In vitro activities of antimicrobial combinations against Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia.
AUTOR(ES)
Poulos, C D
RESUMO
Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia is inherently resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents. In order to investigate the in vitro potential of combinations of antimicrobial agents, we obtained 230 epidemiologically unrelated clinical isolates from seven hospitals across Canada and from Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Ticarcillin-clavulanate combined with ciprofloxacin or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were assayed for synergy against 31 ticarcillin-resistant strains of S. maltophilia by using microtiter checkerboard panels and against 20 strains by using time-kill methodology. The combination of ciprofloxacin with ceftazidime was also evaluated by time-kill studies. Ticarcillin-clavulanate plus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole demonstrated synergy by checkerboard panels, with fractional inhibitory concentration indices ranging from 0.033 to 0.49, and by time-kill studies for all 20 strains tested. Synergy between ticarcillin-clavulanate plus ciprofloxacin was found by the checkerboard method for 24 of 31 strains (77%), with fractional inhibitory concentration indices ranging from 0.188 to 0.75. A correlation between synergy by the checkerboard method and the reference time-kill study method was not observed for ticarcillin-clavulanate plus ciprofloxacin, with results for 3 of 10 strains being nonconcordant. Synergy with both ticarcillin-clavulanate plus ciprofloxacin and ceftazidime plus ciprofloxacin by the time-kill method was found to correlate with ciprofloxacin MICs of <32 micrograms/ml and zone diameters of >15 mm on Mueller-Hinton agar. Evaluation of these combinations in vivo may be warranted.
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