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Abstract

Ertapenem and piperacillin/tazobactam are -lactam antibiotics with a broad spectrum of activity used for the treatment of mixed infections in which and play an important aetiological role. In this study, the activities of piperacillin/tazobactam and ertapenem (MIC and time–kill kinetics) against these bacteria were compared. MICs were determined by the agar dilution method, and the time and slope of time–kill curves were analysed. In the pharmacodynamic assays, pure and mixed cultures of and were exposed to peak concentrations of ertapenem (8.0 μg ml) and piperacillin/tazobactam (64.0/8.0 μg ml) for 48 h. Treatment with ertapenem reduced the viability of and/or by 3 logs in all experiments, whereas piperacillin/tazobactam only affected the viability of . Both drugs exhibited their fastest rates of killing when bacteria were grown in mixed cultures. According to the results, ertapenem exhibited activity similar to that of piperacillin/tazobactam against alone or in mixed culture. However, ertapenem exhibited a markedly higher activity against alone or in combination with relative to piperacillin/tazobactam.

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