Medoklav® is a combined preparation containing amoxicillin and clavulanic acid. Amoxicillin is a semisynthetic antibiotic from the group of aminopenicillins with a broad spectrum of bactericidal action against many Gram-positive and Gram-negative microorganisms. Clavulanic acid is a natural β-lactam and has the ability to inactivate a variety of β-lactamases produced by microorganisms resistant to the action of most penicillins and many cephalosporins.
The combination of the two active components - amoxicillin and clavulanic acid - ensures the stability of amoxicillin to the destructive effect of β-lactamases, and effectively expands the spectrum of antimicrobial activity of amoxicillin, including bacteria that are usually resistant to it and many other β-lactam antibiotics.
Clavulanic acid suppresses II, III, IV and V types of beta-lactamases, is inactive for type I beta-lactamases produced Enterobacter spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia spp., Acinetobacter spp. Clavulanic acid has a high tropic to penicillinases, due to which it forms a stable complex with the enzyme,which prevents the enzymatic degradation of amoxicillin under the influence of beta-lactamases.
Spectrum of antibacterial activity:
Gram-positive microorganisms
Aerobics: Enterococcus faecalis, Staphyloccocus aureus (except methicillin-resistant strains), Staphylococcus epidermidis (except methicillin-resistant strains), Staphylococcus saprophyticus (except methicillin-resistant strains), Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus viridans, Streptococcus bovis, Enterococcus spp., Listeria spp..
Anaerobes: Clostridium spp. (Besides Clostridium difficile), Peptococcus spp., Peptostreptococcus spp., Propionibacterium spp., Actinomyces israelii.
Gram-negative microorganisms
Aerobics: Bordetella pertussis, Brucella spp, Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli, Citrobacter spp.. (moderately sensible), Enterobacter species, Escherichia coli, Eikenella corrodens, Gardnerella vaginalis, Haemophilus ducreyi, Haemophilus influenzae, Helicobacter pylori, Klebsiella spp., Legionella pneumophila, Moraxella catarrhalis, Morganella spp. (moderately sensitive), Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis, Yersinia multocida, Proteus spp., Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Vibrio cholerae, Yersinia enterocolitica (moderately sensitive).
Anaerobes: Bacteroides spp.(including Bacteroides fragilis), Fusobacterium spp.