Killing curve activity of ciprofloxacin is comparable to synergistic effect of beta-lactam-tobramycin combinations against Haemophilus species endocarditis strains

H Westh; N Frimodt-Møller; E Gutschik; Jette Marie Bangsborg

Killing curve activity of ciprofloxacin is comparable to synergistic effect of beta-lactam-tobramycin combinations against Haemophilus species endocarditis strains

H Westh, N Frimodt-Møller, E Gutschik, Jette Marie Bangsborg

Department of Immunology and Microbiology

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Abstract

Nine Haemophilus species strains, all beta-lactamase negative, isolated from patients with endocarditis were tested in killing curve experiments. Antibiotics used were penicillin, amoxicillin, aztreonam alone and in combination with tobramycin, as well as ciprofloxacin alone. Synergism between beta-lactams and tobramycin with reduction of colony counts to zero was seen after 24 h for H. influenzae, H. parainfluenzae and H. segnis strains. Ciprofloxacin was as effective as beta-lactam-tobramycin combinations. The H. aphrophilus strain was not killed as effectively as other strains by any of the antibiotics.

Original language	English
Journal	A P M I S. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica
Volume	100
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	856-60
Number of pages	5
ISSN	0903-4641
Publication status	Published - 1992

Keywords

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Ciprofloxacin
Drug Synergism
Endocarditis, Bacterial
Haemophilus
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Tobramycin
beta-Lactams

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Killing curve activity of ciprofloxacin is comparable to synergistic effect of beta-lactam-tobramycin combinations against Haemophilus species endocarditis strains. / Westh, H; Frimodt-Møller, N; Gutschik, E et al.
In: A P M I S. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica, Vol. 100, No. 9, 1992, p. 856-60.

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Killing curve activity of ciprofloxacin is comparable to synergistic effect of beta-lactam-tobramycin combinations against Haemophilus species endocarditis strains

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