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Krauze-Baranowska M, Głód D, Kula M, Majdan M, Hałasa R, Matkowski A, Kozłowska W, Kawiak A. Chemical composition and biological activity of Rubus idaeus shoots--a traditional herbal remedy of Eastern Europe. Altern Ther Health Med 2014; 14:480. [PMID: 25496130 PMCID: PMC4295307 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Background The young shoots of Rubus idaeus are traditionally used as a herbal remedy in common cold, fever and flu-like infections yet there is no research concerning this plant material. The aim of the study was to evaluate the chemical composition and biological properties of raspberry shoots from 11 cultivar varieties. Methods The methanol extracts were subjected to chromatographic analysis using HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS, and two-dimensional ‘comprehensive’ LCxLC techniques. The biological activity of the shoot extract from the ‘Willamette’ cultivar variety was evaluated. Antioxidant activity was tested using DPPH and phosphomolybdenum assay. Antimicrobial activity was estimated towards 15 strains of human pathogenic bacteria using broth microdilution method. Cytotoxic activity was tested using MTT cell viability assay. Results The dominating compounds identified in the shoots of R. idaeus were ellagic acid (26.1 - 106.8 mg/100 g) and sanguiin H-6 (139.2 - 633.1 mg/100 g). The best separation of compounds present in the analysed polyphenol complex, was achieved by ‘comprehensive’ LCxLC method using Nucleodur Sphinx RP column in the first dimension and Chromolith Performance column in the second dimension. The shoot extract was found to be a strong antioxidant (EC50 19.4 μg/ml, AAE 427.94 mg/g) and displayed the strongest bactericidal properties towards Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The extract revealed higher cytotoxic activity towards the HL-60 cells (IC50 110 μg/ml) than HeLa (IC50 300 μg/ml). Conclusions The shoots of R. idaeus stand out as a valuable source of sanguiin H-6 and ellagic acid and possess a number of biological properties including antioxidative, antimicrobial and cytotoxic.
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Krauze-Baranowska M, Majdan M, Hałasa R, Głód D, Kula M, Fecka I, Orzeł A. The antimicrobial activity of fruits from some cultivar varieties of Rubus idaeus and Rubus occidentalis. Food Funct 2014; 5:2536-41. [PMID: 25131001 DOI: 10.1039/c4fo00129j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Raspberries, derived from different cultivar varieties, are a popular ingredient of everyday diet, and their biological activity is a point of interest for researchers. The ethanol-water extracts from four varieties of red (Rubus idaeus'Ljulin', 'Veten', 'Poranna Rosa') and black (Rubus occidentalis'Litacz') raspberries were evaluated in the range of their antimicrobial properties as well as phenolic content - sanguiin H-6, free ellagic acid and anthocyanins. The antimicrobial assay was performed with the use of fifteen strains of bacteria, both Gram-negative and Gram-positive. The antimicrobial activity of the extracts varied and depended on the analysed strain of bacteria and cultivar variety, with the exception of Helicobacter pylori, towards which the extracts displayed the same growth inhibiting activity. Two human pathogens Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Moraxella catarrhalis proved to be the most sensitive to raspberry extracts. Contrary to the extracts, sanguiin H-6 and ellagic acid were only active against eight and nine bacterial strains, respectively. The determined MIC and MBC values of both compounds were several times lower than the tested extracts. The highest sensitivity of Corynebacterium diphtheriae to extracts from both black and red raspberries may be due to its sensitivity to sanguiin H-6 and ellagic acid.
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- M Krauze-Baranowska
- Department of Pharmacognosy with Medicinal Plant Garden, Faculty of Pharmacy with Subfaculty of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdańsk, Poland.
