title: In vitro interactions between different beta-lactam antibiotics and fosfomycin against bloodstream isolates of enterococci.
abstract: The effects of 16 different beta-lactam-fosfomycin combinations against 50 bloodstream enterococci were compared by a disk diffusion technique. Cefotaxime exhibited the best interaction. By checkerboard studies, the cefotaxime-fosfomycin combination provided a synergistic bacteriostatic effect against 45 of the 50 isolates (MIC of cefotaxime at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited, >2,048 micrograms/ml; MIC of fosfomycin at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited, 128 micrograms/ml; mean of fractional inhibitory concentration indexes, 0.195). By killing curves, cefotaxime (at 64 micrograms/ml) combined with fosfomycin (at > or = 64 micrograms/ml) was bactericidal against 6 of 10 strains tested.
authors.affiliation: Groupe de Recherche sur les Anti-Microbiens, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pestel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aucouturier
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lemeland
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caron
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects*; D005578:Fosfomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D047090:beta-Lactams
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D047090:beta-Lactams; D005578:Fosfomycin