Kan kültürlerinden Ocak-Ekim 2006 döneminde izole edilen ve infeksiyon etkeni olarak kabul edilen 70 bakteriye tigesiklinin etkinliği potansiyel ampirik ajanların in-vitro etkinlikleri ile karşılaştırılmıştır. Bakterilerin 28’i GSBL pozitif Escherichia coli, 19’u MRSA, 9’u Enterococcus spp., 7’si Klebsiella spp., 6’sı Enterobacter spp., 1’i S.pneumoniae olarak identifiye edilmiştir. Tüm izolatlar otomatize Phoenix system (BD Diagnostic Systems) ile tanımlanmıştır. Tigesiklinin MİK değerleri CLSI kriterlerine uygun olarak Mueller Hinton agarda E test yöntemi ile belirlenmiş ve bütün suşlar duyarlı bulunmuştur. Ayrıca her izolat için Kirby-Bauer disk difüzyon metoduyla piperasilin-tazobaktam, siprofloksasin, tetrasiklin ve imipenem duyarlılığı test edilmiştir. Anılan patojenler üzerine, piperasilin-tazobaktam, imipenem, siprofloksasin ve tetrasiklinin in-vitro etkinlikleri ile karşılaştırıldığında tigesiklinin daha etkin olduğu gözlenmiştir. Sonuç olarak tigesiklin çalışmaya alınan mikroorganizmaların tümüne karşı etkili bir antimikrobiyal olarak bulunmuştur.
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