clavulanic acid


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clav·u·lan·ic acid

 (klăv′yo͝o-lăn′ĭk)
n.
A compound, C8H9NO5, originally obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces clavuligerus, that inhibits action of the enzyme beta-lactamase, thus counteracting bacterial resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics. It is used in combination with antibiotics such as amoxicillin to treat infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

[New Latin clāvul(igerus), specific epithet (from clāvula, spore, diminutive of Latin clāva, club) + -an(e) + -ic.]
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Clinical Laboratory and Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines were followed during the screening.12 PCDDT was done by using a combination of ceftazidime (30 mcg) and clavulanic acid (10 mcg).
They are not active against cefotetan, cefoxitin and cephamycins but are susceptible to clavulanic acid. Other, Antibiotics classes like, fluroquinolones and aminoglycosides the ESBL are resistant (Egea P et al., 2011; KO ks et al., 2007; Yadav et al., 2015).
It could eventually be the first oral BLI since clavulanic acid was approved in 1984 as part of the antibiotic Augmentin (amoxicillin-clavulanic acid), once a USD 2.1bn annual revenue generating medicine.
The results from the preclinical studies showed that AZX1103 had activity and degraded amoxicillin in the presence of clavulanic acid in the upper GI tract in the Gottingen minipig model.The series of preclinical studies investigated oral delivery of AZ1103 using three different capsule formulations: immediate-release, enteric-delivery or colonic-delivery.
CLSI Phenotypic Confirmation Test [8]--The ceftazidime (30 [micro]g) discs alone and in combination with clavulanic acid (ceftazidime + clavulanic acid, 30/10 [micro]g disc) were applied onto a plate of Mueller-Hinton Agar (MHA), which was inoculated with the lawn culture of the test strain.
The son and daughter had had a sore throat 9 days before onset of illness in the mother and were treated empirically by their general practitioner with amoxicillin/ clavulanic acid (1 g 2x/d for 6 d).
These goats were treated with amoxicillin and clavulanic acid combination and compared with the treatment regimen already practiced in field i.e.
For Gram-positive organisms ampicillin, cefoxitin, cefixime, azithromycin, ofloxacin, amikacin, clindamycin, amoxicillin + clavulanic acid, vancomycin, and linezolid were used.
Ceftiofur, Amoxicillin/ Clavulanic acid, Ampicillin, Tetracycline, Cefotaxime, Cephalexin, Moxifloxacin, Ofloxacin, Sulfamethoxazole/ Trimethoprim, Kanamycin, Cloxacillin, Nitrofurantoin, Gentamicin and Doxycycline.