SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MULTIRESISTANT SEROTYPE-012 PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA TO FOSFOMYCIN IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER ANTIBIOTICS

Authors
WATINE J BOURREL C DUBOURDIEU B GINESTON JL BORIES P DURAND M MARRE A FORMOSA F BRUNEL MP PALLIEZ J
Citation
J. Watine et al., SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MULTIRESISTANT SEROTYPE-012 PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA TO FOSFOMYCIN IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER ANTIBIOTICS, Pathologie et biologie, 42(4), 1994, pp. 293-295
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Pathologie et biologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
03698114
Volume
42
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
293 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0369-8114(1994)42:4<293:SOMSPT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Serotype 012 represented 15 % of 244 isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginos a isolated in the hospital over a 2 year period and most isolates of t his serotype were resistant to multiple antibiotics. Combination exper iments showed that fosfomycin and amikacin together were active agains t 92 % of 012 isolates. It is recommended that serotyping be used syst ematically to identify 012 strains rapidly and fosfomycin/amikacin be considered as a presumptive antipseudomonal therapy in 012 infections.