In vitro comparison of four aminoglycoside antibiotics: sisomicin, gentamicin, tobramycin, and BB-K8.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 5 ·No. 6 ·1974-06-00 ·Pages 667-9

Levison ME, Kaye D

Abstract

The activity of sisomicin, gentamicin, and tobramycin against 273 clinical bacterial isolates was about equal (except for greater activity of tobramycin against Pseudomonas) and was greater than that of BB-K 8 as determined by antibiotic dilution methods in agar and broth.

MeSH Terms

Amikacin/pharmacology Aminoglycosides/pharmacology Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Enterobacteriaceae/drug effects Gentamicins/pharmacology Microbial Sensitivity Tests Sisomicin/pharmacology Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects Tobramycin/pharmacology

Chemicals

Aminoglycosides Anti-Bacterial Agents Gentamicins Amikacin Tobramycin Sisomicin

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Levison M E

Kaye D

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9 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Abbr.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

ISSN

0066-4804

DOI

10.1128/AAC.5.6.667

Published

1974-06-00

Pages

667-9

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0315061

PMCID

PMC429032

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.5.6.667 PMC Full Text View journal details

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