In vitro evaluation of cefepime and other broad-spectrum beta-lactams against bacteria from Indonesian medical centers. The Indonesia Antimicrobial Resistance Study Group

The in vitro activity of cefepime and six other broad-spectrum beta-lactams (cefpirome, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, imipenem, piperacillin/tazobactam (4 micrograms/mL fixed concentration), and oxacillin was evaluated against 191 isolates of clinical bacteria from Indonesia. Susceptibility testing was performed using Etest (AB BIODISK, Solna, Sweden) methodology. Isolates from 10 species groups were selected for analysis: Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., Enterobacter spp., indole-positive Proteae, Serratia spp., Acinetobacter spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and oxacillin-susceptible staphylococci. The overall rank order of spectrum of activity was (% resistant): imipenem (2.2%) > cefepime (7.3%) > piperacillin/tazobactam > cefpirome > ceftazidime > ceftriaxone (16.2%). The "fourth-generation" cephalosporins, cefepime and cefpirome, displayed greater activity compared with the "third-generation" cephalosporins, ceftazidime, and ceftriaxone, against the 60 E. coli and Klebsiella spp. (30 each) isolates. Phenotypic extended spectrum beta-lactamase occurrence rates among the E. coli and Klebsiella spp. were 23.3 and 33.3%, respectively. Imipenem, cefepime, and cefpirome inhibited 95.7% of the 46 isolates of inducible Amp C cephalosporinase producing Enterobacteriaceae. The majority of the resistance observed to imipenem and cefepime among tested Indoneisian strains was attributable to the nonfermentative Gram-negative bacilli, P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. These results indicate the presence of beta-lactam resistance in Indonesia and the need for continued antimicrobial surveillance in this nation and region of the world, preferably using accurate quantitative methods.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1999

Erschienen:

1999

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 35(1999), 4 vom: 22. Dez., Seite 285-90

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lewis, M T [VerfasserIn]
Biedenbach, D J [VerfasserIn]
Jones, R N [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

807PW4VQE3
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cefepime
Cephalosporins
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.02.2000

Date Revised 05.09.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM105967629