Description
Oxacillin is a β-lactam antibiotic that exhibits antibacterial efficacy against some strains of methicillin-resistant or vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
References
Werth BJ, Vidaillac C, Murray KP, et al. Novel combinations of vancomycin plus ceftaroline or oxacillin against methicillin-resistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and heterogeneous VISA. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 May;57(5):2376-9. PMID: 23422917.
Chung M, Antignac A, Kim C, et al. Comparative study of the susceptibilities of major epidemic clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to oxacillin and to the new broad-spectrum cephalosporin ceftobiprole. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Aug;52(8):2709-17. PMID: 18505853.