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CHRISTENSEN JENSJØRGEN. Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis: Clinical, microbiological and immunological features in lower respiratory tract infections. APMIS 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.1999.tb05670.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Khemiri H, Smaoui H, Kechrid A. [Antimicrobial susceptibility of 80 Moraxella catarrhalis strains isolated in the children's hospital of Tunis]. PATHOLOGIE-BIOLOGIE 2008; 56:158-161. [PMID: 18178028 DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2007.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2007] [Accepted: 09/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Eighty non-repetitive strains of Moraxella catarrhalis, isolated in Tunis Children's Hospital during five years from 1998 to 2002, were tested for their antimicrobial susceptibility, 95% of these strains were isolated from lung samples: 57.5% from trachea products, 35% from sputum and 2.5% from bronchial washings. The majority of strains (72%) were obtained from children under two years old. Antimicrobial susceptibility study showed that 95% of stains were beta-lactamase-producing, therefore they were penicillin G and amoxicillin resistant with high MICs. MIC(90) of penicillin G and amoxicillin of beta-lactamase-producing strains were respectively greater than 32 and 6 mg/l, these MIC decrease with addition of clavulanic acid. In fact, all strains studied were susceptible to the association amoxicillin-clavulanic acid as well as to cefotaxime. Concerning the other antimicrobial groups percentages of resistant strains found were as follows: erythromycin 3.75%, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazol 12.5% and tetracycline 1.25%. Finally, all strains were susceptible to chloramphenicol, rifampicin and ciprofloxacin.
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- H Khemiri
- Laboratoire de microbiologie, hôpital d'Enfants de Tunis, Bab-Saadoun, 1006 Tunis, Tunisia.
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Van Dyck E, Karita E, Abdellati S, Dirk VH, Ngabonziza M, Lafort Y, Laga M. Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Kigali, Rwanda, and trends of resistance between 1986 and 2000. Sex Transm Dis 2001; 28:539-45. [PMID: 11518873 DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200109000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Plasmid-mediated and chromosomal-mediated resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to penicillin, tetracycline, thiamphenicol, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole has spread dramatically in Africa. Monitoring of antimicrobial susceptibility is a key element in the control of sexually transmitted diseases. GOAL To document antimicrobial susceptibilities of gonococci isolated during the past 15 years in Kigali, Rwanda. STUDY DESIGN Minimal inhibitory concentrations of recently collected gonococcal isolates of eight antimicrobials were determined. The results were compared with data collected for isolates obtained since 1986. RESULTS In 1986, 35% of the gonococcal isolates were penicillinase-producing N gonorrhoeae. Tetracycline-resistant N gonorrhoeae appeared in 1989. The prevalence of penicillinase-producing N gonorrhoeae and tetracycline-resistant N gonorrhoeae increased significantly to 70.5% and 89.2%, respectively. Chromosomal resistance to penicillin, tetracycline, and thiamphenicol increased temporarily, then decreased significantly. Chromosomal resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole appeared in 1988 and increased to 21.6%. All the isolates were susceptible to ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, spectinomycin, and kanamycin. CONCLUSIONS This study illustrated the rapidly increasing frequencies of penicillinase-producing N gonorrhoeae and tetracycline-resistant N gonorrhoeae. Chromosomal resistance to thiamphenicol and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole excludes these drugs as alternative treatment. Programs for antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance of N gonorrhoeae should urgently be established in Africa.
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- E Van Dyck
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Gazagne L, Delmas C, Bingen E, Dabernat H. Molecular epidemiology of ampicillin-resistant non-beta-lactamase-producing Haemophilus influenzae. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:3629-35. [PMID: 9817886 PMCID: PMC105253 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.12.3629-3635.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Resistance to ampicillin without beta-lactamase production is not a frequent occurrence among Haemophilus influenzae strains. This kind of resistance is encountered in unencapsulated strains isolated from bronchial secretions and ear, nose, and throat specimens and is exceptional in H. influenzae type b. We studied 29 of these strains from various areas in France and 2 reference strains. Strains were compared by using ribotyping, arbitarily primed PCR with two primers, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Each technique enabled the identification of 20 to 23 different patterns among the 31 strains. The combination of the different patterns for the strains obtained by the different techniques provided 27 distinct profiles. According to these results, it seems that the clonal propagation of these resistant strains does not occur.
