Activity of Tigecycline against Coryneform Bacteria of Clinical Interest and Listeria monocytogenes

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Apr;52(4):1503-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01129-07. Epub 2008 Jan 28.

Abstract

The activities of tigecycline and eight other agents were evaluated against 220 coryneform bacteria and 42 Listeria monocytogenes isolates. All strains were inhibited by tigecycline at 0.5 mug/ml, except for 11 Corynebacterium striatum strains that were inhibited at 1 mug/ml. Tigecycline shows good in vitro activity against coryneform bacteria and L. monocytogenes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actinomycetales / classification
  • Actinomycetales / drug effects*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Listeria monocytogenes / drug effects*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Minocycline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Minocycline / pharmacology
  • Tigecycline

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Tigecycline
  • Minocycline