ArticlePloS one2016
Comparable Efficacy of Tigecycline versus Colistin Therapy for Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients.
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- Comparative effectiveness of antimicrobial regimens for pneumonia caused by drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: a network meta-analysis including cefiderocol and inhaled therapies.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Choice of therapeutic interventions and outcomes for the treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens: a systematic review.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2019Pooled it
- Antimicrobials for the treatment of drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia in critically ill patients: a systemic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2017Pooled it
- Beyond minimum inhibitory concentration values: clinical and diagnostic challenges of colistin heteroresistance in Acinetobacter baumannii.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Computational screening of antimicrobial peptide analogs targeting AdeB efflux transporter protein in Acinetobacter baumannii associated with multidrug resistance.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Evidence-based Recommendations for the Treatment of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, Carbapenem-resistantIndian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2026Article
- "Antimicrobial susceptibility of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii against tetracycline, doxycycline, tigecycline, minocycline and colistin: experience from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi".BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Exploratory pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic range of tigecycline for balancing treatment effect and safety in hospital-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Clinical experience with eravacycline-based combination therapy for carbapenem-resistantFrontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Carbapenem-ResistantMicroorganisms · 2025Review
- Evaluation of the efficacy of sulbactam combination therapy for monomicrobial and polymicrobial pulmonary infections caused by multidrug-resistantMicrobiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Mortality and clinical outcomes of colistin versus colistin-based combination therapy for infections caused by Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in critically ill patients.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Observational
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- Current Therapeutic Approaches for Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Multiple heteroresistance to tigecycline and colistin in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates and its implications for combined antibiotic treatment.Journal of biomedical science · 2023Article
- Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae.International journal of microbiology · 2023Article
- Population pharmacokinetics of tigecycline in critically ill patients.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Genomic landscape of prominent XDR Acinetobacter clonal complexes from Dhaka, Bangladesh.BMC genomics · 2022Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Colistin versus Tigecycline for Multi-Drug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens-A Meta-Analysis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Tigecycline has in vitro activity against multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR/XDRAB), and may constitute an alternative therapy for treating pneumonia caused by MDR/XDRAB. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of tigecycline-based therapy with colistin-based therapy in patients with MDR/XDRAB pneumonia. Between January 2009 and December 2010, patients in the intensive care unit who were diagnosed with MDR/XDRAB pneumonia and treated with either tigecycline or colistin mono-/combination therapy were reviewed. A total of 70 patients were included in our analysis. Among them, 30 patients received tigecycline-based therapy, and 40 patients received colistin-based therapy. Baseline characteristics were similar in the two groups. Clinical success rate was 47% in the tigecycline group and 48% in the colistin group (P = 0.95). There were no differences between the groups with regard to other clinical outcomes, with the exception that nephrotoxicity was observed only in the colistin group (0% vs. 20%; P = 0.009). Clinical and microbiological success rates were numerically higher, and mortality rates were numerically lower in combination therapy group than in the monotherapy group. Multivariate analysis indicated that monotherapy was independently associated with increased clinical failure (aOR, 3.96; 95% CI, 1.03-15.26; P = 0.046). Our results suggest that tigecycline-based therapy was tolerable and the clinical outcome was comparable to that of colistin-based therapy for patients with MDR/XDRAB pneumonia. In addition, combination therapy may be more useful than monotherapy in treatment of MDR/XDRAB pneumonia.
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