title: Fosfomycin, piperacillin, azlocillin. Correlation between therapeutic response of mice infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and in vitro data.
abstract: Intramuscular infections of mice with eight different strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were treated with three doses each of fosfomycin, piperacillin and azlocillin. The therapeutic response (measured as decrease in colony-forming units in the homogenized infected tissue) was compared with the 'aggregate suprainhibitory time' (the time for which the serum concentration exceeds the minimal inhibitory concentration of the infecting bacteria during the whole treatment period). The therapeutic response improved with increasing aggregate suprainhibitory time. The correlation was better for fosfomycin than for piperacillin and, especially, azlocillin.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001390:Azlocillin; D005578:Fosfomycin / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008954:Models, Biological; D010406:Penicillins / Q000378:metabolism; D010878:Piperacillin / Q000378:metabolism; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010406:Penicillins; D005578:Fosfomycin; D001390:Azlocillin; D010878:Piperacillin