Post-β-lactamase-inhibitor effect of tazobactam in combination with ceftolozane on extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing strains

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(4):2434-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02398-13. Epub 2014 Jan 21.

Abstract

The post-β-lactamase-inhibitor effect (PBLIE) of tazobactam combined with ceftolozane was evaluated by time-kill assays on two clinical Escherichia coli strains producing CTX-M-15 with or without TEM-1. The organisms were exposed (2 h) to 4 μg/ml/4 μg/ml of ceftolozane-tazobactam (4× MIC), 4 μg/ml of ceftolozane, and medium containing no drug, washed, and resuspended in medium alone or medium containing ceftolozane-tazobactam or ceftolozane. The PBLIE was determined as 1.3 to 2.1 h, and a postantibiotic effect was measured as 0.8 to 0.9 h.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cephalosporins / pharmacology
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects*
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Penicillanic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Penicillanic Acid / pharmacology
  • Tazobactam
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cephalosporins
  • ceftolozane
  • Penicillanic Acid
  • beta-Lactamases
  • Tazobactam