrococcus sp., and Candida albicans. S. aureus was inhibited by concentrations of 16 to 64 micrograms/ml and killed by 64 to greater than or equal to 128 micrograms/ml. Staphylococcal killing was consistently greater in the presence of cations and was unaffected by methicillin resistance.

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