title: Synergistic activity of mecillinam in combination with the beta-lactamase inhibitors clavulanic acid and sulbactam.
abstract: The beta-lactamase inhibitors clavulanic acid and sulbactam were combined with mecillinam. beta-Lactamase-containing Escherichia coli resistant to mecillinam was synergistically inhibited by both clavulanic acid and sulbactam. beta-Lactamase-containing Enterobacter was synergistically inhibited, but strains lacking beta-lactamases were not synergistically inhibited. Synergistic inhibition was noted for beta-lactamase-containing, mecillinam-resistant Klebsiella, Citrobacter, Serratia, and Salmonella isolates, but only 18% of beta-lactamase-containing Proteus mirabilis, Providencia rettgeri, Providencia stuartii, and Morganella morganii were synergistically inhibited by the combinations.
mesh_terms: D000560:Amdinocillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D002969:Clavulanic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D010397:Penicillanic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013407:Sulbactam; D065093:beta-Lactamase Inhibitors
chemical_list: D002969:Clavulanic Acids; D065093:beta-Lactamase Inhibitors; D010397:Penicillanic Acid; D013407:Sulbactam; D000560:Amdinocillin