Author:
Lim Tze-Peng,Cai Yiying,Hong Yanjun,Chan Eric Chun Yong,Suranthran Sasikala,Teo Jocelyn Qi-Min,Lee Winnie Huiling,Tan Thean-Yen,Hsu Li-Yang,Koh Tse-Hsien,Tan Thuan-Tong,Kwa Andrea Lay-Hoon
Abstract
ABSTRACTExtensively drug-resistant (XDR)Klebsiella pneumoniaeis an emerging pathogen in Singapore. With limited therapeutic options available, combination antibiotics may be the only viable option. In this study, we aimed to elucidate effective antibiotic combinations against XDRK. pneumoniaeisolates. Six NDM-1-producing and two OXA-181-producingK. pneumoniaestrains were exposed to 12 antibiotics alone and in combination via time-kill studies. A hollow-fiber infection model (HFIM) with pharmacokinetic validation was used to simulate clinically relevant tigecycline-plus-meropenem dosing regimens against 2 XDRK. pneumoniaeisolates over 240 h. The emergence of resistance against tigecycline was quantified using drug-free and selective (tigecycline at 3× the MIC) media. Thein vitrogrowth rates were determined and serial passages on drug-free and selective media were carried out on resistant isolates obtained at 240 h. Both the polymyxin B and tigecycline MICs ranged from 1 to 4 mg/liter. In single time-kill studies, all antibiotics alone demonstrated regrowth at 24 h, except for polymyxin B against 2 isolates. Tigecycline plus meropenem was found to be bactericidal in 50% of the isolates. For the isolates that produced OXA-181-like carbapenemases, none of the 55 tested antibiotic combinations was bactericidal. Against 2 isolates in the HFIM, tigecycline plus meropenem achieved a >90% reduction in bacterial burden for 96 h before regrowth was observed until 109CFU/ml at 240 h. Phenotypically stable and resistant isolates, which were recovered from tigecycline-supplemented plates post-HFIM studies, had lower growth rates than those of their respective parent isolates, possibly implying a substantial biofitness deficit in this population. We found that tigecycline plus meropenem may be a potential antibiotic combination for XDRK. pneumoniaeinfections, but its efficacy was strain specific.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology
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