Susceptibility of multiresistant gram-negative bacteria to fosfomycin and performance of different susceptibility testing methods

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(3):1763-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02048-13. Epub 2013 Dec 9.

Abstract

Fosfomycin may be a treatment option for multiresistant Gram-negative bacteria. This study compared susceptibility methods using 94 multiresistant clinical isolates. With agar dilution (AD), susceptibilities were 81%, 7%, 96%, and 100% (CLSI) and 0%, 0%, 96%, and 30% (EUCAST), respectively, for Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Enterobacter spp. Categorical agreement between Etest and AD for Enterobacteriaceae and A. baumannii was ≥80%. Disk diffusion was adequate only for Enterobacter. CLSI criteria for urine may be adequate for systemic infections.

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Enterobacter / drug effects
  • Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
  • Fosfomycin / pharmacology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Fosfomycin