In vitro synergy studies with Clostridium difficile

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Mar;35(3):582-3. doi: 10.1128/AAC.35.3.582.

Abstract

Agar dilution anaerobic susceptibility studies using rifampin, vancomycin, metronidazole, and bacitracin individually and in combination were performed with Clostridium difficile. Fifty-five strains of C. difficile were studied. Eighty-five percent of strains tested (29 of 34) were synergistically inhibited by the combination of bacitracin and rifampin (fractional inhibitory concentration, less than or equal to 0.50).

MeSH terms

  • Bacitracin / pharmacology*
  • Clostridioides difficile / drug effects*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Drug Synergism
  • Humans
  • Metronidazole / pharmacology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Rifampin / pharmacology*
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Drug Combinations
  • Bacitracin
  • Metronidazole
  • Vancomycin
  • Rifampin