scholarly journals Pharmacodynamic Assessment Based on Mutant Prevention Concentrations of Fluoroquinolones To Prevent the Emergence of Resistant Mutants of Streptococcus pneumoniae

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (11) ◽  
pp. 3810-3815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoyuki Homma ◽  
Toshihiko Hori ◽  
Giichi Sugimori ◽  
Yoshinori Yamano

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters, on the basis of the mutant prevention concentration (MPC) concept, and the emergence of resistant mutants of Streptococcus pneumoniae to fluoroquinolone antibacterials. Some clinical isolates with various MIC and MPC values of moxifloxacin and levofloxacin were exposed under conditions simulating the time-concentration curves observed when moxifloxacin (400 or 80 mg, once a day) or levofloxacin (200 mg, twice a day) was orally administered by using an in vitro pharmacodynamic model. The decrease in susceptibility was evaluated by altering the population analysis profiles after moxifloxacin or levofloxacin treatment for 72 h. When the area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h (AUC0-24)/MPC and peak concentration (C max)/MPC were above 13.41 and 1.20, respectively, complete eradication occurred and no decrease in susceptibility was observed. On the other hand, when AUC0-24/MPC and C max/MPC were below 0.84 and 0.08, respectively, the susceptibility decreased. However, the time inside the mutant selective window and the time above the MPC did not show any correlation with the decrease in susceptibility. These results suggest that AUC0-24/MPC and C max/MPC are important parameters for predicting the emergence of resistant mutants and that higher values indicate greater effectiveness.

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 2606-2614 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P. Allen ◽  
Glenn W. Kaatz ◽  
Michael J. Rybak

ABSTRACT The differential effects of moxifloxacin and levofloxacin on the development of resistance in four Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates were examined by using an in vitro pharmacodynamic model. Therapeutic regimens (moxifloxacin: peak, 4.5 μg/ml; half-life [t 1/2], 12 h; and levofloxacin: peak, 6 μg/ml; t 1/2, 6 h) were tested against two fluoroquinolone-susceptible isolates (strains 79 and ATCC 49619) and KD2138 and KD2139 (parC and gyrA mutants, respectively, of ATCC 49619). Mutant prevention concentration (MPC)-targeted regimens with modified pharmacokinetics of each drug were simulated to match the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) above the MPC for the two fluoroquinolones. Moxifloxacin MICs and MPCs (MIC/MPC) for isolates 79, ATCC 49619, KD2138, and KD2139, respectively, were 0.125 and 0.5, 0.125 and 0.5, 0.25 and 8, and 0.25 and 4 μg/ml. Levofloxacin MICs and MPCs for the same isolates were 1 and 4, 0.5 and 2, 1 and 64, and 0.5 and 32 μg/ml, respectively. Therapeutic levofloxacin concentrations led to isolation of mutants of ATCC 49619 (S79Y in ParC), KD2138 (S81Y in GyrA), and KD2139 (S79Y in ParC). Therapeutic moxifloxacin concentrations against the gyrA mutant KD2139 resulted in outgrowth of a mutant with a ParC substitution (S79Y) but caused no emergence of mutants of the other three isolates. MPC-targeted moxifloxacin (lower-than-normal peak = 0.75 to 1.5 μg/ml, administered at levofloxacin's t 1/2) caused growth of a GyrA variant (S81Y) of KD2138 and a ParC variant (S79Y) of KD2139, while no mutants of ATCC 49619 were recovered. MPC-targeted levofloxacin (higher-than-normal peak = 14.5 to 29.5 μg/ml, administered at moxifloxacin's t 1/2) against KD2138 and KD2139 did not prevent the development of the mutations observed in therapeutic regimens, but resistance in the fluoroquinolone-susceptible ATCC 49619 was no longer noted. Normalization of the respective AUC/MPC ratios of moxifloxacin and levofloxacin did not eliminate differences in resistance selectivity of the two agents in all cases. We conclude that the reduced recovery of resistant mutants of S. pneumoniae following moxifloxacin exposure compared to levofloxacin may be due to intrinsic differences between the drugs. Increasing the concentration and exposure (t 1/2) to exceed the MPC may prevent mutations from occurring in fluoroquinolone-susceptible strains. However, this strategy did not prevent the selection of secondary mutants in strains with preexisting mutations. Further study of the MPC concept to evaluate these relationships is warranted.


