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ArticleThe Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy2021

In vitro activity of imipenem/relebactam, meropenem/vaborbactam, ceftazidime/avibactam, cefepime/zidebactam and other novel antibiotics against imipenem-non-susceptible Gram-negative bacilli from Taiwan.

Shu-Chen Kuo, Yung-Chih Wang, Mei-Chen Tan, Wei-Cheng Huang, Yih-Ru Shiau, Hui-Ying Wang, Jui-Fen Lai, I-Wen Huang, Tsai-Ling Lauderdale

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Article in The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Resistance of gram-negative and gram-positive pathogens to omadacycline: a systematic review.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  9. In vitro activity and resistance mechanisms of novel antimicrobial agents against metallo-β-lactamase producers.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  15. New Perspectives on Antimicrobial Agents: Imipenem-Relebactam.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2022
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  19. Global Threat of Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shu-Chen KuoNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6940-6450
Yung-Chih WangDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Mei-Chen TanNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Wei-Cheng HuangNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Yih-Ru ShiauNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Hui-Ying WangNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Jui-Fen LaiNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
I-Wen HuangNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Tsai-Ling LauderdaleNational Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
National Health Research Institutes · TWTri-Service General Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo investigate the susceptibility of imipenem-non-susceptible Escherichia coli (INS-EC), Klebsiella pneumoniae (INS-KP), Acinetobacter baumannii (INS-AB) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (INS-PA) to novel antibiotics.

methodsMICs were determined using the broth microdilution method. Carbapenemase and ESBL phenotypic testing and PCR for genes encoding ESBLs, AmpCs and carbapenemases were performed.

resultsZidebactam, avibactam and relebactam increased the respective susceptibility rates to cefepime, ceftazidime and imipenem of 17 INS-EC by 58.8%, 58.8% and 70.6%, of 163 INS-KP by 77.9%, 88.3% and 76.1% and of 81 INS-PA by 45.7%, 38.3% and 85.2%, respectively. Vaborbactam increased the meropenem susceptibility of INS-EC by 41.2% and of INS-KP by 54%. Combinations of β-lactams and novel β-lactamase inhibitors or β-lactam enhancers (BLI-BLE) were inactive against 136 INS-AB. In 58 INS-EC and INS-KP with exclusively blaKPC-like genes, zidebactam, avibactam, relebactam and vaborbactam increased the susceptibility of the partner β-lactams by 100%, 96.6%, 84.5% and 75.9%, respectively. In the presence of avibactam, ceftazidime was active in an additional 85% of 20 INS-EC and INS-KP with exclusively blaOXA-48-like genes while with zidebactam, cefepime was active in an additional 75%. INS-EC and INS-KP with MBL genes were susceptible only to cefepime/zidebactam. The β-lactam/BLI-BLE combinations were active against INS-EC and INS-KP without detectable carbapenemases. For INS-EC, INS-KP and INS-AB, tigecycline was more active than omadacycline and eravacycline but eravacycline had a lower MIC distribution. Lascufloxacin and delafloxacin were active in <35% of these INS isolates.

conclusionsβ-Lactam/BLI-BLE combinations were active in a higher proportion of INS-EC, INS-KP and INS-PA. The susceptibility of novel fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines was not superior to that of old ones.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsCeftazidimeAzabicyclo CompoundsBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesBoronic AcidsCefepimeCyclooctanesDrug CombinationsHumansImipenemMeropenemMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPiperidinesTaiwanAnti-Bacterial AgentsavibactamAzabicyclo CompoundsBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesBoronic AcidscarbapenemaseCefepimeCeftazidimeCyclooctanesDrug CombinationsImipenemMeropenemPiperidinesrelebactamvaborbactamzidebactam

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PMID33956969
PMCPMC8561265
OpenAlexW3158409959

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