Table 1. MIC of Meropenem in Combination with the Cephalosporin Conjugates Tested at Multiple Concentrations against Four Clinical Isolates.
| meropenem
MIC (μg/mL) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | concentration (μg/mL) | E. cloacae (IMP-1) | K. pneumoniae (IMP-28) | E. coli (VIM-2) | E. coli (NDM-1) |
| 6 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 32 |
| 32 | 8 (2)a | 1 (4) | 8 (1) | 16 (2) | |
| 64 | 8 (2) | 0.5 (8) | 4 (2) | 8 (4) | |
| 128 | 4 (4) | 0.25 (16) | 4 (2) | 8 (4) | |
| 8 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 32 |
| 32 | 1 (32) | ≤0.063 (≥64) | 4 (2) | 16 (2) | |
| 64 | 0.5 (64) | ≤0.063 (≥64) | 2 (4) | 16 (2) | |
| 128 | 0.5 (64) | ≤0.063 (≥64) | 1 (8) | 8 (4) | |
| 9 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 32 |
| 32 | 1 (32) | ≤0.063 (≥64) | 4 (2) | 16 (2) | |
| 64 | 1 (32) | ≤0.063 (≥64) | 4 (2) | 8 (4) | |
| 128 | 0.5 (64) | ≤0.063 (≥64) | 2 (4) | 8 (4) | |
| 10 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 64 |
| 32 | 8 (2) | 1 (4) | 8 (1) | 32 (2) | |
| 64 | 8 (2) | 0.5 (8) | 8 (1) | 32 (2) | |
| 128 | 4 (4) | 0.25 (16) | 4 (2) | 16 (4) | |
| 11 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 32 | 8 (4) | 0.5 (4) | 2 (2) | 16 (2) | |
| 64 | 8 (4) | 0.25 (8) | 2 (2) | 16 (2) | |
| 128 | 4 (8) | 0.25 (8) | 1 (4) | 16 (2) | |
| 12 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 64 |
| 32 | 8 (2) | 0.5 (8) | 8 (1) | 32 (2) | |
| 64 | 8 (2) | 0.25 (16) | 4 (2) | 16 (4) | |
| 128 | 8 (2) | 0.25 (16) | 4 (2) | 16 (4) | |
| 13 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 32 | 8 (2) | 0.25 (8) | 2 (2) | 16 (2) | |
| 64 | 8 (2) | 0.25 (8) | 2 (2) | 16 (2) | |
| 128 | 4 (4) | 0.125 (16) | 1 (4) | 8 (4) | |
| 15 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 32 | 16 (1) | 1 (2) | 2 (2) | 16 (2) | |
| 64 | 16 (1) | 0.5 (4) | 2 (2) | 16 (2) | |
| 128 | 16 (1) | 0.25 (8) | 1 (4) | 16 (2) | |
| DPAb | 0 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 32 | 16 (2) | 0.125 (16) | ≤0.063 (≥64) | 0.5 (64) | |
| 64 | 1 (32) | ≤0.031 (≥64) | ≤0.063 (≥64) | 0.5 (64) | |
| 128 | 0.25 (128) | ≤0.031 (≥64) | ≤0.063 (≥64) | ≤0.5 (≥64) | |
Fold reduction of MIC shown in brackets.
Dipicolinic acid.