2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (10) ◽  
pp. 4300-4305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoyuki Homma ◽  
Toshihiko Hori ◽  
Merime Ohshiro ◽  
Hideki Maki ◽  
Yoshinori Yamano ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The pharmacokinetic (PK)/pharmacodynamic (PD) parameters and the antibacterial activity of S-013420, a novel bicyclolide, against Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae, including macrolide-resistant isolates, were investigated using an in vitro PD model. Various time-concentration curves were artificially constructed by modifying the PK data obtained in phase I studies. The activity against H. influenzae was evaluated using two parameters, that is, the area above the killing curve (AAC) and the viable cell reduction at 24 h. The relationships between the antibacterial activity of S-013420 and the three PK/PD parameters were investigated by fitting the data to the sigmoid maximum effective concentration model. The square of the correlation coefficient (R 2) values for AAC versus the area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h (AUC0-24)/MIC, the peak concentration (C max)/MIC, and the cumulative percentage of a 24-h period that the drug concentration exceeded the MIC under steady-state PK conditions (%T MIC) were 0.92, 0.87, and 0.49, respectively. The R 2 values for viable cell reduction at 24 h versus AUC0-24/MIC, C max/MIC, and %T MIC were 0.93, 0.61, and 0.56, respectively. These results demonstrated that AUC0-24/MIC is the most significant parameter for evaluation of the antibacterial activity of S-013420. The values of AUC0-24/MIC required for maximum and static efficacy were 10.8 and 9.63, respectively, for H. influenzae and 16.3 to 22.3 and 4.66 to 9.01, respectively, for S. pneumoniae. This analysis is considered useful for determining the AUC value at the infection site, which would be required for efficacy in clinical use.


2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 946-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boubakar B. Ba ◽  
Hala Feghali ◽  
Corinne Arpin ◽  
Marie-Claude Saux ◽  
Claudine Quentin

ABSTRACT A two-compartment in vitro pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model, with full computer-controlled devices, was used to accurately simulate human plasma pharmacokinetic profiles after multidose oral regimens of ciprofloxacin (750 mg every 12 h) and moxifloxacin (400 mg every 24 h) during 48 h. Pharmacodynamics of these drugs was investigated against three quinolone-susceptible strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (MICs of ciprofloxacin and moxifloxacin of 0.5 to 2 and 0.0625 to 0.5 μg/ml, respectively). The first dose of ciprofloxacin and moxifloxacin reduced the bacterial count by 1 and 2 log CFU/ml, respectively, prior to a bacterial regrowth that reached the plateau value of the growth control curve at 13 to 24 h versus 24 to 36 h and persisted despite repeated administration of both drugs. The surviving bacterial cells were quinolone-resistant mutants (2 to 128 times the MIC) that exhibited cross-resistance to unrelated antibiotics. Their antibiotic resistance probably resulted from the overproduction of different multidrug resistance efflux system(s). C max/MIC and area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h (AUC0-24)/MIC values were at least threefold higher for moxifloxacin than for ciprofloxacin. Moreover, integral parameters of ciprofloxacin and moxifloxacin, in particular the area under the killing and regrowth curve from 0 to 48 h (AUBC0-48, 342.3 to 401.3 versus 295.2 to 378.7 h × log CFU/ml, respectively) and the area between the control growth curve and the killing and regrowth curve from 0 to 48 h (ABBC0-48, 40.4 to 101.1 versus 72.9 to 144.7 h × log CFU/ml, respectively), demonstrated a better antibacterial effect of moxifloxacin than ciprofloxacin on S. maltophilia. However, selection of resistant mutants by both fluoroquinolones, although delayed with moxifloxacin, emphasizes the need to use maximal dosages and combined therapy in the treatment of systemic S. maltophilia infections.


Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1148
Author(s):  
Maria V. Golikova ◽  
Elena N. Strukova ◽  
Yury A. Portnoy ◽  
Stephen H. Zinner ◽  
Alexander A. Firsov

To explore whether combined treatments with daptomycin and gentamicin can prevent the development of Staphylococcus aureus resistance, and whether the possible restriction is associated with changes in antibiotic mutant prevention concentrations (MPCs), the enrichment of daptomycin- and gentamicin-resistant mutants was studied by simulating 5-day single and combined treatments in an in vitro dynamic model. The MPCs of the antibiotics in the combination were determined at concentration ratios equal to the ratios of 24 h areas, under the concentration–time curve (AUCs) of the antibiotics, as simulated in pharmacodynamic experiments. The MPCs of both daptomycin and gentamicin decreased in the presence of each other; this led to an increase in the time when antibiotic concentrations were above the MPC (T>MPC). The increases in T>MPCs were concurrent with increases of the anti-mutant effects of the combined antibiotics. When anti-mutant effects of the antibiotics in single and combined treatments were plotted against the T>MPCs, significant sigmoid relationships were obtained. These findings suggest that (1) daptomycin–gentamicin combinations prevent the development of S. aureus resistance to each antibiotic; (2) the anti-mutant effects of antibiotic combinations can be predicted using MPCs determined at pharmacokinetic-based antibiotic concentration ratios; (3) T>MPC is a reliable predictor of the anti-mutant efficacy of antibiotic combinations.


