Oxacillin (sodium salt)

Oxacillin (sodium salt)

CAT N°: 23954
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Oxacillin is a semisynthetic ?-lactam antibiotic.{32140,39735} It is active against clinical isolates of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus and penicillin-susceptible S. pneumoniae, as well as group A, group B, and viridans group streptococci with MIC90 values ranging from 0.06 to 2 µg/ml in vitro.{22658} Oxacillin is less effective toward other bacteria with MIC90 values of greater than 16 µg/ml for S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, E. faecalis, E. faecium, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), and penicillin-intermediate and -resistant S. pneumoniae. It targets the bacterial cell wall, inhibiting S. pneumoniae penicillin-binding proteins 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, and 3 in vitro with IC50 values ranging from 0.17 to 1.75 µM.{21711,39735} Oxacillin inhibits growth of S. aureus in a thigh model of infection in mice (ED50 = 45.19 mg/kg, s.c.).{39736} Formulations containing oxacillin have been used in the treatment of susceptible bacterial infections.

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