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- L Gazagne
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Purpan, Toulouse, France
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Van Dyck E, Smet H, Piot P. Comparison of E test with agar dilution for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:1586-8. [PMID: 8077409 PMCID: PMC264044 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.32.6.1586-1588.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A collection of 150 Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Africa, where various resistance mechanisms among N. gonorrhoeae isolates are common, was used to the compare E test (AB Biodisk, Solna, Sweden) with agar dilution susceptibility testing. MICs obtained by the E test agreed within 1 log2 concentration by the agar dilution method for 97.5, 97.3, 96.6, 94, and 84.7% of the tested isolates for penicillin, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, respectively. No significant difference in susceptibility categorization was observed between either method. The E test is an attractive alternative to the agar dilution technique and is a more appropriate method for N. gonorrhoeae susceptibility testing in developing countries.
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- E Van Dyck
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Division of Microbiology, Antwerp, Belgium
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Dagan R, Syrogiannopoulos G, Ashkenazi S, Engelhard D, Einhorn M, Gatzola-Karavelli M, Shalit I, Amir J. Parenteral-oral switch in the management of paediatric pneumonia. Drugs 1994; 47 Suppl 3:43-51. [PMID: 7518766 DOI: 10.2165/00003495-199400473-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In phase I of a 2-phase study, 56 evaluable children (0.8 to 5 years) with lobar or segmental pneumonia received intravenous or intramuscular ceftriaxone 50 mg/kg/day for 2 days followed by oral cefetamet pivoxil 20 mg/kg/day in 2 divided doses to complete 7 days of treatment. All patients achieved a clinical cure. In phase II, a randomised open multicentre study, 62 children with pneumonia received an identical regimen to phase I (arm A), and 59 children received ceftriaxone 50 mg/kg/day for 1 day followed by 6 days' treatment with cefetamet pivoxil 20 mg/kg/day (arm B). Patients from phase I and arm A were combined giving a total of 118 evaluable patients in arm A. At the end of treatment, 100% of patients in arm A and 96% in arm B achieved a clinical cure; cure was maintained in 99 and 98% of patients, respectively. Two (4%) patients in arm B failed therapy; in both cases, factors other than treatment failure may have accounted for the poor response. 11 and 12% of patients in treatment arms A and B, respectively, experienced adverse events; gastrointestinal events (nausea and/or vomiting) were reported in 9 and 8% of patients, respectively. In conclusion, 1 or 2 days' treatment with parenteral ceftriaxone before switching to oral cefetamet pivoxil was safe and effective in the treatment of childhood pneumonia. Therefore, parenteral-oral switch is a feasible treatment option in the treatment of serious paediatric community-acquired pneumonia.
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- R Dagan
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Calderón E, Conde-González C, Gatica R, Rivera R, Hernando N, Barriga G, Hill J, Romero G. Antimicrobial resistance among bacterial isolates from children. Curr Ther Res Clin Exp 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0011-393x(05)80667-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Möller LV, van Alphen L, Grasselier H, Dankert J. N-acetyl-D-glucosamine medium improves recovery of Haemophilus influenzae from sputa of patients with cystic fibrosis. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31:1952-4. [PMID: 7688756 PMCID: PMC265670 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.31.7.1952-1954.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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A modified selective medium supplemented with N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (NAG), hemin, and NAD plus two cefsulodin disks, for primary isolation of nonencapsulated Haemophilus influenzae from sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis, is described. Isolation of H. influenzae from this medium, designated NAG medium, was compared with recovery by standard media and immunochemical detection of H. influenzae with monoclonal antibody 8BD9. The H. influenzae recovery rate increased from 31% with standard media to 42% with NAG medium. H. influenzae was detected by immunoperoxidase staining in 54% of the sputum specimens. The results of this study demonstrate that NAG medium improves H. influenzae recovery, although immunoperoxidase staining is superior for detection of H. influenzae from sputum of cystic fibrosis patients.
