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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Fisher C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7849003 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20210120 2
<i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> is a major cause of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI); its intracellular persistence within osteoblasts may compromise therapy if that therapy is not intracellularly active. The intracellular activity of rifampin, rifapentine, and rifabutin was assessed against five rifampin-susceptible and two rifampin-resistant <i>S. epidermidis</i> isolates. Compared to no treatment, treatment resulted in a ≥2-fold log<sub>10</sub> reduction of intracellular rifampin-susce ...[more]