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AREA DRUGS & THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE : 7TH JUNE 2004 ACTION BY 25. MINUTES The Minutes of the meeting of the Area Drugs and Therapeutics Committee held on 5th April 2004 [ADTC M ; 04 2] were approved as a correct record. NOTED 26. MATTERS ARISING a ; Declarations of Interest The Chairman advised that Members had been sent a Declaration of Interest form to complete. Any Member who has not yet returned their form should do so. All Members' interests will be kept in a register. Dr Beard advised that this had been discussed at the FONDU meeting and those Members who were not Members of the ADTC would also fill in a Declaration of Interest form. NOTED b ; COPD Guideline Final Draft ; The Chairman intimated that the above guidelines had been discussed at the last meeting. A copy of the guideline had been sent to all Members not in attendance at the meeting He had asked that comments be sent to Dr C Morrison, Consultant in Public Health Medicine. Only one response had been received from Mrs M Mackie. Mrs Mackie had discussed this with Dr Morrison who took on board her comments. DECIDED: That the Committee give its support to this guideline and the Chairman convey this to Dr Morrison. 27. PRESCRIBING MANAGEMENT GROUP The Chairman intimated to Members that it was very important to read the Minutes of the PMG as the ADTC and FONDU were very involved with the group. Dr Beard gave a summary of the discussion at the PMG meeting which had taken place on taken place on 19th April 2004. A further meeting had been held in May 2004. He made particular reference to: Proposal from Miss C Renfrew for support of Data Analyst function from within Dalian House. [It had been agreed to utilise existing resource if possible for data analysis]. Priority need is for Medicines Information Pharmacists. [It had been agreed that options to fund MI Pharmacists be explored further on an "invest to save" principle]. The Committee expressed concern that no action had been taken on the above 2 Chairman.
Strains when rifampin was added to trovafloxacin. The trovafloxacin-vancomycin combination was indifferent. Against the ceftriaxone-resistant isolates, the killing activity of the combinations meropenem-trovafloxacin or extended-spectrum cephalosporintrovafloxacin was not significantly different from that of the combination meropenem-vancomycin or extendedspectrum cephalosporinvancomycin P 0.05 ; . Changes in -lactam susceptibility among S. pneumoniae isolates have led to recommendations that high-dose cefotaxime or ceftriaxone in combination with vancomycin be used to treat meningitis in children 1, 39 ; . However, the recent emergence and spread of strains with high-level resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins may compromise the efficacy of this treatment in patients with meningitis 13, 20, 28, ; . So far, S. pneumoniae isolates with high-level resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins have been reported in Spain, the United States, and the United Kingdom 20, 28, 30 ; . Recently, pneumococci with high-level resistance to amoxicillin MICs, 4 g ml ; and to cefotaxime MICs, 4 g ml ; have also been identified in France 13 ; . Interestingly, the penicillin MIC90 for those isolates was half that of amoxicillin, suggesting the emergence of high-level resistance to amoxicillin within preexisting penicillin-resistant clones 13 ; . Although none of the strains were isolated from CSF, their serotypes were those usually recovered from patients with meningitis. Given the reported spread of clonal epidemic strains 12, 28 30, ; , the killing activities of the antibiotics and their combinations were tested only against the 20 genotypically different strains among the 29 isolates. In our study the MIC90s of cefotaxime and ceftriaxone were 4 and 2 g ml, respectively. Mean clinically achievable peak concentrations in CSF are 5 g of cefotaxime per ml after the administration of 300 mg kg day and 5 and 8 g of ceftriaxone per ml after the administration of 50 and 100 mg kg day, respectively 10, 24, 26 ; . Even though the difference is minimal, such a difference in antibiotic susceptibility may lead to delayed sterilization of CSF, as studies of experimental pneumococcal meningitis have shown a correlation between peak CSF antibiotic concentrations and maximal bactericidal efficacy 27, 43 ; . In agreement with the MICs, amoxicillin alone showed a nonefficient killing activity. We observed no significant difference in the killing activities of ceftriaxone when it was tested at 5 and 8 g ml. This may be explained by the short incubation period and the time-dependent actions of -lactam drugs. The addition of vancomycin to cephalosporins or meropenem was additive or indifferent. However, against the two strains for which the cefotaxime MIC was 8 g ml, the vancomycin-cefotaxime combination prevented growth at concentrations clinically achievable in CSF. This is consistent with at least additive activity of extended-spectrum cephalosporinvancomycin combinations in an experimental model of pneumococcal meningitis 16 ; . The use of rifampin has been proposed against such strains for which the expected clinical or bacteriologic response may be delayed 1 ; . In our study the addition of rifampin to cephalosporins resulted in at least a 10-fold reduction in the killing of ceftriaxone-susceptible strains, while this combination was indifferent against resistant or intermediate strains. Note, however, that the rifampin-cephalosporin combination is effective in the rabbit model of pneumococcal meningitis 38 ; . All the isolates were susceptible to trovafloxacin, regardless of their -lactam susceptibilities, as reported previously 24, 36, 39 ; . The killing activity of trovafloxacin ranged from 2.6 to 2.9 log10 CFU ml. Studies based on experimental models of meningitis have indicated that trovafloxacin has effective bactericidal activity in CSF against penicillin- or cephalosporinresistant pneumococci 22, 37, 40 ; . However, selection of an.
