- usually will be reistant to
penicillin
- try
Cefoxitin or
clindamycin or
Flaggyl;
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Percent Susceptible Anaerobic
Gram Negative Bacilli
Antimicrobial
MIC
B.fragilis
other Bacteroides
Fusobacterium
ug/ml
Flaggyl
16
100
100
100
Chloramphenicol 16
100
100
100
Imipenem
8
97
98
100
Timentin
64/2
97
96
100
Unasyn
16/8
95
93
100
clindamycin
4
96
89
98
Cefoxitin
32
90
73
100
Piperacillin
64
89
74
100
Mezlocillin
64
67
72
100
penicillin
4
20
40
100
Ampicillin
4
10
34
98
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Mechanisms of microbial synergy in polymicrobial surgical infections.
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