Korean J Med.
2007 Jan;72(1):68-73.
In vitro antimicrobial activity of cefditoren against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae clinical isolates
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- 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea.
- 2Division of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sangho@amc.seoul.kr
- 3For Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Genetics, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the in vitro activity of cefditoren, an oral third-generation aminothiazolyl cephalosporin, against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae clinical isolates in a tertiary hospital.
METHODS
We have studied the in vitro activities of cefditoren and other oral antibiotics against 120 S. pneumoniae isolates, including 80 penicillin non-susceptible isolates and 80 H. influenzae isolates from clinical specimens of patients at the Asan Medical Center. Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined by the agar dilution method.
RESULTS
All S. pneumoniae strains tested were inhibited by 1 g/mL of cefditoren (MIC50/MIC90 0.25/1 microgram/mL; range 0.015~1 microgram/mL). The MICs were lower for penicillin-susceptible S. pneumoniae (MIC90 0.015 g/mL) as compared to penicillin-intermediate resistant (MIC90 0.5 g/mL) or penicillin- resistant strains (MIC90 1 microgram/mL). Cefditoren was active against all tested H. influenzae strains (MIC50/MIC90 0.015/0.03 microgram/mL; range <0.008~0.03 g/mL) and its activity was comparable to levofloxacin and cefixime.
CONCLUSIONS
Cefditoren had an excellent activity against S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae irrespective of penicillin or ampicillin resistance, respectively. The results of this study suggest that cefditoren is a good choice of an antibiotic to use for empirical oral treatment of community-acquired respiratory tract infections.
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