Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA
J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Dec;52(12):4124-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01121-14. Epub 2014 Jun 11.
In this age of emerging antibiotic resistance, limited therapeutic options exist for treating multidrug-resistant organisms. Combination therapy is commonly employed to manage these infections despite little laboratory guidance as to the efficacy of this approach. Synergy testing methods have been used to assess the interaction of antibiotic combinations in vitro. This review will discuss the four primary methods used to assess synergy, as well as the data that exist for testing of cystic fibrosis. In the final analysis, this review concludes that there is not enough evidence to endorse synergy testing for routine clinical use.
在这个抗生素耐药性不断出现的时代,治疗多重耐药菌的治疗选择有限。尽管实验室对这种方法的疗效几乎没有指导,但联合治疗通常用于治疗这些感染。协同测试方法已被用于评估抗生素组合在体外的相互作用。这篇综述将讨论用于评估协同作用的四种主要方法,以及存在的用于测试囊性纤维化的协同作用的数据。总的来说,这篇综述的结论是,没有足够的证据支持将协同作用测试常规用于临床。