Synergy of gatifloxacin with cefoperazone and cefoperazone-sulbactam against resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

N. Sivagurunathan, S. Krishnan, J. Venkat Rao, A.N. Nagappa, V.M. Subrahmanyam, B. Meenashi Vanathi

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Abstract

Chequerboard and time-kill methods were used to compare the in vitro efficacies of the combinations gatifloxacin (GAT) with cefoperazone (CFP) and GAT with cefoperazone-sulbactam (CFP-SUL) against 58 clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The combinations GAT+CFP and GAT+CFP-SUL were shown to be synergistic for 36.2 and 58.6% of isolates tested, respectively, using the chequerboard method. Time-kill studies with 11 strains showed synergy in 54.5% for the GAT+CFP combination and 72.7% for the GAT+CFP-SUL combination. The agreement between these two methods was found to be 72-81 %. There was a significant difference in synergy between the two combinations tested (P=0.011). © 2008 SGM.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1514-1517
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Medical Microbiology
Volume57
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

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