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- L V Möller
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Fekete T. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and implications for epidemiology and therapy. Clin Microbiol Rev 1993; 6:22-33. [PMID: 8457978 PMCID: PMC358264 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.6.1.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae has been under development since the early days of antimicrobial agents. However, it is rarely applied to clinical isolates today. The history of the various in vitro tests to determine the susceptibility of N. gonorrhoeae to antibiotics is rich with evidence that these results predict response to therapy for almost all agents tested. Further, AST is a useful and important aspect of strain characterization and disease epidemiology in conjunction with the more specific but laborious techniques of auxotyping, serotyping, and plasmid analysis. Current technology has overcome many of the objections to AST for N. gonorrhoeae with standardization of test media and the development of an accurate disk diffusion AST method that is suited to most clinical laboratories regardless of volume or level of technical expertise. Ironically, the very low level of resistance to the current primary treatment strategy in the United States, ceftriaxone or another potent cephalosporin, makes the use of AST somewhat superfluous.
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- T Fekete
- Section of Infectious Diseases, Temple University Health Sciences Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140
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Doern GV. In vitro susceptibility testing of Haemophilus influenzae: review of new National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards recommendations. J Clin Microbiol 1992; 30:3035-8. [PMID: 1452681 PMCID: PMC270584 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.30.12.3035-3038.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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- G V Doern
- Department of Hospital Laboratories, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655
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Bingen E, Bourgeois F, Chardon H, Doit C, Lambert-Zechovsky N. Killing kinetics of five orally administered antibiotics at clinically achievable concentrations against Moraxella catarrhalis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1992; 11:923-6. [PMID: 1486888 DOI: 10.1007/bf01962375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Time-kill kinetic studies were used to measure the bactericidal activity of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (in a new form for pediatric use), cefaclor, cefuroxime, cefixime and erythromycin against 30 beta-lactamase producing Moraxella catarrhalis strains. Antibiotics were tested at the mean maximum serum concentration observed after administration of a standard dose and at 0.5 x Cmax, 0.33 x Cmax and 0.25 x Cmax. A 2 log10 reduction in colony counts was obtained with the Cmax of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and cefixime after 5 h of incubation. After 24 h of incubation a decrease of 3 and 4 log was observed with cefixime and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid respectively. At 0.5 x Cmax and 0.33 x Cmax, bactericidal activity was obtained only with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid.
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- E Bingen
- Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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Recent trends in the college of American pathologists proficiency results for antimicrobial susceptibility testing: Preparing for CLIA '88. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0196-4399(92)90033-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Olsson-Liljequist B, Burman LG, Kallings I. Antibiotic susceptibility of upper respiratory tract pathogens in Sweden: a seven year follow-up study including loracarbef. Swedish Respiratory Tract Study Group. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1992; 24:485-93. [PMID: 1411315 DOI: 10.3109/00365549209052635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The antibiotic susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus pneumoniae was investigated in five different geographical areas of Sweden in 1990 and compared with results from similar investigations performed in 1983 and 1986. Tests on 100 isolates per species and laboratory were performed by the disk diffusion method, and 10% of the strains plus all resistant ones were sent to the central laboratory for determination of MICs of ampicillin, phenoxymethylpenicillin, cefaclor, loracarbef, erythromycin, tetracycline and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Beta-lactamase production was found in 7% of H. influenzae and 71% of M. catarrhalis, and reduced susceptibility to penicillin in 3% of S. pneumoniae. Low frequencies (1-3%) of tetracycline resistance were found in H. influenzae and in the 2 streptococcal species, in which also less than 1% of the strains were resistant to erythromycin. Resistance to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole occurred in 7% (range 3-14%) of H. influenzae and in 3% of S. pneumoniae. Cefaclor was active against all streptococci except against S. pneumoniae with reduced susceptibility to penicillin. It was active against beta-lactamase negative strains of M. catarrhalis but had, according to the SIR-system, intermediate activity against H. influenzae. Loracarbef was twice as active as cefaclor against H. influenzae but equally active against the 3 other species tested.