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M. A. Dawis et al. of eight P. aeruginosa strains; and gatifloxacin ceftazidime against five of six B. cepacia strains.25 A recent timekill study against 10 P. aeruginosa isolates combining ceftazidime or cefepime with gatifloxacin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin or moxifloxacin indicated that in vitro synergy was demonstrable against 6080% of isolates tested, and that no significant differences existed among the cephalosporin fluoroquinolone combinations.26 In this study, the chequerboard analysis showed that gatifloxacin in combination with gentamicin or one of the three -lactam agents demonstrated synergic activity against many strains of S. maltophilia, P. aeruginosa and ESBLproducing K. pneumoniae isolates. Using both chequerboard and timekill methods to assess the antibiotic combinations against these non-fermenters, there was no antagonism between the combined agents tested at concentrations up to 8 MIC for these pathogens data not shown ; . By chequerboard analysis, only the gatifloxacin gentamicin combination demonstrated synergic activity against B. cepacia, VRE and MRSA, and then only for 20% of the strains tested. Using the timekill method in this study, some, but not all, of the combinations tested against the selected isolates confirmed the synergic activity demonstrated with the chequerboard method. This may be because the concentrations tested in the timekill method were not optimal. Using higher concentrations of antimicrobials closer to the maximum achievable serum concentrations may yield more favourable results. Differences in results between chequerboard and timekill method may also stem from the inherent limitation of chequerboard analysis to provide only an all-ornone response at one point in time. Results reported are not quantifiable and may only reflect inhibitory, but not bactericidal, activity. In general, chequerboard assays are considered screening assays to assess possible synergic activity based on bacteriostatic activity, but bactericidal activity may not be appreciated; this can only be assessed by a method such as a killing curve. With the combinations of gatifloxacin piperacillin against P. aeruginosa, and gatifloxacin gentamicin and gatifloxacin meropenem against ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae Figures 2b, and 4a and b ; , it is worthwhile to note that the timekill curves for the drug combinations at 24 h indicate synergy, although the 2 and 4 h kill curves reflect the activity of the more active drug. In these cases, it may be that the addition of the second antimicrobial prevents the emergence of resistant subpopulations of the strains tested. Prevention of emergence of resistance may be clinically as important as synergic bactericidal activity for these difficult to treat pathogens. The significance of the above in vitro findings must be confirmed in the clinical setting, but properly randomized and controlled clinical trials may not be feasible to perform. The concentrations of the antimicrobials used in the timekill.
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Platelets of in general more than 1 million pL or rapidly rising platelets above ca. 700.000 pL in spite of intensificationof therapy doubling of initial dose ; . t Intolerable adverse reactions 5 ; . primary a priori ; drug resistance 3 ; . decision of patients 2 ; , BMT I ; , unknown 1.
Additional Evidence Dose Simplification: Imipenem cilastatin is a potent antibiotic for serious bacterial infections. This medication would most likely be given during hospitalization or potentially through nursing care within an extended care facility. Meropenem Q8 ; and ertapenem QD ; have less frequent dosing regimens as compared to imipenem, however, clinical data is not available that has evaluated the dosing frequency difference and outcome of the infectious disease. Stable Therapy: Not applicable. Impact on Physician Visits: A search of Medline and Ovid did not reveal data pertinent to medical resource utilization or the duration of hospitalization and mesna.
