In vitro activities of acetylmidecamycin and other antimicrobials against human macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolates

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 1513-1517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Wang ◽  
Yunheng Zhou ◽  
Hong Zhang ◽  
Yang Liu

Abstract Objectives To assess the in vitro activities of acetylmidecamycin, a 16-membered macrolide, and 11 other antimicrobial agents against human mycoplasmas. Methods A total of 187 clinical isolates, Mycoplasma pneumoniae (n = 110), Mycoplasma hominis (n = 26) and Ureaplasma species (n = 51), were included in this study. The MICs of 12 antimicrobial agents, including acetylmidecamycin, thiamphenicol, chloramphenicol and some other macrolides, fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines, for these clinical isolates were determined by the broth microdilution method. Results For M. pneumoniae, the MIC90 values of the tested macrolides were: acetylmidecamycin (1 mg/L)<josamycin (4 mg/L)<midecamycin (8 mg/L)<azithromycin (16 mg/L)<erythromycin (>128 mg/L). Thiamphenicol and chloramphenicol had the same MIC90 (2 mg/L). For Ureaplasma species, the MIC90 values were: acetylmidecamycin (0.25 mg/L)<josamycin (0.5 mg/L)=midecamycin<azithromycin (1 mg/L)=erythromycin. Chloramphenicol had a lower MIC90 (2 mg/L) than that of thiamphenicol (4 mg/L). For M. hominis, the MIC90 values were: acetylmidecamycin (0.25 mg/L)<josamycin (0.5 mg/L)<midecamycin (2 mg/L)<azithromycin (>128 mg/L)=erythromycin. The MIC90 values of chloramphenicol and thiamphenicol were 2 and 4 mg/L, respectively. Conclusions The results indicated that acetylmidecamycin and thiamphenicol are active in vitro against the most common mycoplasma species infecting humans, including those resistant to macrolides and fluoroquinolones. Acetylmidecamycin and thiamphenicol might be a promising option for clinicians to treat infections caused by Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma spp., particularly macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae in paediatrics and fluoroquinolone-resistant M. hominis in adults. Further investigation of their clinical roles in treating infections caused by these organisms is warranted.

2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 4027-4029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucio Vera-Cabrera ◽  
Barbara A. Brown-Elliott ◽  
Richard J. Wallace ◽  
Jorge Ocampo-Candiani ◽  
Oliverio Welsh ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT DA-7867 and DA-7157 are oxazolidinones active against pathogenic aerobic actinomycetes including Nocardia spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, the activity of these drugs against nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) species is not known. In this work, we compared the susceptibilities of 122 clinical isolates and 29 reference species of both rapidly growing and slowly growing mycobacteria to linezolid, DA-7867, and DA-7157 by the broth microdilution method. The MICs for 50 and 90% of the strains tested (MIC50s and MIC90s, respectively) of DA-7867 and DA-7157 were lower than those of linezolid. In all of the cases, a MIC90 of <8 μg/ml was observed for all of the species tested in both groups of NTM. For M. kansasii and M. marinum isolates, the MIC90s of both DA-7867 and DA-7157 were less than 0.5 μg/ml. These results demonstrate the potential of these compounds to treat NTM infections.


2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Morrissey ◽  
Stephen Hawser ◽  
Sibylle H. Lob ◽  
James A. Karlowsky ◽  
Matteo Bassetti ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Eravacycline is a novel, fully synthetic fluorocycline antibiotic being developed for the treatment of serious infections, including those caused by resistant Gram-positive pathogens. Here, we evaluated the in vitro activities of eravacycline and comparator antimicrobial agents against a recent global collection of frequently encountered clinical isolates of Gram-positive bacteria. The CLSI broth microdilution method was used to determine in vitro MIC data for isolates of Enterococcus spp. (n = 2,807), Staphylococcus spp. (n = 4,331), and Streptococcus spp. (n = 3,373) isolated primarily from respiratory, intra-abdominal, urinary, and skin specimens by clinical laboratories in 37 countries on three continents from 2013 to 2017. Susceptibilities were interpreted using both CLSI and EUCAST breakpoints. There were no substantive differences (a >1-doubling-dilution increase or decrease) in eravacycline MIC90 values for different species/organism groups over time or by region. Eravacycline showed MIC50 and MIC90 results of 0.06 and 0.12 μg/ml, respectively, when tested against Staphylococcus aureus, regardless of methicillin susceptibility. The MIC90 values of eravacycline for Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus were equal (0.5 μg/ml). The eravacycline MIC90s for Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium were 0.06 μg/ml and were within 1 doubling dilution regardless of the vancomycin susceptibility profile. Eravacycline exhibited MIC90 results of ≤0.06 μg/ml when tested against Streptococcus pneumoniae and beta-hemolytic and viridans group streptococcal isolates. In this surveillance study, eravacycline demonstrated potent in vitro activity against frequently isolated clinical isolates of Gram-positive bacteria (Enterococcus, Staphylococcus, and Streptococcus spp.), including isolates collected over a 5-year period (2013 to 2017), underscoring its potential benefit in the treatment of infections caused by common Gram-positive pathogens.


