In Vivo Efficacy of Plazomicin Alone or in Combination with Meropenem or Tigecycline against Enterobacteriaceae Isolates Exhibiting Various Resistance Mechanisms in an Immunocompetent Murine Septicemia Model
Author(s) -
Kamilia Abdelraouf,
Aryun Kim,
Kevin M. Krause,
David P. Nicolau
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.01074-18
Subject(s) - tigecycline , enterobacteriaceae , meropenem , microbiology and biotechnology , in vivo , biology , enterobacteriaceae infections , medicine , drug resistance , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , escherichia coli , gene , genetics
Plazomicin is a novel aminoglycoside with potentin vitro activity against multidrug- and carbapenem-resistantEnterobacteriaceae . The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy of plazomicin exposure, alone and in combination with meropenem or tigecycline, againstEnterobacteriaceae in the immunocompetent murine septicemia model.
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