title: Comparative in vitro susceptibilities of 504 bacteremic isolates to ticarcillin plus clavulanic acid and other antimicrobial agents.
abstract: A total of 504 clinical bacteremic isolates were tested for susceptibility to ticarcillin-clavulanic acid and 12 other antibiotics. Ticarcillin-clavulanic acid showed superior antibacterial activity compared to penicillin, mezlocillin, piperacillin, ticarcillin, gentamicin, and amikacin against bacteremic isolates of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. However, ticarcillin-clavulanic acid's activity was inferior to that of vancomycin against methicillin-resistant isolates of S. aureus and S. epidermidis. For Escherichia coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, Proteus mirabilis, Providencia stuartii, and lactose nonfermenting aerobic gram-negative bacilli, the activity of ticarcillin-clavulanic acid surpassed that of mezlocillin, piperacillin, and ticarcillin. Of the antimicrobial agents tested, ticarcillin, piperacillin, ceftazidime, and amikacin were the most active antibiotics against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, State University of New York at Buffalo.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rotstein
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amsterdam
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beam
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gorzynski
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D019818:Clavulanic Acid; D002969:Clavulanic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013982:Ticarcillin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002969:Clavulanic Acids; D004338:Drug Combinations; D010406:Penicillins; D019818:Clavulanic Acid; D013982:Ticarcillin