Resistance to colistin, a polypeptide drug used as an agent of last resort for treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Gram-negative bacteria including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), severely limits treatment options and may even transform an XDR organism into one that is pan-resistant. We investigated the synergistic activity of colistin in combination with 19 antibiotics against a collection of 20 colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates, 15 of which are also CRE. All combinations were tested against all strains using an inkjet printer-assisted digital dispensing checkerboard array, and those that demonstrated synergy by this method were evaluated against a single isolate in a time-kill synergy study. Eighteen of 19 combinations demonstrated synergy against two or more isolates, and the four most highly synergistic combinations (colistin combined with linezolid, rifampin, azithromycin, and fusidic acid) were synergistic against ≥90% of strains. Sixteen of 18 combinations (88.9%) that were synergistic in checkerboard array were also synergistic in a time-kill study. Our findings demonstrate that colistin in combination with a range of antibiotics, particularly protein and RNA synthesis inhibitors, exhibits synergy against colistin-resistant strains, suggesting that colistin may exert a subinhibitory permeabilizing effect on the Gram-negative outer membrane even in isolates that are resistant to it. These findings suggest that colistin combination therapy may have promise as a treatment approach for patients infected with colistin-resistant XDR Gram-negative pathogens.
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