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. 1976 Sep;10(3):569-70.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.10.3.569.

Inhibition of antibiotic activity in vitro by synthetic melanin

M Barza, J Baum, A Kane

Inhibition of antibiotic activity in vitro by synthetic melanin

M Barza et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1976 Sep.

Abstract

Synthetic melanin (100 to 1,000 mug/ml) markedly inhibited the in vitro activity of aminoglycosides and tetracyclines but did not affect the activity of betalactam antibiotics, erythromycin, or clindamycin.

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