2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 1315-1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry L. LaPlante ◽  
Michael J. Rybak ◽  
Brian Tsuji ◽  
Thomas P. Lodise ◽  
Glenn W. Kaatz

ABSTRACT The potential for resistance development in Streptococcus pneumoniae secondary to exposure to gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, levofloxacin, and moxifloxacin at various levels was examined at high inoculum (108.5 to 109 log10 CFU/ml) over 96 h in an in vitro pharmacodynamic (PD) model using two fluoroquinolone-susceptible isolates. The pharmacokinetics of each drug was simulated to provide a range of free areas under the concentration-time curves (fAUC) that correlated with various fluoroquinolone doses. Potential first (parC and parE)- and second-step (gyrA and gyrB) mutations in isolates with raised MICs were identified by sequence analysis. PD models simulating fAUC/MICs of 51 and ≤60, 34 and 37, ≤82 and ≤86, and ≤24 for gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, levofloxacin, and moxifloxacin, respectively, against each isolate were associated with first-step parC (S52G, S79Y, and N91D) and second-step gyrA (S81Y and S114G) mutations. For each fluoroquinolone a delay of first- and second-step mutations was observed with increasingly higher fAUC/MIC ratios and recovery of topoisomerase mutations in S. pneumoniae was related to the fAUC/MIC exposure. Clinical doses of gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, and moxifloxacin exceeded the fAUC/MIC resistance breakpoint against wild-type S. pneumoniae, whereas those of levofloxacin (500 and 750 mg) were associated with first- and second-step mutations. The exposure breakpoints for levofloxacin were significantly different (P < 0.001) from those of the newer fluoroquinolones gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, and moxifloxacin. Additionally, moxifloxacin breakpoints were significantly lower (P < 0.002) than those of gatifloxacin. The order of resistance development determined from fAUC/MIC breakpoints was levofloxacin > gatifloxacin > moxifloxacin = gemifloxacin, which may be related to structural differences within the class.


2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Zhou ◽  
Kimberly R. Ledesma ◽  
Kai-Tai Chang ◽  
Henrietta Abodakpi ◽  
Song Gao ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii is increasingly more prevalent in nosocomial infections. Although in vitro susceptibility of A. baumannii to minocycline is promising, the in vivo efficacy of minocycline has not been well established. In this study, the in vivo activity of minocycline was evaluated in a neutropenic murine pneumonia model. Specifically, we investigated the relationship between minocycline exposure and bactericidal activity using five A. baumannii isolates with a broad range of susceptibility (MIC ranged from 0.25 mg/liter to 16 mg/liter). The pharmacokinetics of minocycline (single dose of 25 mg/kg of body weight, 50 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg, and a humanized regimen, given intraperitoneally) in serum and epithelial lining fluid (ELF) were characterized. Dose linearity was observed for doses up to 50 mg/kg and pulmonary penetration ratios (area under the concentration-time curve in ELF from 0 to 24 h [AUCELF,0–24]/area under the concentration time curve in serum from 0 to 24 h [AUCserum,0–24]) ranged from 2.5 to 2.8. Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamics (PK-PD) index values in ELF for various dose regimens against different A. baumannii isolates were calculated. The maximum efficacy at 24 h was approximately 1.5-log-unit reduction of pulmonary bacterial burdens from baseline. The AUC/MIC ratio was the PK-PD index most closely correlating to the bacterial burden (r 2 = 0.81). The required AUCELF,0–24/MIC for maintaining stasis and achieving 1-log-unit reduction were 140 and 410, respectively. These findings could guide the treatment of infections caused by A. baumannii using minocycline in the future. Additional studies to examine resistance development during therapy are warranted.


2001 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 2136-2140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gigi H. Ross ◽  
David H. Wright ◽  
Laurie Baeker Hovde ◽  
Marnie L. Peterson ◽  
John C. Rotschafer

ABSTRACT This investigation explored pharmacodynamic characteristics of fluoroquinolones against Bacteroides thetaiotamicron and the potential for development of resistance. An in vitro model was used to generate kill curves with three fluoroquinolones at various area under the concentration-time curve (AUC)/MIC ratios. Concentration-independent killing was observed. Increases in MICs were noted following exposure to fluoroquinolones at AUC/MIC ratios of 6 to 14.