2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (9) ◽  
pp. 4009-4011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas J. Biedenbach ◽  
Mariana Castanheira ◽  
Ronald N. Jones

ABSTRACT The activity of CEM-101, a fluoroketolide, was compared to those of 11 other antimicrobial agents using the reference broth microdilution method tested against 103 Neisseria meningitidis strains, including ciprofloxacin-nonsusceptible isolates with confirmed gyr A (T91I) mutations. Among the tested isolates, 79.6% were serogroup B or C and all isolates were susceptible to ceftriaxone, azithromycin, minocycline, and rifampin. However, penicillin-nonsusceptible strains were observed (15.5%) and susceptibility to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was only 50.5%. CEM-101 was the most active macrolide-like compound (MIC90, ≤0.015 μg/ml) compared with MIC90s of telithromycin (MIC90, 0.03 μg/ml), azithromycin and clarithromycin (MIC90, 0.12 μg/ml), and erythromycin (MIC90, 0.25 μg/ml). CEM-101 could provide a potent alternative for the prophylaxis of meningococcal disease.


2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith A. Hackel ◽  
Olga Lomovskaya ◽  
Michael N. Dudley ◽  
James A. Karlowsky ◽  
Daniel F. Sahm

ABSTRACT Vaborbactam (formerly RPX7009) is a novel inhibitor of serine β-lactamases, including Ambler class A carbapenemases, such as KPCs. The current study evaluated the in vitro activity of the combination agent meropenem-vaborbactam against a global collection of 991 isolates of KPC-positive Enterobacteriaceae collected in 2014 and 2015 using the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) standard broth microdilution method. The MIC90 of meropenem (when tested with a fixed concentration of 8 μg/ml of vaborbactam) for isolates of KPC-positive Enterobacteriaceae was 1 μg/ml, and MIC values ranged from ≤0.03 to >32 μg/ml; 99.0% (981/991) of isolates had meropenem-vaborbactam MICs of ≤4 μg/ml, the U.S. FDA-approved MIC breakpoint for susceptibility to meropenem-vaborbactam (Vabomere). Vaborbactam lowered the meropenem MIC50 from 32 to 0.06 μg/ml and the MIC90 from >32 to 1 μg/ml. There were no differences in the activity of meropenem-vaborbactam when the isolates were stratified by KPC variant type. We conclude that meropenem-vaborbactam demonstrates potent in vitro activity against a worldwide collection of clinical isolates of KPC-positive Enterobacteriaceae collected in 2014 and 2015.


2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (No. 12) ◽  
pp. 583-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ruzauskas ◽  
R. Siugzdiniene ◽  
V. Spakauskas ◽  
J. Povilonis ◽  
V. Seputiene ◽  
...  

The aim of this study was to test and analyse the antimicrobial susceptibility of <I>Enterococcus</I> isolates from Lithuanian poultry farms. Investigations were carried out during the years 2008–2009. The sampling sites, located all over the country, included eight poultry farms of large capacity. All samples were collected from broilers. <I>Enterococcus</I> spp. were isolated from intestines immediately after slaughtering. A total of 160 samples were collected, 20 samples from each farm. The MICs (Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations) of eleven antimicrobial agents were determined for each of the isolates using the broth microdilution method with specific microtitre plate panels (Trek Diagnostic Systems, Inc.). Susceptibility according to clinical breakpoints of chloramphenicol, linezolid, erythromycin, penicillin, quinupristin/dalfopristin, tetracycline, vancomycin, ciprofloxacin and nitrofurantoin was evaluated. One hundred and forty seven samples (92%) from a total of 160 tested samples were positive for <I>Enterococcus</I> spp., however, only 74 strains were selected as non-duplicate isolates. The most predominant species were identified as <I>E. faecium</I> (38%), <I>E. faecalis</I> (17.5%), <I>E. gallinarum</I> (12%) and <I>E. casseliflavus</I> (12%). The most frequent resistance properties were resistances to tetracycline (75.6%), erythromycin (56.8%) and ciprofloxacin (41.9%). No strains resistant to vancomycin and linezolid were found. High percentages of susceptibility to chloramphenicol (82.4%) and penicillin (71.6%) were also observed. A high MIC of tigecycline (≥ 1 mg/l) to 12.2% of enterococci was determined during this study. 44.6% of tested strains had a high MIC (≥ 64 mg/l) to tylosin. There was no significant correlation found between resistances of different species to different antimicrobial agents <I>in vitro</I>.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuxia Lin ◽  
Hua Zou ◽  
Xian Chen ◽  
Menglu Wu ◽  
Deyu Ma ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Treatment options for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) infections were limited. We assessed the efficacy of ceftazidime-avibactam (CAZ-AVI) and aztreonam-avibactam (ATM-AVI) against a selection of 76 S. maltophilia out of the 1179 strains isolated from the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University during 2011-2018. Methods: We investigated the antimicrobial resistance profiles of the 1179 S. maltophilia clinical isolates from the first affiliated hospital of Chongqing Medical University during 2011-2018, a collection of 76 isolates of which were available for further study of microbiological characterization. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of ceftazidime (CAZ), ceftazidime-avibactam (CAZ-AVI), aztreonam (ATM) and aztreonam-avibactam (ATM-AVI) were determined via the broth microdilution method. We deemed that CAZ-AVI or ATM-AVI was more effective in vitro than CAZ or ATM alone when CAZ-AVI or ATM-AVI led to a category change from “Resistant” with CAZ or ATM alone to “Susceptible” or “Intermediate” with CAZ-AVI or ATM-AVI, or if the MIC of CAZ-AVI or ATM-AVI was at least 2-fold lower than the MIC of CAZ or ATM alone. Results: For the 76 clinical isolates included in the study, MICs of CAZ, ATM, CAZ-AVI and ATM-AVI ranged from 0.03-64, 1-1024, 0.016-64, and 0.06-64 μg/mL, respectively. In combined therapy, AVI was effective at restoring the susceptibility of 48.48% (16/33) and 89.71% (61/68) of S. maltophilia to CAZ and ATM, respectively. Furthermore, CAZ-AVI showed better results in terms of the proportion of susceptible isolates (77.63% vs.56.58%, P<0.001), MIC50 (2μg/mL vs. 8μg/mL, P<0.05), and MIC distribution (P<0.001) when compared to CAZ. According to our definition, CAZ-AVI was more effective in vitro than CAZ alone for 84.21% of the isolates. Similarly, ATM-AVI also showed better results in terms of the proportion of susceptible isolates (90.79%vs. 10.53%, P<0.001), MIC50 (2μg/mL vs. 64μg/mL, P<0.001), and MIC distribution (P<0.001) when compared to ATM. According to our definition, ATM-AVI was also more effective in vitro than ATM alone for 97.37% of the isolates. Conclusions: AVI potentiated the activity of both CAZ and ATM against S. maltophilia clinical isolates in vitro. We demonstrated that CAZ-AVI and ATM-AVI are both useful therapeutic options to treat infections caused by S. maltophilia.