A. calcoaceticus-baumannii resistant to ampicillin sulbactam, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone, gentamicin, imipenem, piperacillin tazobactam, tobramycin and trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole, with intermediate susceptibility to ticarcillin clavulanic acid. On hospital days 11 and 13 the CSF Gram stains and cultures demonstrated persistent Acinetobacter, with susceptibility to imipenem, ampicillin sulbactam and ticarcillin clavulanic acid. Rifampicin susceptibility testing by disc diffusion 5 mg disc on MuellerHinton agar with a 0.5 McFarland inoculum incubated for 24 h at 3236 C in ambient air ; revealed an 11 mm zone of inhibition. On hospital day 13, rifampicin at a dose of 600 mg intravenously daily was added to the meropenem, and gentamicin and metronidazole were stopped. On hospital day 16, the patient defervesced, and CSF analysis demonstrated marked improvement with negative cultures Table 1 ; . Rifampicin and meropenem were continued for 2 more weeks. The ventriculostomy was removed on hospital day 23. The patient was discharged from the hospital ambulating with minimal assistance 30 days after admission. Nosocomial meningitis due to A. calcoaceticus-baumannii complex carries a 2025% mortality.5 Acinetobacter may be resistant to multiple antibiotics at the time of initial infection, or may rapidly develop resistance during therapy. Susceptibility testing by rapid automated systems, such as the Vitek system in use at our hospital, may erroneously report resistance in Acinetobacter species.6 This is one potential explanation for the MDR Acinetobacter isolated on hospital day 9 in our patient. We made the decision to add rifampicin based on our patient's unimproved clinical status and believe that rifampicin in combination with meropenem provided a cure of meningitis due to Acinetobacter in this patient. Additional in vitro, animal and clinical studies of rifampicin and carbapenem combinations for Acinetobacter are necessary.
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Three bacterial chaperones are thought to participate in the folding of newly translated polypeptides in the cytosol, namely trigger factor TF ; , DnaK DnaJ and the chaperonin GroEL ES. Studies have shown that TF appears to be the first player in the folding of nascent chains, recognizing relatively short hydrophobic stretches and protecting them from aggregation. DnaK DnaJ can then bind to and mesoridazine.
Three essential PBPs together and primarily responsible for cell killing. That inactivation of only one of the essential PBPs is not per se a primary lethal event is also indicated by the fact that conditional mutants of E. coli which lack one of these PBPs do not grow, but neither are they killed under the nonpermissive condition 25, 31 ; . In previous works we have demonstrated that PBP 1s, 2, and 3 of E. hirae are essential and that, depending on the growth conditions, inhibition of only one PBP 3 ; or two of these causes growth inhibition 4, 8, 9 ; . We have also suggested the concept that two different targets for the inhibitory activities of -lactams exist in this microorganism, one of which is responsible for bacteriostatic activity and the other of which is responsible for bactericidal activity 15 ; . The findings of the present work indicate that different targets for these different effects also exist in E. coli, thus making the concept more general and reinforcing its value. We also demonstrated in E. hirae that when the target for the bactericidal activities of the drugs is fully saturated no increase in the kinetics of the bactericidal activities is observed 15 ; , a situation similar in all respects to the one described here for E. coli. Since these two species are not related to one another, we believe that other species, too, may carry two targets for the two inhibitory effects of -lactams. Various -lactams have been shown here to vary in their abilities to bind to the two targets. Some, such as cefsulodin, aztreonam, and mecillinam, appeared to be capable of specifically binding only the target for the bacteriostatic effect, while others such as imipenem and meropenem ; were also partially or completely capable of binding the target for bactericidal activity, but only at concentrations greater than the MIC. Because the target for the bactericidal effect consists of all three essential PBPs, its inactivation was partial when only two of these PBPs were bound and was complete when all three of them were saturated. We cannot rule out the possibility that, in microorganisms other than E. coli and E. hirae, some -lactams saturate the target for bactericidal activity at concentrations no greater than the MIC. In this instance so far only a hypothesis ; , the antibiotics would only be capable of inhibiting bacterial growth by killing the cells. None of the -lactams so far described have such a property, but most of them could exert a similar effect at concentrations exceeding the MIC which saturate at least two of the essential PBPs. Such concentrations would differ from antibiotic to antibiotic and would depend on the relative affinity of the drug for the three PBPs. Although inhibition of growth by -lactams was always accompanied by a certain degree of bactericidal activity, there can be no doubt that the killing effect observed when the specific target was inhibited was qualitatively different. In fact, when the target for bactericidal activity was inhibited, large bacterial populations were almost completely killed within a period of time which was a small multiple of the generation time of the microorganism and the killing effect was not increased by concentrations that significantly exceeded the concentration required to inhibit the target. In order to provide a clear and more complete description of the two different types of bactericidal effects that -lactams can exert, we suggest defining as directly bactericidal those antibiotics not only -lactams ; which, at the MIC, are able to kill at least 99.9% of a large bacterial population 108 ; with kinetics that are the fastest possible for that antibiotic and microorganism. This bactericidal effect should occur within a time that is a relatively small multiple four- to eightfold ; of the generation time. For those antibiotics proving to have a bactericidal effect in conventional assays, the minimum concentration at which.
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Chronic ingestion of a high fat cholesterol diet increased postprandial lipemia and atheroma deposition in New Zealand white NZW ; rabbits. C Juhel, C Dubois, C Juhel, M Senft D Lairon Unit 130-Inserm, National lnstitute of Health and Medical Research, 18, avenue Mozart, 13009 Mar.
