In vitro activities of the everninomicin SCH 27899 and other newer antimicrobial agents against Borrelia burgdorferi

The in vitro activity of the everninomicin antibiotic SCH 27899 against 17 isolates of Borrelia spp. was investigated, MICs ranged from 0.06 to 0.5 mu g/ml. Time-kill studies with the B31 strain of B. burgdorferi demonstrated greater than or equal to 3-log(10)-unit killing after 72 h with concentrat ions representing four times the MIG. The in vitro activity of four other n ewer antimicrobial agents, meropenem, cefepime, quinupristin-dalfopristin, and linezolid, was also tested against the B31 strain. Meropenem was the mo st potent of the latter agents, with an MIC of 0.125 mu g/ml.