2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 783-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia D. Shortridge ◽  
Ping Zhong ◽  
Zhensheng Cao ◽  
Jill M. Beyer ◽  
Laurel S. Almer ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The activity of a new ketolide, ABT-773, was compared to the activity of the ketolide telithromycin (HMR-3647) against over 600 gram-positive clinical isolates, including 356 Streptococcus pneumoniae, 167 Staphylococcus aureus, and 136 Streptococcus pyogenes isolates. Macrolide-susceptible isolates as well as macrolide-resistant isolates with ribosomal methylase (Erm), macrolide efflux (Mef), and ribosomal mutations were tested using the NCCLS reference broth microdilution method. Both compounds were extremely active against macrolide-susceptible isolates, with the minimum inhibitory concentrations at which 90% of the isolates tested were inhibited (MIC90s) for susceptible streptococci and staphylococci ranging from 0.002 to 0.03 μg/ml for ABT-773 and 0.008 to 0.06 μg/ml for telithromycin. ABT-773 had increased activities against macrolide-resistant S. pneumoniae (Erm MIC90, 0.015 μg/ml; Mef MIC90, 0.12 μg/ml) compared to those of telithromycin (Erm MIC90, 0.12 μg/ml; Mef MIC90, 1 μg/ml). Both compounds were active against strains with rRNA or ribosomal protein mutations (MIC90, 0.12 μg/ml). ABT-773 was also more active against macrolide-resistant S. pyogenes (ABT-773 Erm MIC90, 0.5 μg/ml; ABT-773 Mef MIC90, 0.12 μg/ml; telithromycin Erm MIC90, >8 μg/ml; telithromycin Mef MIC90, 1.0 μg/ml). Both compounds lacked activity against constitutive macrolide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus but had good activities against inducibly resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ABT-773 MIC90, 0.06 μg/ml; telithromycin MIC90, 0.5 μg/ml). ABT-773 has superior activity against macrolide-resistant streptococci compared to that of telithromycin.


2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 3776-3778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken B. Waites ◽  
Donna M. Crabb ◽  
Lynn B. Duffy

ABSTRACT The in vitro susceptibilities of 151 unique clinical isolates of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma fermentans, Mycoplasma genitalium, and Ureaplasma species to DC-159a, an investigational fluoroquinolone, in comparison with those to other agents were determined. Macrolides were the most active agents against M. pneumoniae and M. genitalium, whereas clindamycin was most active against M. hominis. DC-159a MICs were ≤0.5 μg/ml for all Mycoplasma species and ≤4 μg/ml for ureaplasmas. DC-159a was the most active fluoroquinolone tested against M. pneumoniae and M. fermentans, and it was second to moxifloxacin against the other species. It was bactericidal against 10 M. pneumoniae isolates and demonstrated killing of ≥99.9% of the inoculum at 24 h for 2 isolates. The excellent in vitro activity of DC-159a demonstrates its potential for use in the treatment of infections due to mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas.


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