| Literature DB >> 27821441 |
Karl Evans R Henson1, Juwon Yim2, Jordan R Smith2, George Sakoulas3, Michael J Rybak4,5.
Abstract
The evidence for using combination therapy for the treatment of serious methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections is growing. In this study, we investigated the synergistic effect of daptomycin (DAP) combined with piperacillin-tazobactam and ampicillin-sulbactam against MRSA in time-kill experiments. Six of eight strains demonstrated synergy between DAP and the β-lactam-β-lactamase inhibitor (BLI) combination. In 5/8 strains, the synergy occurred only in the presence of the BLI, highlighting a role for BLIs in peptide-β-lactam synergy.Entities:
Keywords: antibiotic combination; synergy; β-lactamase inhibitor; β-lactams
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27821441 PMCID: PMC5192128 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01564-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191