Annals of Clinical Microbiology, The official Journal of the Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology
Research note

In vitro Susceptibility of Imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa against Piperacillin/tazobactam

Eui-Chong Kim

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding to Eui-Chong Kim, E-mail: euichong@snu.ac.kr

Ann Clin Microbiol 2007;10(2):171-172.
Copyright © Korean Society of Clinical Microbiology.

Abstract

Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) against piperacillin/tazobactam were determined on a total of 50 clinical isolates of imipenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (IRPA). MIC50 and MIC90 were 32μg/mL and 512μg/mL, respectively. The susceptibility of IRPA against piperacillin/tazobactam was 59%. Of the 50 IRPA strains, only two were PCR positive for blaVIM and none for blaIMP. (Korean J Clin Microbiol 2007;10:171-172)

Keywords

Piperacillin/tazobactam, Pseudomonas aeruginosa