Patients with PJI were also treated with amikacin-containing calcium sulfate beads implanted within the surgical bed (1 g of
amikacin per 10 cc packet of calcium sulfate mixture).
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Klebsiella Pneumoniae (24%) showed susceptibility of 42% on Cefepime Tazobactam, Cefepime-16%, Piperacillin Tazobactam -48%, Cefoperazone sulbactam -46%, Carbapenem-55%, and
Amikacin 55%.
coli isolates were found more sensitive to
Amikacin 57 (76%) followed by Imipenem 50 (66.67%), Ofloxacin 48 (64%), Ciprofloxacin 44 (58.67%), Norfloxacin 42 (56%) and were 100% resistant to Penicillin, Ceftriaxone, Ceftazidime and Cefotaxime.
Amikacin and vancomycin were 100% sensitive for MRSA and MSSA.
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We conducted an animal experiment to assess the effect of adding pentoxifylline to
amikacin to prevent amikacin-induced ototoxicity.
Based on antimicrobial susceptibility testing (Table 1)by the VITEK[R]2 system (bioMerieux, Marcy-l'Etoile, France), the antibiotic regimen was switched to
amikacin (250 mg 12/12 h) and meropenem (1 g 8/8 h).