title: LY146032: activity and resistance development in vitro.
abstract: LY146032, a new lipopeptide antibiotic, was compared with vancomycin, teicoplanin, cefamandole and ciprofloxacin, against 107 clinical isolates comprising methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus faecalis and Corynebacterium spp. All staphylococci were susceptible to all agents, except that some of the methicillin-resistant strains were resistant to cefamandole. Only LY146032 and ciprofloxacin were bactericidal to Str. faecalis. Development of resistance was studied by serial transfers of ten selected strains. A stable greater than or equal to eight-fold increase of the MIC over the breakpoint was found to develop to a variable extent against all agents tested. Simultaneous development of resistance to any of the other antibiotics was registered in 11/200 tests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Mouton
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Mulders
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000187:drug effects; D017576:Daptomycin; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010455:Peptides; D017576:Daptomycin