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- Title
Effect of parenteral antibiotic administration on persistence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in the mouse gastrointestinal tract.
- Authors
Donskey, C J; Hanrahan, J A; Hutton, R A; Rice, L B
- Abstract
A mouse model of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) intestinal colonization was used to study the effect of different subcutaneous antibiotics on persistence and density of VRE colonization. Gastric inoculation of a clinical VanB VRE isolate, in conjunction with oral vancomycin in drinking water (250 microgram/mL), resulted in high-level VRE colonization (mean, 9.5 log10 cfu/g) in all 169 experimental mice. After discontinuation of oral vancomycin, the level of VRE in the stool specimens of mice receiving subcutaneous saline steadily decreased (mean, 3.59 log10 cfu/g at day 19). Subcutaneous vancomycin, clindamycin, piperacillin-tazobactam, ticarcillin-clavulanic acid, metronidazole, cefotetan, ampicillin, and ampicillin-sulbactam all promoted persistent high levels of stool VRE. Subcutaneous ceftriaxone, cefepime, ciprofloxacin, and aztreonam promoted increased VRE density to a lesser degree or not at all. Thus, in a mouse model, vancomycin and antibiotics with potent antianaerobic activity promoted persistent high-density intestinal VRE colonization, whereas antibiotics lacking potent antianaerobic activity did not.
- Publication
The Journal of infectious diseases, 1999, Vol 180, Issue 2, p384
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/314874