Abstract:
                                      OBJECTIVE To explore the antibacterial activity of avibactam(AVI) combined with ceftazidime(CAZ) and aztreonam(ATM) against carbapenem-resistant 
Enterobacteriaceae(CRE). 
METHODS A total of 143 strains of CRE were isolated from The First Affiliated Hospital of Da Lian Medical University from 2015 to 2018, the minimal inhibitory concentrations(MICs) of ceftazidime-avibactam(CAZ-AVI) and aztreonam-avibactam(ATM-AVI) were determined by using micro broth dilution method, and the extended-spectrum beta-lactamases-(ESBLs), AmpC-and carbapenemase-related resistance genes were detected by means of PCR. 
RESULTS Among the 143 strains of CRE, the MIC
50 of CAZ-AVI was 8/4 μg/ml, 128 times low as that of CAZ, while the MIC
90 did not change.The MIC
50 of ATM-AVI was 1/4 μg/ml, 512 times low as that of ATM; the MIC
90 of ATM-AVI was 4/4 μg/ml,256 times low as that of ATM.As for the 
KPC-producing CRE strains, the MIC
50 of CAZ-AVI was 2/4 μg/ml, 512 times low as that of CAZ; the MIC
90 of CAZ-AVI was 8/4 μg/ml, 256 times low as that of CAZ.The MIC
50 of ATM-AVI was 1/4 μg/ml, 512 times low at that of ATM; the MIC
90 of ATM-AVI was 4/4 μg/ml, 256 times low as that of ATM.As for the NDM-producing CRE strains, the MIC
50 of CAZ-AVI was 1024/4 μg/ml, the MIC
90 2048/4 μg/ml; the MIC
50 and MIC
90 of CAZ did not change as compared with CAZ-AVI.The MIC
50 of ATM-AVI was 0.5/4 μg/ml, 1 024 times low as that of ATM; the MIC
90 of ATM-AVI was 2/4 μg/ml, 512 times low as that of ATM. 
CONCLUSION CAZ-AVI can achieve remarkable antibacterial effect on the 
KPC-producing CRE strains but does not have inhibitory effect on the NDM-producing CRE strains.ATM-AVI has favorable antibacterial effect on both the 
KPC-and NDM-producing CRE strains.