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ArticleAntimicrobial resistance and infection control2020

In vitro evaluation of double carbapenem and colistin combinations against OXA-48, NDM carbapenemase-producing colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains.

Fatma Erdem, Ayham Abulaila, Zerrin Aktas, Oral Oncul

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Article in Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Fatma ErdemDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Adana City Trainning and Research Hospital, Dr. Mithat Ozsan Boulevard. 4522-1 Yuregir/Adana, Adana, Turkey. dr.akfatma@hotmail.com.
Ayham AbulailaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
Zerrin AktasDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
Oral OnculDepartment of Infection Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey.
Istanbul University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTreatment of pandrug-resistant isolates often necessitates combination therapy. Checkerboard synergy and time-killing assay tests were performed to evaluate the benefits of a triple combination with meropenem, ertapenem, and colistin against 10 colistin-resistant K. pneumoniae clinical isolates harboring different β-lactamases. (bla MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this study, ertapenem and meropenem (ERT/MEM), meropenem and colistin (MEM/COL), ertapenem, meropenem and colistin (ERT/MEM/COL) combinations were tested using checkerboard techniques and time-kill assays of each antibiotic alone and in combination against 10 colistin-resistant clinical K. pneumoniae isolates. An analysis of K. pneumoniae isolate B6 using a scanning electron microscope revealed morphologic changes in the cell surface after treatment with each antibiotic both alone and in combination. The whole genome of K. pneumoniae KPNB1 was sequenced using an Ion Torrent PGM sequencer.

resultsAccording to the checkboard results, synergistic combinations were observed with ertapenem/meropenem (5/10 isolates), meropenem/colistin (7/10) and ertapenem/meropenem/colistin (9/10); no antagonism was observed for all combinations. For the time-kill assay results; synergism and bactericidal effects were observed with meropenem/colistin (10/10) and with ertapenem/meropenem/colistin (10/10) combinations, and an indifference effect was observed with the ertapenem and meropenem (10/10) combination. Strain number 1 was found 100% identical to Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae HS11286 according to the outcomes of complete genome sequence analysis, and the strain carried the genes bla

conclusionUsing double carbapenem antibiotics with colistin could be a potential alternative to treat colistin and carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae. The present study is the first Turkish report of OXA-181-type carbapenemase causing colistin resistance.

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beta-LactamasesCarbapenemsColistinDrug SynergismGenome, BacterialHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingKlebsiella pneumoniaeMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningPhylogenyWhole Genome Sequencingbeta-LactamasesCarbapenemsColistinoxacillinaseColistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniaeMLSTNDMOXA-181OXA-48PCR-based replicon typingPFGETime-kill assayWhole genome analysis

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PMID32430058
PMCPMC7238654
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