| Literature DB >> 29180527 |
Brian T Tsuji1, James Fisher1,2, Raheal Boadi-Yeboah1, Patricia N Holden1, Sanjay Sethi3,4, Melinda M Pettigrew5, Timothy F Murphy6,7,8.
Abstract
The pharmacodynamic profile of azithromycin against persistent strains of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients was characterized. Azithromycin displayed differential concentration-dependent activities (R2 ≥ 0.988); the pharmacodynamic response was attenuated when we compared the "first" and "last" strains of NTHi that persisted in the airways of the same patient for 819 days (the 50% effective concentration [EC50] increased more than 50 times [0.0821 mg/liter versus 4.23 mg/liter]). In the hollow-fiber infection model, NTHi viability was maintained throughout simulated azithromycin (Zithromax) Z-Pak regimens over 10 days.Entities:
Keywords: azithromycin; macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B; nontypeable H. influenzae
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29180527 PMCID: PMC5786777 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01995-17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191