| Literature DB >> 27139471 |
Marta Martínez-Guitián1, Juan C Vázquez-Ucha1, Joshua Odingo2, Tanya Parish2, Margarita Poza1, Richard D Waite3, German Bou1, David W Wareham3, Alejandro Beceiro4.
Abstract
Synergy between colistin and the signal peptidase inhibitor MD3 was tested against isogenic mutants and clinical pairs of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. Checkerboard assays and growth curves showed synergy against both colistin-susceptible strains (fractional inhibitory concentration index [FICindex] = 0.13 to 0.24) and colistin-resistant strains with mutations in pmrB and phosphoethanolamine modification of lipid A (FICindex = 0.14 to 0.25) but not against colistin-resistant Δlpx strains with loss of lipopolysaccharide (FICindex = 0.75 to 1). A colistin/MD3 combination would need to be targeted to strains with specific colistin resistance mechanisms.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27139471 PMCID: PMC4914650 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00510-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191