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- B Olsson-Liljequist
- Department of Bacteriology, National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
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James NC, Donn KH, Collins JJ, Davis IM, Lloyd TL, Hart RW, Powell JR. Pharmacokinetics of cefuroxime axetil and cefaclor: relationship of concentrations in serum to MICs for common respiratory pathogens. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1991; 35:1860-3. [PMID: 1952858 PMCID: PMC245281 DOI: 10.1128/aac.35.9.1860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The pharmacokinetics of single doses of cefaclor at 250 and 375 mg and cefuroxime axetil at 250 mg administered under optimal conditions (i.e., cefuroxime axetil after food and cefaclor in the fasted state) were studied in 24 healthy male volunteers. Drug concentrations in serum were related to MICs for common respiratory tract pathogens by using data generated from a recently completed national survey. The time the concentrations in serum exceeded the MICs for Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Moraxella (formerly Branhamella) catarrhalis were significantly greater (P less than 0.05) for cefuroxime axetil at 250 mg than for cefaclor at 250 or 375 mg. With the recommended dosing regimens (cefuroxime axetil at 250 mg and cefaclor at 375 mg twice daily or cefaclor at 250 mg three times daily), cefuroxime concentrations exceed the MIC for 90% of the strains tested for a greater time period than cefaclor concentrations with either regimen. The reasons for this difference are (i) the greater potency and slower clearance of cefuroxime compared with those of cefaclor and (ii) the greater sensitivity of these pathogens to cefuroxime.
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- N C James
- Glaxo Inc. Research Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
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de Groot R, Dzoljic-Danilovic G, van Klingeren B, Goessens WH, Neyens HJ. Antibiotic resistance in Haemophilus influenzae: mechanisms, clinical importance and consequences for therapy. Eur J Pediatr 1991; 150:534-46. [PMID: 1954956 DOI: 10.1007/bf02072202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Invasive and non-invasive infections caused by Haemophilus influenzae are frequently diagnosed in children below the age of 5 years. The treatment of choice for these infections was ampicillin. However, since the early 1970s the increasing prevalence of resistance to ampicillin and other antibiotics has necessitated major changes in antibiotic therapy. This article summarizes some of the important clinical features of diseases caused by H. influenzae. The epidemiology, the problems with in vitro susceptibility testing and the mechanisms of resistance to major antibiotics are reviewed. The consequences of antibiotic resistance for the treatment of diseases caused by H. influenzae are discussed.
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- R de Groot
- Department of Paediatrics, Sophia Children's Hospital/University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Ray A, Newton V. Use of high-performance liquid chromatography to monitor stability of tetracycline and chlortetracycline in susceptibility determinations. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1991; 35:1264-6. [PMID: 1929279 PMCID: PMC284329 DOI: 10.1128/aac.35.6.1264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Trypticase soy broth and nutrient broth were used in the antimicrobial susceptibility testing of tetracycline and chlortetracycline with Bacillus subtilis. The stability of the antibiotics in both media at an incubation temperature of 37 degrees C was monitored by high-performance liquid chromatography. It was found that Trypticase soy broth has limited application in susceptibility testing for the tetracycline congeners tested and that chlortetracycline is more unstable than tetracycline.