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Proper antibiotic and duration of therapy is essential for treatment of pneumonia. Pneumonia is divided into two categories: community and nosocomial hospital ; acquired. Community-acquired pneumonia is commonly caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae.1, 2 Hospital patients with communityacquired pneumonia typically present with Streptococcus pneumoniae and possibly Legionella, Haemophilus influenzae, Klebsiella, or Staphylococcus aureus.2 Prescribing of the appropriate antibiotic according to suspected pathogen yields successful treatment results. For patients with no prior antibiotic use in the last three months, a macrolide antibiotic Zithromax, Biaxin, E-Mycin ; or doxycycline will cover Pneumococci. Levofloxacin Levaquin ; or moxifloxacin Avelox ; are recommended therapies for patients with a comorbid illness such as COPD ; , history of antibiotic usage in the past ninety days, hospital admission for communityacquired pneumonia, and elderly patients.2 If aspiration pneumonia is suspected, anaerobic bacteria are a concern. Addition of metronidazole Flagyl ; or clindamycin Cleocin ; is recommended unless patient is prescribed moxifloxacin Avelox ; or ampicillin- sulbactam Unasyn ; which have some anaerobic coverage.2 Multidrug resistant bacteria exist in nosocomial pneumonia. P. aeruginosa, Klebsiella, E. coli, Enterobacter, Serratia, Acinetobacter, and S. aureus are possible pathogens. Broader spectrum antibiotics are recommended therapies including: piperacillin tazobactam Zosyn ; , cefepime Maxipime ; , or meropenem Merrem in combination with an aminoglycoside Gentamycin, Tobramycin ; or an antipseudomonal fluoroquinolone Levaquin, Cipro, Avelox ; .2 Consideration of treatment goals and patient-benefit are essential since a majority of the latter drugs require parenteral administration and are expensive. Duration of antibiotic treatment is as crucial as selecting the correct medication. Community-acquired pneumonia should be treated for five or more days with an antibiotic.1 Fever should subside for 24-48 hours prior to discontinuation of therapy.1 Nosocomial pneumonia may need to be treated for 14- 21 days, but patients that respond to therapy within three days, may only need a seven day course of antibiotic therapy.3 Choosing the proper antibiotic and appropriate duration of treatment will yield successful results and methenamine.
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Various K and Cl channels are important in cell volume regulation and biliary secretion, but the specific role of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in cholangiocyte cell volume regulation is not known. The goal of this research was to study regulatory volume decrease RVD ; in bile duct cell clusters BDCCs ; from normal and cystic fibrosis CF ; mouse livers. Mouse BDCCs without an enclosed lumen were prepared as described Cho, W. K. 2002 ; Am. J. Physiol. 283, G1320 G1327 ; . The isotonic solution consisted of HEPES buffer with 40% of the NaCl replaced with isomolar amounts of sucrose, whereas hypotonic solution was the same as isotonic solution without sucrose. The cell volume changes were indirectly assessed by measuring cross-sectional area CSA ; changes of the BDCCs using quantitative videomicroscopy. Exposure to hypotonic solutions increased relative CSAs of normal BDCCs to 1.20 0.01 mean S.E., n 50 ; in 10 min, followed by RVD to 1.07 0.01 by 40 min. Hypotonic challenge in CF mouse BDCCs also increased relative CSA to 1.20 0.01 n 53 ; in min but without significant recovery. Coadministration of the K -selective ionophore valinomycin restored RVD in CF mouse BDCCs, suggesting that the impaired RVD was likely from a defect in K conductance. Moreover, this valinomycin-induced RVD in CF mice was inhibited by 5-nitro-2 - 3-phenylpropylamino ; -benzoate, indicating that it is not from nonspecific effects. Neither cAMP nor calcium agonists could reverse the impaired RVD seen in CF cholangiocytes. Our conclusion is that CF mouse cholangiocytes have defective RVD from an impaired K efflux pathway, which could not be reversed by cAMP nor calcium agonists. Under physiological conditions, osmoregulation plays a crucial role in cholangiocytes, which are exposed to various os * Part of this work was presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases meetings in Dallas, November 1999 and 2001, and published in abstract form 1999 ; Hepatology 30, 461A, and 2001 ; Hepatology 34, 479A ; . The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. Supported by an Indiana University biomedical research grant, National Institutes of Health Grants KO8 DK02613 and R03 DK61409, and a cystic fibrosis research grant. The cystic fibrosis mouse colony at the University of North Carolina was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant RO26-CR02. To whom correspondence should be addressed: Indiana University School of Medicine, Roudebush VA Medical Center, Division of GI Hepatology 111G ; , 1481 W. 10th St., Indianapolis, IN 46202. Tel.: 317-554-0000 ext. 4553 Fax: 317-554-0116; E-mail: wkcho iupui and meropenem.
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