Imipenem therapy of experimental Staphylococcus epidermidis endocarditis.
AUTOR(ES)
Berry, A J
RESUMO
Imipenem was evaluated for its activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis in vitro and in a rabbit model of endocarditis. The MBC for imipenem of 55 methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis isolates from patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis increased by eightfold or greater with increasing inoculum size; there was no inoculum-associated increase in the imipenem MBC for 20 methicillin-susceptible S. epidermidis isolates. Endocarditis was produced in rabbits with either a methicillin-susceptible or a methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis isolate to investigate the correlation in vivo of the in vitro inoculum effect for imipenem. Six days of imipenem treatment eradicated methicillin-susceptible S. epidermidis from vegetations of infected rabbits significantly better than no therapy but was less effective against methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis in this regard. Among methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis-infected rabbits, 6 days of imipenem therapy (i) was not significantly better than that of the control and was significantly worse than that of vancomycin in eradicating bacteria from infected vegetations and (ii) increased the frequency of imipenem-resistant subpopulations in infected vegetations. Resistant subpopulations were not seen in vegetations from untreated or imipenem-treated, methicillin-susceptible S. epidermidis-infected rabbits. Imipenem may not be effective therapy for serious human methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis infections.
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