IN-VITRO ACTIVITY OF CEFPIROME ON 1004 BA CTERIAL STRAINS ISOLATED FROM ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT - A MULTICENTER STUDY

Efficacy of cefpirome was tested against 1004 bacterial isolates colle cted from 8 oncology units. In this study, cefpirome was demonstrated very effective on Gram negative bacilli (except Xanthomonas maltophili a), on methicillin-susceptible staphylococci and on streptococci, apar t from enterococci, on which cefpirome was less active. Activity of ce fpirome against oxacillin-resistant staphylococci, Enterococcus faecal is and E. faecium, was variable: 50 % of the strains were inhibited wi th MIC less-than-or-equal-to 8 mg/l.