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However, it was found that the efficacy of many antibiotics in S. suis decreased significantly, especially tetracycline. In this study, GML-12 (a novel pleuromutilin derivative) was used in combination with TET against 12 S. suis isolates. In the checkerboard assay, the TET\/GML-12 combination exhibited synergistic and additive effects against S. suis isolates (n = 12). In vitro time-killing assays and in vivo therapeutic experiments were used to confirm the synergistic effect of the TET\/GML-12 combination against S. suis strains screened based on an FICI \u2264 0.5. In time-killing assays, the TET\/GML-12 combination showed a synergistic effect or an additive effect against three isolates with a bacterial reduction of over 2.4-log10 CFU\/mL compared with the most active monotherapy. Additionally, the TET\/GML-12 combination displayed potent antimicrobial activity against four isolates in a mouse thigh infection model. 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