| Literature DB >> 32755805 |
Justin A Clark1, Brandon Kulengowski2, David S Burgess3.
Abstract
We evaluated the in vitro activity of plazomicin against other aminoglycosides in 122 clinical carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates using several clinical susceptibility breakpoints. Plazomicin had excellent in vitro activity with 98% overall susceptibility. Amikacin was the next most active with 86% overall susceptibility. This dropped to 55% when switching from Clinical Laboratory and Standards Institute to US Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing breakpoints.Entities:
Keywords: Aminoglycoside resistance; Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae; Plazomicin; Susceptibility testing
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32755805 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115117
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803