title: Evaluation of the resistance induction in enteric flora in children caused by oral ampicillin plus sulbactam.
abstract: To evaluate the effect on bacterial resistance of a beta-lactamase inhibitor, resistance patterns of predominant bacteria in enteric flora were evaluated before and after a 7-day course of oral ampicillin (100 mg/kg/days, qid, in 16 patients) and ampicillin-sulbactam (50 mg/kg/day of ampicillin, bd, in 32 patients) therapy. Ampicillin and ampicillin-sulbactam MICs for Escherichia coli, the predominant bacteria in all cases, and resistance rates of E. coli species to both antibiotics were 51.20 +/- 13.80 mg/L, 87.5% and 4.84 +/- 2.11 mg/L, 21% before the treatment respectively. Post-treatment MICs and resistance rates were 106.51 +/- 14.05 mg/L, 100% and 15.89 +/- 5.76 mg/L, 37.5% respectively, indicating a significant increase in MICs of both antibiotics (P < 0.05), being more prominent in the case of ampicillin-sulbactam (about four-fold). We concluded that oral ampicillin-sulbactam could also decrease the susceptibility of the enteric flora to ampicillin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine,Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soylu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sanlidag
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Türkmen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cakir
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kavukçu
mesh_terms: D000667:Ampicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000668:Ampicillin Resistance; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000667:Ampicillin; D013407:Sulbactam