title: Efficacy of ampicillin plus arbekacin in experimental rabbit endocarditis caused by an Enterococcus faecalis strain with high-level gentamicin resistance.
abstract: Enterococcus faecalis LC40 is an ampicillin-susceptible clinical isolate with high-level gentamicin resistance due to the aac(6')-Ie-aph(2")-Ia aminoglycoside resistance gene. The combination of ampicillin plus arbekacin reduced mean bacterial vegetation counts significantly more than ampicillin alone or ampicillin plus gentamicin in a rabbit model of aortic-valve endocarditis caused by E. faecalis LC40.
authors.affiliation: Research and Medical Service, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kak
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Donabedian
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zervos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kariyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumon
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003982:Dibekacin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000502:physiology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011817:Rabbits; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D003982:Dibekacin; D000667:Ampicillin; C031986:arbekacin