Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2000) 45, 633-638
© 2000 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Synergic activity, for anaerobes, of trovafloxacin with clindamycin or metronidazole: chequerboard and time–kill methods
Departments of Pathology (Clinical Microbiology), a Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033 and b Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Chequerboard titrations were used to test the activity of trovafloxacin, alone and in combination with clindamycin or metronidazole, against 156 Gram-positive or Gram-negative anaerobes, including 47 Bacteroides fragilis group, 36 Prevotella spp., 26 fusobacteria, 21 peptostreptococci and 26 clostridia. MIC50/MIC90 values (mg/L) of each drug alone against all 156 strains were: trovafloxacin, 0.5/1; clindamycin, 0.25/2; metronidazole, 1/2. Synergy (FIC indices 
0.5) was seen in two strains with trovafloxacin plus clindamycin, and seven with trovafloxacin plus metronidazole. All other combinations were additive (FIC indices >0.5–2.0); no antagonism (FIC indices >4.0) was seen. In addition, synergy was tested by time–kill methodology for each of the above combinations against 12 Gram-positive or Gram-negative strains. Results indicated that synergy (defined as a 
2 log10 decrease in cfu/mL at 48 h compared with the more active drug alone) was found between trovafloxacin at or below the MIC and both clindamycin and metronidazole at or below the MIC in one strain each of Bacteroides fragilis, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Prevotella intermedia, Fusobacterium varium, Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus and Clostridium bifermentans. Synergy between trovafloxacin (MIC) and metronidazole alone was seen in one strain each of Bacteroides distasonis, Prevotella bivia, Fusobacterium mortiferum, P. asaccharolyticus and C. bifermentans. In many cases of synergy, including those at the trovafloxacin MIC, regrowth after 48 h, which was commonly seen with trovafloxacin alone, was inhibited, and 99.9% killing was observed with the combination after 48 h, but not with trovafloxacin alone.
* Correspondence address. Department of Pathology, Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. Tel: +1-717-531-5113; Fax: +1-717-531-7953; E-mail: pappelbaum{at}psghs.edu
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