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ArticleThe Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy2021

Intrapulmonary pharmacokinetic profile of cefiderocol in mechanically ventilated patients with pneumonia.

Takayuki Katsube, David P Nicolau, Keith A Rodvold, Richard G Wunderink, Roger Echols, Yuko Matsunaga, Anju Menon, Simon Portsmouth, Toshihiro Wajima

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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. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Treatment of post-lung transplantation pneumonia with cefiderocol: a case series and insights from the literature.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  6. Investigational antibiotic cefepime/zidebactam as a therapeutic option for the treatment of an unyielding empyema in a paediatric patient caused by extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a case report.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  11. Novel Antibiotics for Gram-Negative Nosocomial Pneumonia.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  13. Clinical effectiveness of cefiderocol for the treatment of bloodstream infections due to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii during the COVID-19 era: a single center, observational study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2024
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  15. Lessons Are Still Being Learned about Intrapulmonary Antibiotic Concentrations.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Takayuki KatsubeShionogi & Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan.
David P NicolauCentre for Anti-Infective Research & Development, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA.
Keith A RodvoldCollege of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Richard G WunderinkDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Roger EcholsInfectious Disease Drug Development Consulting, LLC, Easton, CT, USA.
Yuko MatsunagaShionogi Inc., Florham Park, NJ, USA.
Anju MenonShionogi Inc., Florham Park, NJ, USA.
Simon PortsmouthShionogi Inc., Florham Park, NJ, USA.
Toshihiro WajimaShionogi & Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan.
Shionogi (United States) · USShionogi (Japan) · JPHartford Financial Services (United States)Infectious Disease Consultants · USNorthwestern University · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Technology CoreU19AI135964 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LUIS A. Nunes AMARAL · 2018 to 2026
$24.7M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI135964
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesLung penetration of cefiderocol, a novel siderophore cephalosporin approved for treatment of nosocomial pneumonia, has previously been evaluated in healthy subjects. This study assessed the intrapulmonary pharmacokinetic profile of cefiderocol at steady state in hospitalized, mechanically ventilated pneumonia patients.

methodsPatients received cefiderocol 2 g (or ≤1.5 g if renally impaired), administered IV q8h as a 3 h infusion, or 2 g q6h if patients had augmented renal function (estimated CLCR > 120 mL/min). After multiple doses, each patient underwent a single bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) procedure either at the end of the infusion or at 2 h after the end of infusion. Plasma samples were collected at 1, 3, 5 and 7 h after the start of infusion. After correcting for BAL dilution, cefiderocol concentrations in epithelial lining fluid (ELF) for each patient and the ELF/unbound plasma concentration ratio (RC, E/P) were calculated. Safety was assessed up to 7 days after the last cefiderocol dose.

resultsSeven patients received cefiderocol. Geometric mean ELF concentration of cefiderocol was 7.63 mg/L at the end of infusion and 10.40 mg/L at 2 h after the end of infusion. RC, E/P was 0.212 at the end of infusion and 0.547 at 2 h after the end of infusion, suggesting delayed lung distribution. There were no adverse drug reactions.

conclusionsThe results suggest that cefiderocol penetrates the ELF in critically ill pneumonia patients with concentrations that are sufficient to treat Gram-negative bacteria with an MIC of ≤4 mg/L.

Indexed as

PneumoniaRespiration, ArtificialAnti-Bacterial AgentsCefiderocolCephalosporinsHumansAnti-Bacterial AgentsCefiderocolCephalosporins

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PMID34383901
PMCPMC8521398
OpenAlexW3190303490

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