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- A Ray
- Division of Chemistry, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, Herts, United Kingdom
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Quantitative antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae by using the E-test. J Clin Microbiol 1991; 29:109-14. [PMID: 1993744 PMCID: PMC269713 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.29.1.109-114.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The E-test (PDM Epsilometer; AB Biodisk, Solna, Sweden) is an antimicrobial agent gradient-coated plastic test strip which allows MIC determinations on agar media. The test is performed in a manner similar to the agar disk diffusion procedure. A collection of Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae strains possessing various resistance mechanisms was used to evaluate the E-test method. H. influenzae strains were tested with both Haemophilus test medium (HTM) and PDM ASM II chocolate agar, while the S. pneumoniae strains were tested on Mueller-Hinton sheep blood agar. E-test MICs for a total of 10 antimicrobial agents were compared with broth microdilution MICs determined according to National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards methods. In general, E-test MICs for both species were quickly and easily interpreted and agreed within one log2 MIC increment in 89.8% of tests with H. influenzae and in 80.4% of pneumococcal tests. The majority of disagreements between the E-test and conventional MICs occurred with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole because of trailing and diffuse E-test MIC endpoints with both species. Ampicillin MICs for beta-lactamase-producing H. influenzae determined by the E-test differed at times from those determined by conventional testing because of the vagaries of interpreting colonies growing within the E-test inhibition ellipses. E-test penicillin MICs for pneumococci tended to be 1 to 2 log2 dilutions lower than those determined by using Mueller-Hinton broth supplemented with lysed horse blood. Nevertheless, strains of both species with documented resistance to the study drugs were detected by E-tests, i.e., 0.7% of the tests had very major errors with H. influenzae and 0.8% had very major errors with S. pneumoniae. Thus, the E-test represents a potential alternative method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of these two fastidious bacterial species.
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In the treatment of infectious diseases in daily clinical practice, the physician is faced with a wide choice of antibiotics. Rational antibiotic use requires knowledge of the pathogens causing disease at that site, and the prevalence of resistance. In outpatient respiratory tract infection, for example, 3 pathogens, Branhamella (Moraxella) catarrhalis, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae, predominate, beta-Lactamase production by the first 2 is a significant factor in antibiotic selection for respiratory tract infection. Empirical antibiotics are selected for efficacy, cost-effectiveness, safety and patient compliance.
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- A Verghese
- Texas Tech Regional Academic Health Center, El Paso
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Jorgensen JH, Doern GV, Maher LA, Howell AW, Redding JS. Antimicrobial resistance among respiratory isolates of Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1990; 34:2075-80. [PMID: 2127342 PMCID: PMC172002 DOI: 10.1128/aac.34.11.2075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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A national surveillance study was conducted to determine trends in antimicrobial resistance patterns among three common causes of community-acquired respiratory tract infections. Fifteen participating U.S. medical centers submitted clinically significant isolates of Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae to two central laboratories for testing with a group of 12 antimicrobial agents. The majority of isolates were recovered from adult males greater than 50 years old. Overall, 84.1% of 378 M. catarrhalis and 16.5% of 564 H. influenzae (29.5% of type b strains; 15.0% of non-type b strains) produced beta-lactamase and were thus resistant to penicillin, ampicillin, and amoxicillin. Resistance in H. influenzae to other agents was 2.1% to tetracycline, 0.7% to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, 1.1% to cefaclor, and 0.2% to cefuroxime and amoxicillin-clavulanate, while the M. catarrhalis isolates yielded very low MICs of these latter drugs. As demonstrated in prior studies, erythromycin showed little activity against H. influenzae. Of 487 S. pneumoniae isolates, 1 (0.2%) was penicillin resistant, while 3.8% were relatively resistant to penicillin, 4.5% were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, 2.3% were resistant to tetracycline, 1.2% were resistant to chloramphenicol, and 0.2% were resistant to erythromycin. Overall, the lowest resistance rates for these common bacterial respiratory pathogens were noted with amoxicillin-clavulanate, cefuroxime, and cefaclor.
