In-vitro evaluation of different antimicrobial combinations with and without colistin against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

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Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CR-Ab) infections are associated with high morbidity and mortality. The aim of the study was to evaluate the in-vitro activity of different antimicrobial combinations (with and without colistin, COL) against clinical isolates of CR-Ab collected from patients with CR-Ab infection, including unconventional combinations such as COL + VANcomycin (VAN) and COL + rifampin (RIF). CR-Ab strains were collected from hospitalized patients at Sapienza University of Rome. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns were determined throughout MIC50/90s whereas the synergistic activity was evaluated by qualitative (i.e., checkerboard) and quantitative (i.e., killing studies) methods. All the strains were found oxacillinase (OXA) producers and tigecycline (TIG) sensitive whereas 2 strains were resistant to COL. Application of the checkerboard method indicated complete synergism in COL combinations at different extension: 21.4%, 57.1%, 42.8%, 35.7% for COL + meropenem (MEM), COL + RIF, COL + VAN and COL + TIG, respectively, with the non-conventional combinations COL + VAN and COL + RIF exhibiting the highest rate of synergism. Regarding COL-free combination, complete synergism was observed in 35.7% of the strains for MEM + TIG. Killing studies showed that the combinations COL + MEM, COL + TIG and MEM + TIG were bactericidal and synergistic against both colistin-sensitive and low colistin-resistant strains whereas only the combinations COL + VAN and COL + RIF showed an early and durable bactericidal activity against all the tested strains, with absence of growth at 24 h. This study demonstrated that COL-based combinations lead to a high level of synergic and bactericidal activity, especially COL + VAN and COL + RIF, even in the presence of high level of COL resistance.

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Oliva, A., Garzoli, S., De Angelis, M., Marzuillo, C., Vullo, V., Mastroianni, C. M., & Ragno, R. (2019). In-vitro evaluation of different antimicrobial combinations with and without colistin against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Molecules, 24(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24050886

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