Combinations of clavulanic acid and other beta-lactam antibiotics against strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia marcescens and other bacteria.

Combinations of clavulanic acid, a new β-lactamase inhibitor, with five cephalosporins and one cephamycin were tested against cell-free β-lactamases obtained from Serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and an Enterobacter strain, 265A. Cefotaxime was the most resistant antibiotic and cephalothin the most sensitive antibiotic to β-lactamases. Low concentrations of clavulanic acid gave some protection against the Serratia and Pseudomonas enzymes. The most active source of β-lactamase was the 265A strain, against which only cefotaxime was highly resistant. Clavulanic acid had only a slight inhibitory effect on this enzyme, which was confirmed by an agar method, and potentiated slightly the activity of cephalothin and cefoxitin against two β-lactamase producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Lysis by cephalothin of one strain of S. marcescens was potentiated in the presence of clavulanic acid.

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