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- J H Jorgensen
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284
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Tremblay LD, L'Ecuyer J, Provencher P, Bergeron MG. Susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae to antimicrobial agents used in Canada. Canadian Study Group. CMAJ 1990; 143:895-901. [PMID: 2224717 PMCID: PMC1452428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We evaluated the incidence of Haemophilus influenzae resistance to selected antimicrobials used in Canada. From 1985 to 1987, 2503 H. influenzae isolates obtained in 14 hospitals across Canada were sent to the Centre hospitalier de l'université Laval (CHUL) for identification, serotyping, biotyping and testing for beta-lactamase production. Susceptibility tests were done with the use of 12 antibiotics. Of the strains 424 (16.9%) produced beta-lactamase; the proportion varied from 12.8%, in Newfoundland, to 19.6%, in Ontario. Of the strains 18.3% were type b; 19.4% of those produced beta-lactamase. Almost 82% of the strains were not type b. The proportion of beta-lactamase-producing strains varied according to the isolation site, from 15.3% in the respiratory tract to 25.6% in the blood. The overall level of resistance was 19.3% to ampicillin, 24.2% to erythromycin, 3.8% to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, 1.7% to amoxicillin-potassium clavulanate, 1.4% to cefaclor, 1.3% to tetracycline, 1.0% to rifampin, 0.7% to cefuroxime and 0.1% to cefamandole. Disc diffusion susceptibility testing revealed 64 strains (2.6%) that did not produce beta-lactamase but were resistant to ampicillin and 9 (0.4%) that produced beta-lactamase but were susceptible to ampicillin. The results of beta-lactamase production tests were identical regardless of whether the tests were done by the CHUL or by the other hospitals, but there was a marked difference in the susceptibility test results between the CHUL and the other centres. Our results suggest that the level of resistance of H. influenzae to antibiotics is increasing in Canada and that the initial choice of drug therapy may have to be modified.
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- L D Tremblay
- Laboratoire et Service d'infectiologie, Centre hospitalier de l'université Laval, Ste-Foy, PQ
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Branhamella catarrhalis was formerly regarded as a common, essentially harmless inhabitant of the pharynx. This misapprehension was caused, in part, by confusion with another pharyngeal resident, Neisseria cinerea. The two organisms can now be differentiated by the positive reactions of B. catarrhalis in tests for nitrate reduction and hydrolysis of tributyrin and DNase. B. catarrhalis is currently recognized as the third most frequent cause of acute otitis media and acute sinusitis in young children. It often causes acute exacerbations of chronic bronchopulmonary disease in older or immunocompromised adults and is incriminated occasionally in meningitis, endocarditis, bacteremia, conjunctivitis, keratitis, and urogenital infections. Virulence-associated factors, such as pili, capsules, outer membrane vesicles, iron acquisition proteins, histamine-synthesizing ability, resistance to the bactericidal action of normal human serum, and binding to the C1q complement component, have been identified in some strains. beta-Lactamase producing strains, first detected in 1976, have risen to approximately 75% worldwide. Thus far, however, practically all American strains of B. catarrhalis remain susceptible to alternative antibiotics. A possible selective advantage of recent isolates is their reportedly heightened tendency for adherence to oropharyngeal cells from patients with chronic bronchopulmonary disease.
