scholarly journals Effectiveness of antibacterial agents against cell-invading bacteria such as Streptococcus pyogenes and Haemophilus influenzae

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Iuchi ◽  
Junichiro Ohori ◽  
Satoshi Kiyama ◽  
Naoko Imuta ◽  
Junichiro Nishi ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Recurrent tonsillitis is one of the most common otolaryngological disorders caused by cell-invading bacteria, such as Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes) and Haemophilus influenzae. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of antibacterial agents against cell-invading bacteria. Methods The intracellular invasion of Detroit 562 cells by five strains of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and four strains of S. pyogenes was investigated. The antibacterial agents used were garenoxacin (GRNX), clarithromycin (CAM), amoxicillin (AMPC), cefditoren pivoxil (CDTR-PI), and levofloxacin (LVFX). Results Both NTHi and S. pyogenes fully invaded Detroit 562 cells in 6 h and were less sensitive to CAM. GRNX, CAM, and LVFX were effective against bacteria invading the cells, but AMPC and CDTR-PI were not effective. GRNX was the most effective. Conclusion GRNX was the most effective agent against bacteria invading cells.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Iuchi ◽  
Junichiro Ohori ◽  
Satoshi Kiyama

Abstract Background: Recurrent tonsillitis is one of the most common otolaryngological disorders caused by bacteria invading cells such as Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes) and Haemophilus influenzae. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of antibacterial drugs against bacteria that have invaded cells.Results: The intracellular invasion of Detroit 562 cells by five strains of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and four strains of Streptococcus pyogenes was investigated. The antibacterial drugs used were garenoxacin (GRNX), clarithromycin (CAM), amoxicillin (AMPC), cefditoren pivoxil (CDTR-PI), and levofloxacin (LVFX). Both NTHi and S. pyogenes fully invaded Detroit 562 cells in 6 h. Both NTHi and S. pyogenes had reduced susceptibility to CAM. GRNX, CAM, and LVFX were effective against bacteria invading the cells, but AMPC and CDTR-PI were not effective. GRNX was the most effective.Conclusion: GRNX was the most effective agent against bacteria invading cells.


2013 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
José M Guevara ◽  
Rosaluz Aróstegui ◽  
Wini Agurto ◽  
Iliana Sobrevilla ◽  
Esther Valencia ◽  
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OBJETIVO: Determinar la resistencia de los patógenos respiratorios a diferentes antimicrobianos. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Entre abril y noviembre de 2002 se estudió 177 pacientes que asistieron al consultorio externo de otorrinolaringología del Hospital Nacional Docente Madre-Niño San Bartolomé. RESULTADOS: Streptococcus pneumoniae fue la bacteria patógena más aislada (57,2%), luego Moraxella catarrhalis (42,7%), Staphylococcus aureus (18,6%) y en pequeña cantidad Haemophilus influenzae (3,4%) y Streptococcus pyogenes (0,7%). Streptococcus pneumoniae presentó 31,3% de resistencia a la penicilina. El 96,7% de Moraxella catarrhalis fueron productoras de betalactamasa y 7,4% de los Staphylococcus aureus fueron resistentes a la oxacilina. CONCLUSIÓN: Streptococcus pneumoniae es el principal agente causal de los procesos infecciosos altos en niños y su resistencia a la penicilina aumentó a 31,3%


2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 2953-2959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio Pérez-Trallero ◽  
Jose E. Martín-Herrero ◽  
Ana Mazón ◽  
Celia García-Delafuente ◽  
Purificación Robles ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT A nationwide multicenter susceptibility surveillance study (Susceptibility to the Antimicrobials Used in the Community in España [SAUCE] project), SAUCE-4, including 2,559 Streptococcus pneumoniae, 2,287 Streptococcus pyogenes, and 2,736 Haemophilus influenzae isolates was carried out from May 2006 to June 2007 in 34 Spanish hospitals. Then, the results from SAUCE-4 were compared to those from all three previous SAUCE studies carried out in 1996-1997, 1998-1999, and 2001-2002 to assess the temporal trends in resistance and the phenotypes of resistance over the 11-year period. In SAUCE-4, on the basis of the CLSI breakpoints, penicillin (parenteral, nonmeningitis breakpoint) and cefotaxime were the antimicrobials that were the most active against S. pneumoniae (99.8% and 99.6%, respectively). Only 0.9% of isolates had a penicillin MIC of ≥2 μg/ml. In S. pyogenes, nonsusceptibility to erythromycin was observed in 19.4% of isolates. Among the H. influenzae isolates, a β-lactamase-positive prevalence of 15.7% was found. A statistically significant temporal decreasing trend over the 11-year period was observed for nonsusceptibility (from 60.0% to 22.9%) and resistance (from 36.5% to 0.9%) to penicillin and for the proportion of erythromycin-resistant isolates of S. pneumoniae of the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLSB) phenotype (from 98.4% to 81.3%). A similar trend was observed for the prevalence of ampicillin resistance (from 37.6% to 16.1%), β-lactamase production (from 25.7% to 15.7%), and β-lactamase-negative ampicillin resistance (BLNAR) in H. influenzae (from 13.5% to 0.7%). Among erythromycin-resistant isolates of S. pyogenes, a significant increasing trend in the prevalence of MLSB was observed (from 7.0% to 35.5%). SAUCE-4 confirms a generalized decline in the resistance of the main respiratory pathogens to the antimicrobials as well as a shift in their resistance phenotypes.


2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. e1005576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Chang Mell ◽  
Cristina Viadas ◽  
Javier Moleres ◽  
Sunita Sinha ◽  
Ariadna Fernández-Calvet ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 904-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayumi Tanaka ◽  
Emi Yamazaki ◽  
Megumi Chiba ◽  
Kiyomi Yoshihara ◽  
Takaaki Akasaka ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The antibacterial activity of DQ-113, formerly D61-1113, was compared with those of antibacterial agents currently available. MICs at which 90% of the isolates tested are inhibited (MIC90s) of DQ-113 against clinical isolates of methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-susceptible and -resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci were 0.03, 0.008, 0.03, and 0.06 μg/ml, respectively. Moreover, DQ-113 showed the most potent activity against ofloxacin-resistant and methicillin-resistant S. aureus, with a MIC90 of 0.25μg/ml. DQ-113 inhibited the growth of all strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, including penicillin-resistant strains, and Streptococcus pyogenes at 0.06 μg/ml, and DQ-113 was more active than the other quinolones tested against Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium with MIC90s of 0.25 and 2 μg/ml, respectively. Against vancomycin-resistant enterococci, DQ-113 showed the highest activity among the reference compounds, with a MIC range from 0.25 to 2 μg/ml. DQ-113 also showed a potent activity against Haemophilus influenzae, including ampicillin-resistant strains (MIC90, 0.015 μg/ml), and Moraxella catarrhalis (MIC90, 0.03 μg/ml). The activity of DQ-113 was roughly comparable to that of levofloxacin against all species of Enterobacteriaceae. The MICs of DQ-113 against ofloxacin-susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa ranged from 0.25 to 2 μg/ml, which were four times higher than those of ciprofloxacin. From these results, DQ-113 showed the most potent activity against gram-positive pathogens among antibacterial agents tested.


1976 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Finland ◽  
C. Garner ◽  
C. Wilcox ◽  
L. D. Sabath

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