Comparative activity of ciprofloxacin, imipenem, amikacin and 16 other agents versus Kuwaiti acinetobacter strains

ABSTRACT

The susceptibility patterns of Acinetobacter cafcoacetus isolates of Kuwait's Farwaniya Hospital versus ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, imipenem and 16 other agents were determined using the automated microdilution minimum inhibitory concentration technique of the Vitek system. The identification of isolated strains was performed with the Vitek GNI cards. Very rare [0 - 6%] A. calcoacetus strains of this study displayed a full susceptibility to the first and second generation cephalosporins, ampicillin, nitrofurantoin, chloramphenicol and aztreonam. The highest susceptibility frequency was found for ciprofloxacin and imipenem. The side analysis of susceptibility results to agents which did not display an extreme susceptibility or resistance [cotrimoxazole, amoxicillin /clavulanic acid, ceftazidim, aminoglycosides] has revealed an overall lower suscepiibility frequency for A. calcoacetus stains from the intensive care, medical or surgical wards than from casualty] or the paediatric and maternity wards