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- B W Catlin
- Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226
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Mendelman PM, Wiley EA, Stull TL, Clausen C, Chaffin DO, Onay O. Problems with current recommendations for susceptibility testing of Haemophilus influenzae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1990; 34:1480-4. [PMID: 2221855 PMCID: PMC171856 DOI: 10.1128/aac.34.8.1480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We compared results of MIC and disk susceptibility tests on Haemophilus test medium (HTM) and those on comparative media. Ampicillin MICs were determined with seven ampicillin-resistant, non-beta-lactamase-producing (AmprNBLP) isolates by using HTM and supplemented brain heart infusion (sBHI) agar. Ampicillin and amoxicillin-clavulanate disk tests with 16 AmprNBLP strains, 18 ampicillin-susceptible (Amps) isolates, and 17 ampicillin-resistant, beta-lactamase-producing (AmprBLP) strains were performed by using five media: laboratory-prepared HTM (PHTM), commercial HTM (CHTM), sBHI, enriched chocolate agar, and Mueller-Hinton chocolate agar. We observed that five of seven and three of seven AmprNBLP strains were misclassified as susceptible with PHTM (MIC, less than 2 micrograms/ml) with inocula of 10(3) and 10(5) CFU, respectively, but were resistant with sBHI (MIC, greater than or equal to 2 micrograms/ml). Whereas Mueller-Hinton chocolate agar and enriched chocolate agar plates supported the growth of all 51 strains by the disk tests, 37% (19 of 51) and 8% (4 of 51) of strains did not grow on PHTM and CHTM, respectively. Lack of growth on PHTM was observed for all three phenotypes; 7 of 18 Amps, 4 of 17 AmprBLP, and 8 of 16 AmprNBLP strains did not grow. The four strains that did not grow on CHTM were all AmprNBLP isolates. Zone sizes were significantly larger on PHTM than on the other media. Of the strains that were evaluable by the new National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards guidelines with either PHTM or CHTM, all Amps strains were classified as susceptible. Among the AmprBLP strains, CHTM correctly identified all as resistant, whereas PHTM detected two isolates to be intermediate. Among the AmprNBLP strains, CHTM and PHTM misclassified four (33%) and five (62%) isolates, respectively, as susceptible; an additional isolate was identified as intermediate on both media. We conclude that there is strain-dependent growth on HTM, that adoption of this medium for routine Haemophilus susceptibility testing is problematic due to this growth variability, and that detection of AmprNBLP isolates would be unreliable.
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- P M Mendelman
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98105
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Christensen J, Keiding J, Bruun B. Antimicrobial susceptibility and β-lactamase characterization ofBranhamella catarrhalisisolates from 1983/1984 and 1988. APMIS 1990. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1990.tb05032.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Weinberg GA, Spitzer ED, Murray PR, Ghafoor A, Montgomery J, Tupasi TE, Granoff DM. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Haemophilus isolates from children in eleven developing nations. BOSTID Haemophilus Susceptibility Study Group. Bull World Health Organ 1990; 68:179-84. [PMID: 2364476 PMCID: PMC2393119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The antimicrobial susceptibilities of 426 isolates of Haemophilus species, which were collected as part of a worldwide study of the etiology of acute respiratory disease in children in selected developing countries, were determined. Eleven antibiotics were tested using the recently described Haemophilus Test Medium. There was a low prevalence of antibiotic resistance; 6% of strains were resistant to ampicillin, and 1.6% were resistant to chloramphenicol. Strains resistant to both ampicillin and chloramphenicol were recovered only from Thailand. Susceptibility to penicillin G was also determined; the minimum inhibitory concentrations for penicillin and ampicillin were concordant within one 2-fold dilution in 97% of the isolates. Thus, Haemophilus isolates were as susceptible to penicillin G as they were to ampicillin, and penicillin resistance was infrequent overall. These data provide support for the current protocols for the management of acute respiratory infections in children in developing countries, in which penicillin G is a first-line agent.
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- G A Weinberg
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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Brown BA, Wallace RJ, Flanagan CW, Wilson RW, Luman JI, Redditt SD. Tetracycline and erythromycin resistance among clinical isolates of Branhamella catarrhalis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1989; 33:1631-3. [PMID: 2510597 PMCID: PMC172719 DOI: 10.1128/aac.33.9.1631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We reviewed tetracycline and erythromycin disk diffusion susceptibility of 457 isolates of Branhamella catarrhalis. Four isolates were resistant to tetracycline, with MICs for two available isolates of 16 micrograms/ml. Sixteen isolates were in the moderately susceptible range for erythromycin, with an MIC for one available isolate being greater than 8 micrograms/ml. These are the first tetracycline- and (by MIC) erythromycin-resistant B. catarrhalis isolates reported from the United States.
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- B A Brown
- Department of Microbiology University of Texas Health Center, Tyler 75710
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Jorgensen JH. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Haemophilus influenzae: An update. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0738-1751(89)90015-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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