| Literature DB >> 29339396 |
Anthony D Kang1,2, Kenneth P Smith1, Anders H Berg1, Katherine A Truelson1,3, George M Eliopoulos4, Christopher McCoy5, James E Kirby6.
Abstract
Apramycin, an aminocyclitol aminoglycoside, was rapidly bactericidal against Acinetobacter baumannii In a neutropenic murine thigh infection model, treatment-associated A. baumannii CFU reductions of >4 log10 per thigh were observed for all exposures for which area under the curve (AUC)/MIC ratio was >50 and maximum concentration of drug in serum (Cmax)/MIC was ≈10 or higher. Based on these findings, we suggest that apramycin deserves further preclinical exploration as a repurposed therapeutic for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens, including A. baumannii.Entities:
Keywords: antimicrobial; apramycin; maximum tolerated dose; mouse thigh model; pharmacodynamics; pharmacokinetics; resistance; time-kill
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29339396 PMCID: PMC5913965 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02585-17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191