Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Vol 39, 325-330, Copyright © 1997 by The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
CH Chen, TL Tsou, HY Chiang, SH Lee, F Lee, JH Lee, TM Wang and YT Liu
Six hundred and thirty-two isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa of 17 pyocin
types were collected in 1993 in Taiwan. Types 1, 10, 3, 35 and 12 were the
most common pyocin types identified in Taiwan with isolation frequencies of
47.3%, 24.4%, 7.6%, 3.6% and 2.2%, respectively. Several pyocin subtypes
were determined. All pyocin types (one isolate of each tested) were
resistant to ampicillin and nalidixic acid, but sensitive to
fluoroquinolone antibiotics, such as norfloxacin and enoxacin, indicating
that cross-resistance to quinolone antibiotics of nalidixic acid and
fluoroquinolone derivatives has not developed. A new ampicillin derivative
of 6,7-difluoroquinolonic acid, N-(6,7- difluoroquinolonyl)-ampicillin
(AU-1), was synthesized by coupling ampicillin with 6,7-difluoroquinolonic
acid (FP-3). Compound AU-1 was much more active than either ampicillin or
FP-3 alone against all pyocin types of P. aeruginosa and induced
filamentation in most growing cells.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa of various pyocin types to the newly synthesized ampicillin derivative, N-(6,7- difluoroquinolonyl)ampicillin
Division of Clinical Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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