title: Activity of meropenem with and without ciprofloxacin and colistin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii.
abstract: Time-kill synergy studies showed that at 24 h, subinhibitory meropenem and ciprofloxacin concentrations of 0.06 to 128 and 0.03 to 32 microg/ml, respectively, showed synergy against 34/51 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains; subinhibitory concentrations of meropenem (0.06 to 8 microg/ml) and colistin (0.12 to 1 microg/ml) showed synergy against 13 isolates. Subinhibitory meropenem and ciprofloxacin concentrations of 0.25 to 2 and 0.12 to 16 microg/ml, respectively, showed synergy against 18/52 Acinetobacter baumannii strains at 24 h. Subinhibitory meropenem and colistin concentrations of 0.03 to 64 and 0.06 to 8 microg/ml, respectively, showed synergy against 49 strains at 24 h.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
authors.forename: Glenn A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Pankuch
authors.forename: Gengrong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Appelbaum
mesh_terms: D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003091:Colistin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D000077731:Meropenem; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects*; D013845:Thienamycins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013845:Thienamycins; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D000077731:Meropenem; D003091:Colistin