Post-antibiotic effect of beta-lactam antibiotics on gram-negative bacteria in relation to morphology, initial killing and MIC

1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 927-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Hanberger ◽  
L. E. Nilsson ◽  
M. Nilsson ◽  
R. Maller
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phuong Nguyen Thi Thu ◽  
Minh Ngo Thị Huong ◽  
Ngan Tran Thi ◽  
Hoi Nguyen Thanh ◽  
Khue Pham Minh

Abstract Background The role of antibiotics in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations and their effectiveness in combination have not been clearly established. To determine whether using a combination of fluoroquinolones and beta-lactams improves the clinical and microbiological efficacy of antibiotics on day 20 of treatment, we conducted an open-label randomized trial based on clinical outcomes, microbiological clearance, spirometry tests, and signs of systemic inflammation in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of COPD. Methods We enrolled 139 subjects with COPD exacerbations, defined as acute worsening of respiratory symptoms leading to additional treatment. Patients were divided randomly into two groups: 79 patients using beta-lactam antibiotics alone and 60 using beta-lactam antibiotics plus fluoroquinolones. Clinical and microbiological responses, spirometry tests, symptom scores, and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were evaluated. Results Clinical success, lung function, and symptoms were similar in patients with or without fluoroquinolone administration on days 10 and 20. Combination therapy was superior in terms of microbiological outcomes and reduction in serum CRP value. Although equivalent to monotherapy in terms of clinical success, the combination showed superiority in terms of microbiological success and a decrease in CRP. The combination therapy group had a higher microbiological success rate with gram-negative bacteria than the monotherapy group with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (100% vs. 33.3%, respectively) and Acinetobacter baumanii (100% vs. 20%, respectively) (P < 0.05). Conclusions Concomitant use of fluoroquinolone and beta-lactam antibiotics for bacterial infections during COPD exacerbations caused by gram-negative bacteria appear to be effective and should be applied in clinical practice.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Montiel-Riquelme ◽  
Elisabeth Calatrava-Hernández ◽  
Miguel Gutiérrez-Soto ◽  
Manuela Expósito-Ruiz ◽  
José María Navarro-Marí ◽  
...  

The increasing resistance to antibiotics is compromising the empirical treatment of infections caused by resistant bacteria. Rapid, efficient, and clinically applicable phenotypic methods are needed for their detection. This study examines the phenotypic behavior of β-lactam-resistant Gram-negative bacteria grown on ChromID ESBL medium with ertapenem, cefoxitin, and cefepime disks, reports on the coloration of colonies, and establishes a halo diameter breakpoint for the detection of carbapenemase-producing bacteria. We studied 186 β-lactam-resistant Gram-negative microorganisms (77 with extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL), 97 with carbapenemases, and 12 with AmpC β-lactamases (AmpC)). Susceptibility profiles of Gram-negative bacteria that produced ESBL, AmpC, and carbapenemases were similar to the expected profiles, with some differences in the response to cefepime of ESBL-producing microorganisms. Coloration values did not differ from those described by the manufacturer of ChromID ESBL medium. In the screening of carbapenemase production, inhibition halo diameter breakpoints for antibiotic resistance were 18 mm for Enterobacterales and ertapenem, 18 mm for Pseudomonas and cefepime, and 16 mm for Acinetobacter baumannii and cefepime. This innovative phenotypic approach is highly relevant to clinical laboratories, combining susceptibility profiles with detection by coloration of high-priority resistant microorganisms such as carbapenemase-producing A. baumannii, carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas spp., and ESBL and/or carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales.


1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 2282-2285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Adachi ◽  
K Nakamura ◽  
Y Kato ◽  
N Hazumi ◽  
T Hashizume ◽  
...  

BO-3482, a dithiocarbamate carbapenem, inhibited clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) at 6.25 microg/ml (MIC at which 90% of isolates tested are inhibited [MIC90]), while the MIC90 of imipenem was > 100 microg/ml. BO-3482 was generally less active than imipenem against methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, streptococci, enterococci, and gram-negative bacteria, although BO-3482 showed better activity (MIC90) than imipenem against Enterococcus faecium, Haemophilus influenzae, Proteus mirabilis, and Clostridium difficile. The affinities (50% inhibitory concentrations) of BO-3482 for penicillin-binding protein (PBP) PBP 2' of MRS and PBP 5 of E. faecium (both PBPs have low affinities for ordinary beta-lactam antibiotics) were 3.8 and 20 microg/ml, respectively, reflecting the greater activity of BO-3482 against MRS than against E. faecium.


1982 ◽  
Vol 152 (2) ◽  
pp. 567-571
Author(s):  
T Sawai ◽  
M Kanno ◽  
K Tsukamoto

Eight kinds of beta-lactamases produced by gram-negative bacteria were characterized by the following properties: molecular weight, isoelectric point, pH optimum, molecular activity, immunochemical reactivity, and kinetic parameters with respect to twelve kinds of common beta-lactam antibiotics. These beta-lactamases included two types of penicillinases mediated by R plasmids and six kinds of species-specific cephalosporinases. To determine a reliable value of the kinetic parameter, Km, we introduced a continuous and acidimetric assay method of beta-lactamase activity with a pH stat.


1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbro Isaksson ◽  
Håkan Hanberger ◽  
Rolf Maller ◽  
Lennart E. Nilsson ◽  
Maud Nilsson

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 544-547
Author(s):  
I.V. Shipitsyna ◽  
◽  
E.V Osipova ◽  
D.S. Leonchuk ◽  
A.S. Sudnitsyn ◽  
...  

Introduction There is an urgent need for a surveillance system of regular monitoring of specific bacteria inducing various types of osteomyelitis to identify resistant isolates and optimize the use of antibiotics. Objective: monitoring of specific gram-negative bacteria and analysis of the antibiotic resistance of the strains isolated from osteomyelitis patients over a three-year period. Results and discussion P. aeruginosa was the first most common pathogen among gram-negative microorganisms isolated from the patients between 2017 and 2019. Prevalence of the isolates identified in 2019 decreased by 9.6 % as compared to 2017. Next frequently encountered clinical isolates were Enterobacter sp., Acinetobacter sp., Klebsiella sp. There was a twofold increase in K. pneumoniae strains isolated in 2019. Analysis of antibiotic susceptibility testing data revealed multiresistance of the Acinetobacter sp. strains in 2019 despite the total decrease in resistant isolates in 2017 and 2018. Among non-fermenting gram-negative rods, the species being resistant to imipenem were shown to increase by 5.4 times. Overall antibiotic resistance was on rise. Increased antimicrobial resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics also combined with BLaC inhibitors was observed in Enterobacteriaceae population. Meropenem was found to be effective against most bacteria with growing drug resistance observed as compared with recent years. The antibiotic resistance profiles of Klebsiella sp. strains appeared to be high at antimicrobial testing. Conclusion Diverse bacterial morphology of gram-negative species and increasing proportion of drug-resistant strains isolated in osteomyelitis cases have necessitated regular monitoring of multiresistant clinical isolates for adjustment of empirical antibiotic therapies.


The Analyst ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 144 (15) ◽  
pp. 4505-4512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Jia ◽  
Zhaochen Liu ◽  
Chuanchen Wu ◽  
Zhen Zhang ◽  
Luyao Ma ◽  
...  

A novel Gram-negative bacteria detection method based on cell elongation combined with membrane filtration and magnetic separation was established.


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