Clindamycin therapy of experimental Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis.
AUTOR(ES)
Scheld, W M
RESUMO
The efficacy of clindamycin in the treatment of experimental endocarditis in rabbits was compared with that of nafcillin. Both drugs were administered intramuscularly three times daily for 5 days, clindamycin at doses of 6.25, 12.5, 25, or 50 mg/kg and nafcillin at a dose of 200 mg/kg. The minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations (0.125 microgram/ml) of clindamycin for the test strain of Staphylococcus aureus were very similar to the corresponding concentrations (0.25 microgram/ml) of nafcillin. The effectiveness of clindamycin against the experimental endocarditis was dose dependent. The therapeutic accomplishments of the two highest clindamycin doses were equivalent to those attained with 200 mg of nafcillin per kg. The rates of sterilization of vegetations were equal when the serum bactericidal titers of these drugs were greater than or equal to 1:8. In special situations the administration of clindamycin in high doses could prove useful in the treatment of S. aureus endocarditis.
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