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Abstract

Complicated skin and soft tissue infections constitute a heterogeneous group of severe disorders, with surgical site infections being the most common hospital-acquired ones. The aim of our study was to investigate the synergistic and bactericidal activities of antimicrobial combinations of fosfomycin with rifampicin and tigecycline against , and methicillin-resistant (MRSA) clinical isolates, and also to evaluate their effects in a mouse wound infection model. In studies, the combinations of fosfomycin with rifampicin and tigecycline were both synergistic. These synergies were confirmed in studies: the drug combinations showed the highest antimicrobial effects compared to monotherapy. In conclusion, the efficacy of fosfomycin combinations, also confirmed in our model, may suggest new directions in the treatment of infected skin and a possible alternative way to control bacterial skin infection.

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