title: Effects of azlocillin in combination with clavulanic acid, sulbactam, and N-formimidoyl thienamycin against beta-lactamase-producing, carbenicillin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
abstract: We investigated the effects of the combination of azlocillin with the beta-lactamase inhibitors clavulanic acid and sulbactam and with N-formimidoyl thienamycin against strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with R-factor-mediated carbenicillin resistance. The 10 strains tested (1 R-, 9 R+) were isogenic, except for the presence of individual plasmids determining each of nine plasmid-mediated beta-lactamases found in P. aeruginosa. We utilized a checkerboard technique for testing antibiotic combinations. Low concentrations of clavulanic acid produced synergy with azlocillin against the strains producing the TEM-1, TEM-2, PSE-1, PSE-3, and PSE-4 beta-lactamases; for the strains producing the OXA-1, OXA-2, OXA-3, and PSE-2 beta-lactamases, such synergy was not found. With sulbactam, synergy was demonstrated in all strains except that producing PSE-2 beta-lactamase; for several strains, however, the concentration of sulbactam required to produce synergy was substantially higher than that for clavulanic acid. N-Formimidoyl thienamycin was highly active as a single agent against all of the strains, regardless of beta-lactamase production. The combination of N-formimidoyl thienamycin and azlocillin produced synergy against only two of the strains tested.
mesh_terms: D001390:Azlocillin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002228:Carbenicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D019818:Clavulanic Acid; D002969:Clavulanic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004347:Drug Interactions; D015378:Imipenem; D010397:Penicillanic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D013407:Sulbactam; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D065093:beta-Lactamase Inhibitors; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D002969:Clavulanic Acids; D013845:Thienamycins; D065093:beta-Lactamase Inhibitors; D019818:Clavulanic Acid; D015378:Imipenem; D010397:Penicillanic Acid; D001618:beta-Lactamases; D002228:Carbenicillin; D001390:Azlocillin; D013407:Sulbactam