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Doripenem, gentamicin, and colistin, alone and in combinations, against gentamicin-susceptible, KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains with various ompK36 genotypes.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2014
Clancy Cornelius J, Hao Binghua, Shields Ryan K, Chen Liang, Perlin David S, Kreiswirth Barry N, Nguyen M Hong
Abstract excerpt
Gentamicin doses of 2 and 10 μg/ml were bactericidal against 64% and 100%, respectively, of gentamicin-susceptible KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains. Treatment with the combination of doripenem (8 μg/ml) plus colistin (2 μg/ml) was inferior to treatment with gentamicin (2 μg/ml), doripenem-gentamicin, gentamicin-colistin, and doripenem-gentamicin-colistin against strains with glycine and aspartic acid...
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