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Abstract

The therapeutic options to treat infections are very limited.

Our aim was to evaluate the activity of sulbactam combined directly with avibactam or the ampicillin-sulbactam/ceftazidime-avibactam combination against extensively drug-resistant isolates.

Extensively drug-resistant isolates (=127) collected at several South American hospitals were studied. Synergy with the sulbactam/avibactam combination was assessed in all isolates using the agar dilution method. Avibactam was used at a fixed concentration of 4 mg l. A disc diffusion synergy test was also performed. Synergy by a time-kill experiment was performed in a selected isolate.

Synergy with sulbactam/avibactam was demonstrated in 124 isolates and it showed MIC values ≤4 mg l. This synergy was not detected in the three New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-harbouring isolates. Similar results were observed with the disc diffusion synergy test of ampicillin-sulbactam/ceftazidime-avibactam. In the time-kill experiments, sulbactam/avibactam showed a rapid synergistic and bactericidal activity in ampicillin-sulbactam-resistant isolates.

This study demonstrated that the sulbactam/avibactam combination displayed synergistic activity against isolates. This synergy was observed when both inhibitors were also used as part of the commercially available combinations: ampicillin-sulbactam and ceftazidime-avibactam.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnica, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Award UBACyT 20020130100167BA)
    • Principle Award Recipient: Angela Famiglietti
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