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To predict the effects of combined use of antibiotics on their pharmacodynamics, the susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to daptomycin-rifampicin combinations was tested at concentration ratios equal to the ratios of daptomycin and rifampicin 24-h areas under the concentration-time curve (AUC24s) simulated in an in vitro dynamic model. In combination with rifampicin, daptomycin MICs decreased 2- to 31-fold, whereas rifampicin MICs were similar with or without daptomycin. The enhanced susceptibility of S. aureus to daptomycin combined with rifampicin resulted in both an increase of the actual AUC24/MIC ratios and also more pronounced antibacterial effects compared with single treatments. The areas between the control growth and time-kill curves (ABBCs) determined in combined and single daptomycin treatments were plotted against AUC24/MIC on the same graph (r2 0.90). These findings suggest that the effects of daptomycin-rifampicin combinations can be predicted by AUC24/MICs of daptomycin using its MIC determined at pharmacokinetically derived daptomycin-to-rifampicin concentration ratios.

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Maria V Golikova, Elena N Strukova, Yury A Portnoy, Stephen H Zinner, Alexander A Firsov. Predicting the antistaphylococcal effects of daptomycin-rifampicin combinations in an in vitro dynamic model. The Journal of antibiotics. 2020 Feb;73(2):101-107

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PMID: 31624338

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