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[In vitro effect of antibiotics against hospital strains of Acinetobacter baumanii]
H Hercouet1, J Bousser, P Y Donnio
1Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Rennes.
Pathologie-Biologie
|June 1, 1989
Abstract:
A total of 142 Acinetobacter baumanii strains isolated from hospital patients were biotyped according to the scheme of Bouvet and Grimont. Most of the strains belonged to biotype 9 and were highly resistant to antibiotics including cephalosporins and amikacin. Imipenem and ticarcillin were the only drugs having a bactericidal activity against A. baumanii. The combination imipenem-netilmicin and ticarcillin-netilmicin were more rapidly bactericidal than imipenem or ticarcillin alone. No resistant strain to imipenem was isolated.