Abstract
The inhibitory activity of pristinamycin against oral streptococci was compared with that of amoxycillin, erythromycin and vancomycin. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of pristinamycin ranged from 0.03-1 mg/l (mode 0.25 mg/l), similar to those for amoxycillin. Erythromycin had a mode MIC of 0.06 mg/l and vancomycin, the least active, 1 mg/l. However, in killing curve experiments to compare the bactericidal activities of pristinamycin and erythromycin against several strains of oral streptococci, pristinamycin was substantially more active, consistently producing a rapid decrease in viable count during the first few hours of incubation. Pristinamycin may prove to be of value for the prophylaxis of post-dental extraction bacteraemia.
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