Comparative in vitro activities of carbapenem antimicrobial agents against 264 penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Korea

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-143

  Choi, Sang Ho ^a,b   Park, Su Jin ^a,b   Jun, Jae Bum ^a,b   Lee, Sang Rok ^a,b   Jeon, Min Hyuk ^a,b   Kwon, Hyun Hee ^a,b   Kim, Seong Cherl ^a,b   Kim, Mi Na ^a   Jeong, Jin Yong ^a,b   Woo, Jun Hee ^a,b   Kim, Yang Soo ^a,b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbapenems; Ertapenem; Imipenem; Meropenem; Panipenem; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PANIPENEM;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBAPENEMS; HUMANS; KOREA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34247869859     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Methods for Dilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria That Grow Aerobically. 6th ed. (2005), CLSI, Wayne, PA (Approved standard M7-A6)
2. Gomez-Garces J.L., Alos J.I., Alhambra A., and Hernaiz C. Activity of ertapenem and 19 other antimicrobial agents against beta-lactam-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae respiratory tract isolates. Enferm. Infecc. Microbiol. Clin. 23 (2005) 67-70
3. Ho P.L., Que T.L., Chiu S.S., Yung R.W., Ng T.K., Tsang D.N., Seto W.H., and Lau Y.L. Fluoroquinolone and other antimicrobial resistance in invasive pneumococci, Hong Kong, 1995-2001. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 10 (2004) 1250-1257
4. Kosowska K., Hoellman D.B., Lin G., Clark C., Credito K., McGhee P., Dewasse B., Bozdogan B., Shapiro S., and Appelbaum P.C. Antipneumococcal activity of ceftobiprole, a novel broad-spectrum cephalosporin. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 49 (2005) 1932-1942
5. Marchese A., Gualco L., Schito A.M., Debbia E.A., and Schito G.C. In vitro activity of ertapenem against selected respiratory pathogens. J .Antimicrob. Chemother. 54 (2004) 944-951
6. Nagai K., Davies T.A., Jacobs M.R., and Appelbaum P.C. Effects of amino acid alterations in penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) 1a, 2b, and 2x on PBP affinities of penicillin, ampicillin, amoxicillin, cefditoren, cefuroxime, cefprozil, and cefaclor in 18 clinical isolates of penicillin-susceptible, -intermediate, and -resistant pneumococci. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 46 (2002) 1273-1280
7. Nagai K., Matsuo Y., Tsumura N., Sakata Y., and Kato H. Antimicrobial susceptibilities and serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae in southwestern Japan and correlation of penicillin-binding protein 2b and 2x mutations in susceptibilities of penicillin G and cefotaxime. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 37 (2000) 107-113
8. Powis J., McGeer A., Green K., Vanderkooi O., Weiss K., Zhanel G., Mazzulli T., Kuhn M., Church D., Davidson R., Forward K., Hoban D., Simor A., and Low D.E. In vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates obtained in Canada in 2002. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 48 (2004) 3305-3311
9. Smith A.M., and Klugman K.P. Alterations in PBP 1A essential for high-level penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 42 (1998) 1329-1333
10. Ubukata K., Chiba N., Hasegawa K., Kobayashi R., Iwata S., and Sunakawa K. Antibiotic susceptibility in relation to penicillin-binding protein genes and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains responsible for meningitis in Japan, 1999 to 2002. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 48 (2004) 1488-1494
11. Watanabe A., Tokue Y., Takahashi H., Kikuchi T., Kobayashi T., Gomi K., Fujimura S., Yasui S., Murayama Y., and Nukiwa T. Comparative in-vitro activity of carbapenem antibiotics against respiratory pathogens isolated between 1999 and 2000. J. Infect. Chemother. 7 (2001) 267-271