Title
In vitro antimicrobial activity of rifaximin against enteropathogens causing traveler's diarrhea
Date Issued
01 December 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Mensa L.
O'Callaghan C.
González A.
Vila J.
Gascón J.
Centro de Investigación en Salud Internacional de Barcelona
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer
Abstract
The in vitro activity of rifaximin against 84 diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and 11 Shigella sonnei causing traveler's diarrhea was evaluated. The MIC of rifaximin ranged between <0.007 and 32 mg/L; other agents tested had an MIC of >256 mg/L in most cases. The results showed the potential use of rifaximin to treat these infections. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Start page
473
End page
475
Volume
59
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-36549015767
PubMed ID
Source
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
ISSN of the container
07328893
Sponsor(s)
Dr. Ruiz is a recipient from grant CP05/0130 from Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias. JV research is supported by grants FIS05/0068 from Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias and SGR050444 from the Departament d'Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
This work was also partially supported by project RICET-C03/04 and by Laboratorios BamaGeve. The Centro the Salud Internacional is also supported by the RCESP.
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