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ArticleBMC microbiology2021

Avibactam potentiated the activity of both ceftazidime and aztreonam against S. maltophilia clinical isolates in vitro.

Qiuxia Lin, Hua Zou, Xian Chen, Menglu Wu, Deyu Ma, Hanbing Yu, Siqiang Niu, Shifeng Huang

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qiuxia Lin *Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Friendship Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Hua Zou *Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Health Center for Women And Children, 120 Longshan Road, Yubei District, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Xian ChenDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, No. 59, Haier Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao, 266061, China.
Menglu WuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Qingdao Women's and Children's Hospital, No.6, Tongfu Road, Shibei District, Qingdao, 266061, China.
Deyu MaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Friendship Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Hanbing YuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Friendship Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Siqiang NiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Friendship Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China. siqiangniu@cqmu.edu.cn.
Shifeng HuangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Friendship Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China. sfhuang@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7641-8823
The Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CNQingdao University · CN

Funding

Medical Research Program of Chongqing Health and Family Planning Commission 2018MSXM009Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing cstc2020jcyj-msxmX0519Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission KJ1500235Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission KJ1702022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTreatment options for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (S. maltophilia) infections were limited. We assessed the efficacy of ceftazidime (CAZ), ceftazidime-avibactam (CAZ-AVI), aztreonam (ATM), and aztreonam-avibactam (ATM-AVI) against a selection of 76 S. maltophilia out of the 1179 strains isolated from the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University during 2011-2018.

methodsWe investigated the antimicrobial resistance profiles of the 1179 S. maltophilia clinical isolates from the first affiliated hospital of Chongqing Medical University during 2011-2018, a collection of 76 isolates were selected for further study of microbiological characterization. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of CAZ, CAZ-AVI, ATM and ATM-AVI were determined via the broth microdilution method. We deemed that CAZ-AVI or ATM-AVI was more active in vitro than CAZ or ATM alone when CAZ-AVI or ATM-AVI led to a category change from "Resistant" or "Intermediate" with CAZ or ATM alone to "Susceptible" with CAZ-AVI or ATM-AVI, or if the MIC of CAZ-AVI or ATM-AVI was at least 4-fold lower than the MIC of CAZ or ATM alone.

resultsFor the 76 clinical isolates included in the study, MICs of CAZ, ATM, CAZ-AVI and ATM-AVI ranged from 0.03-64, 1-1024, 0.016-64, and 0.06-64 μg/mL, respectively. In combined therapy, AVI was active at restoring the activity of 48.48% (16/33) and 89.71% (61/68) of S. maltophilia to CAZ and ATM, respectively. Furthermore, CAZ-AVI showed better results in terms of the proportion of susceptible isolates (77.63% vs. 56.58%, P < 0.001), and MIC50 (2 μg/mL vs. 8 μg/mL, P < 0.05) when compared to CAZ. According to our definition, CAZ-AVI was more active in vitro than CAZ alone for 81.58% (62/76) of the isolates. Similarly, ATM-AVI also showed better results in terms of the proportion of susceptible isolates (90.79% vs.10.53%, P < 0.001) and MIC50 (2 μg/mL vs. 64 μg/mL, P < 0.001) when compared to ATM. According to our definition, ATM-AVI was also more active in vitro than ATM alone for 94.74% (72/76) of the isolates.

conclusionsAVI potentiated the activity of both CAZ and ATM against S. maltophilia clinical isolates in vitro. We demonstrated that CAZ-AVI and ATM-AVI are both useful therapeutic options to treat infections caused by S. maltophilia.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsAzabicyclo CompoundsAztreonamCeftazidimeDrug CombinationsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsStenotrophomonas maltophiliaAnti-Bacterial Agentsavibactam, ceftazidime drug combinationAzabicyclo CompoundsAztreonamCeftazidimeDrug CombinationsAztreonam-avibactamCeftazidime-avibactamMinimum inhibitory concentrationsStenotrophomonas maltophilia

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