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. 1978 May;13(5):745–752. doi: 10.1128/aac.13.5.745

Antibacterial Activity of Apalcillin (PC-904) Against Gram-Negative Bacilli, Especially Ampicillin-, Carbenicillin-, and Gentamicin-Resistant Clinical Isolates

Hiroshi Noguchi 1, Masako Kubo 1, Satonori Kurashige 1, Susumu Mitsuhashi 1
PMCID: PMC352326  PMID: 248269

Abstract

Apalcillin (PC-904) is active against carbenicillin- and ampicillin-resistant strains of gram-negative bacilli. Among Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains highly resistant to carbenicillin (≥3,200 μg/ml), half of them were susceptible to PC-904 at a concentration of 50 to 1,600 μg/ml. The minimal inhibitory concentration of PC-904 against P. aeruginosa strains resistant to carbenicillin (400 to 1,600 μg/ml) ranged from 3.1 to 25 μg/ml. Ampicillin- and carbenicillin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains were similarly susceptible to PC-904. However, drug resistance to PC-904 was already apparent among some strains of P. aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, P. vulgaris, and P. morganii, recently isolated in Japan; i.e., 4, 35, 32, 4, 6, and 14% of strains isolated were resistant. PC-904 was more active, on the other hand, than ampicillin and carbenicillin against antibiotic-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae and also showed high activity against most species of Pseudomonadaceae, especially P. cepacia and P. aeruginosa. The minimum inhibitory concentrations of PC-904 were greatly affected by inoculum size when the organisms tested were strains producing large amounts of beta-lactamase.

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