Antimicrobial Activity of Quinupristin-Dalfopristin Combined with Other Antibiotics against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
AUTOR(ES)
Eliopoulos, G. M.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Interactions between quinupristin-dalfopristin and six other antimicrobials were examined by checkerboard arrays against 50 clinical isolates of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium selected to represent a range of susceptibilities to individual agents. Unequivocal synergistic or antagonistic interactions at clinically relevant concentrations were infrequently encountered when the streptogramin was combined with chloramphenicol, ampicillin, imipenem, vancomycin, or teicoplanin. Combinations with doxycycline resulted in synergistic inhibition in 36% of checkerboards. Against 10 strains of Enterococcus faecalis, synergistic interactions were found when quinupristin-dalfopristin was combined with doxycycline (four strains), either glycopeptide (three strains), or ampicillin (two strains). Combination with quinupristin-dalfopristin increased the ampicillin MIC from 1 to 4 μg/ml for one strain. For 10 strains of E. faecium, interactions were also assessed by time-kill methods using concentrations of the agents attainable in human serum. Most of these antimicrobials augmented killing by quinupristin-dalfopristin to a minor degree. Against 2 of the 12 strains in this collection that were not highly resistant to gentamicin, the combination of quinupristin-dalfopristin (2 μg/ml) plus gentamicin (5 μg/ml) resulted in killing approaching 3 log10 CFU/ml. With the exception of doxycycline, inhibitory interactions between quinupristin-dalfopristin and other agents tested against vancomycin-resistant strains of E. faecium were uncommon at clinically relevant concentrations.
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