title: In-vitro activity of arbekacin alone and in combination with vancomycin against gentamicin- and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: In-vitro susceptibility studies were performed on 99 clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates. A total of 68 of 73 methicillin-resistant S. aureus and 2 of 26 methicillin-susceptible S. aureus were gentamicin-resistant (gentamicin MIC range 16 to 1,024 microg/mL). All 70 gentamicin-resistant isolates contained the aac(6')-Ie-aph(2'')-Ia aminoglycoside resistance gene, and none possessed the aph(2'')-Ic or aph(2'')-Id aminoglycoside resistance genes. The arbekacin MIC for the 70 gentamicin-resistant isolates ranged from 0.25 to 4 microg/mL. The combination of arbekacin plus vancomycin produced synergistic killing against 12 of 13 gentamicin-resistant MRSA isolates. The combination of gentamicin plus vancomycin produced synergistic killing against 7 of the same 13 isolates. Arbekacin may prove useful when used in combination with vancomycin in treating infections caused by gentamicin-resistant MRSA.
authors.affiliation: Research and Medical Service, John D. Dingell Department of Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kariyama
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zervos
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumon
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D003982:Dibekacin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005839:Gentamicins; D003982:Dibekacin; D014640:Vancomycin; C031986:arbekacin