2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 744-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent H. Tam ◽  
Arnold Louie ◽  
Mark R. Deziel ◽  
Weiguo Liu ◽  
George L. Drusano

ABSTRACT We determined the relationship between garenoxacin exposure and quinolone-resistant subpopulations for three bacterial isolates in an in vitro hollow-fiber infection model. An “inverted-U” relationship was identified wherein resistant subpopulations rose initially and then declined with increasing exposure, until reaching a threshold that prevented resistance amplifications. Different targets for the area under the concentration-time curve over 24 h/MIC ratio were required for different bacteria.


2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 765-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Azoulay-Dupuis ◽  
J. P. Bédos ◽  
J. Mohler ◽  
G. Peytavin ◽  
R. Isturiz ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Garenoxacin is a novel des-F(6) quinolone with enhanced in vitro activities against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. We compared the activity of garenoxacin with that of trovafloxacin (TVA) against Streptococcus pneumoniae, together with their efficacies and their capacities to select for resistant mutants, in a mouse model of acute pneumonia. In vitro, garenoxacin was more potent than TVA against wild-type S. pneumoniae and against a mutant with a single mutation (parC), a mutant with double mutations (gyrA and parC), and a mutant with triple mutations (gyrA, parC, and parE). Swiss mice were infected with 105 CFU of virulent, encapsulated S. pneumoniae strain P-4241 or its derived isogenic parC, gyrA, gyrA parC, and efflux mutants and 107 CFU of poorly virulent clinical strains carrying a parE mutation or gyrA, parC, and parE mutations. The drugs were administered six times, every 12 h, beginning at either 3 or 18 h postinfection. The pulmonary pharmacokinetic parameters in mice infected with strain P-4241 and treated with garenoxacin or TVA (25 mg/kg of body weight) were as follows: maximum concentration of drug in serum (C max; 17.3 and 21.2 μg/ml, respectively), C max/MIC ratio (288 and 170, respectively), area under the concentration-time curve (AUC; 48.5 and 250 μg · h/ml, respectively), and AUC/MIC ratio (808 and 2,000, respectively). Garenoxacin at 25 and 50 mg/kg was highly effective (survival rates, 85 to 100%) against the wild-type strain and mutants harboring a single mutation. TVA was as effective as garenoxacin against these strains. TVA at 200 mg/kg and garenoxacin at 50 mg/kg were ineffective against the mutant with the parC and gyrA double mutations and the mutant with the gyrA, parC, and parE triple mutations. The efficacy of garenoxacin was reduced only when strains bore several mutations for quinolone resistance.


2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela R. Tessier ◽  
Holly M. Mattoes ◽  
Prachi K. Dandekar ◽  
Charles H. Nightingale ◽  
David P. Nicolau

ABSTRACT The new ketolide telithromycin has potent in vitro activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae, including strains resistant to penicillin, macrolides, and fluoroquinolones. The aim of the present study was to define the pharmacodynamic profile of telithromycin against S. pneumoniae strains with various resistance profiles in an in vivo system. Ten S. pneumoniae strains were studied; seven exhibited penicillin resistance, six demonstrated macrolide resistance, and two exhibited gatifloxacin resistance. The telithromycin MICs for all isolates were ≤0.5 μg/ml. Using the murine thigh infection model, CD-1/ICR mice were rendered neutropenic and were then inoculated with 105 to 106 CFU of S. pneumoniae per thigh. Telithromycin was administered orally at doses ranging from 25 to 800 mg/kg of body weight/day, with the doses administered one, two, three, or four times a day. The activity of telithromycin was assessed by determination of the change in the bacterial density in thigh tissue after 24 h of treatment for each treatment group and the untreated controls. Pharmacokinetic studies of telithromycin were conducted in infected, neutropenic animals. The levels of protein binding by telithromycin in mice ranged from 70 to 95% over the observed range of pharmacokinetic concentrations. By using either the total or the free concentrations of telithromycin, the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC)/MIC ratio was a strong determinant of the response against S. pneumoniae, regardless of the phenotypic resistance profile. The maximal efficacy (the 95% effective dose) against this cohort of S. pneumoniae strains and bacterial inhibition (stasis) of telithromycin were predicted by ratios of the AUC for the free drug concentration/MIC of approximately 1,000 and 200, respectively.


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