Comparative Evaluation of In-vitro Synergy Testing Methods in Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter Species

Authors : Ranu SONİ, Varsha GUPTA, Priya DATTA, Satinder GOMBAR, Jagdish CHANDER

Pages : 23-33

Doi:10.5799/jmid.537162

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Publication Date : 2019-03-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: There is an increasing incidence of Acinetobacter species causing serious hospital acquired infections such as blood stream infections insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(BSI);, catheter associated urinary tract infections insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CAUTI); and lower respiratory tract infectionsinsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LRTI); with high mortality rate of 30-75% in patients having long hospital stay especially in critical care units insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CCUs);. During the past decade, multi drug resistant Acinetobacter isolates have presented a real challenge to clinicians and are posing difficulties in treatment. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species particularly A. baumannii , represent a growing public health concern, since they often confer resistance to other critically important antimicrobials. Methodology: In the present study, various antibiotic combinations such as colistin + meropenem, imipenem + tigecycline, polymyxin B + azithromycin and doripenem + sulbactam are used for MDR Acinetobacter infections and tested for in-vitro combination test by Epsilometric test and Broth Micro dilution and confirmation done by time kill assay. Results: We found synergistic results with all three methods used in study with three combinations significantly insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05); but with one combination i.e. doripenem+sulbactam, synergy found only with Etest not with MCB and time kill assay insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p~0.069);.   Conclusions: We have also observed and compared outcome of the patients with respect to the treatment received during hospital stay, but we did not found significant difference between two groups, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(two drug regimen & three drug regimen); regarding their mortality.  J Microbiol Infect Dis 2019; 9insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1);: 23-33.
Keywords : Acinetobacter species, drug synergism, antibiotic sensitivity testing