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ArticleThe Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy2024

Cefepime-taniborbactam activity against antimicrobial-resistant clinical isolates of Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: GEARS global surveillance programme 2018-22.

James A Karlowsky, Mark G Wise, Meredith A Hackel, David A Six, Tsuyoshi Uehara, Denis M Daigle, Daniel C Pevear, Greg Moeck, Daniel F Sahm

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9 authors.

James A KarlowskyIHMA, Schaumburg, IL, USA.
Mark G WiseIHMA, Schaumburg, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7356-1851
Meredith A HackelIHMA, Schaumburg, IL, USA.
David A SixVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Malvern, PA, USA.
Tsuyoshi UeharaVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Malvern, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6994-4286
Denis M DaigleVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Malvern, PA, USA.
Daniel C PevearVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Malvern, PA, USA.
Greg MoeckVenatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Malvern, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7827-7227
Daniel F SahmIHMA, Schaumburg, IL, USA.

Funding

Administration for Strategic Preparedness and ResponseBiomedical Advanced Research and Development AuthorityHHSNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNIH HHSWellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTaniborbactam is a boronate-based β-lactamase inhibitor in clinical development in combination with cefepime.

methodsCefepime-taniborbactam and comparator broth microdilution MICs were determined for patient isolates of Enterobacterales (n = 20 725) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 7919) collected in 59 countries from 2018 to 2022. Taniborbactam was tested at a fixed concentration of 4 mg/L. Isolates with cefepime-taniborbactam MICs ≥ 16 mg/L underwent WGS. β-Lactamase genes were identified in additional meropenem-resistant isolates by PCR/Sanger sequencing.

resultsTaniborbactam reduced the cefepime MIC90 value for all Enterobacterales from >16 to 0.25 mg/L (>64-fold). At ≤16 mg/L, cefepime-taniborbactam inhibited 99.5% of all Enterobacterales isolates; >95% of isolates with MDR and ceftolozane-tazobactam-resistant phenotypes;  ≥ 89% of isolates with meropenem-resistant and difficult-to-treat-resistant (DTR) phenotypes; >80% of isolates with meropenem-vaborbactam-resistant and ceftazidime-avibactam-resistant phenotypes; 100% of KPC-positive, 99% of OXA-48-like-positive, 99% of ESBL-positive, 97% of acquired AmpC-positive, 95% of VIM-positive and 76% of NDM-positive isolates. Against P. aeruginosa, taniborbactam reduced the cefepime MIC90 value from 32 to 8 mg/L (4-fold). At ≤16 mg/L, cefepime-taniborbactam inhibited 96.5% of all P. aeruginosa isolates; 85% of meropenem-resistant phenotype isolates; 80% of isolates with MDR and meropenem-vaborbactam-resistant phenotypes; >70% of isolates with DTR, ceftazidime-avibactam-resistant and ceftolozane-tazobactam-resistant phenotypes; and 82% of VIM-positive isolates. Multiple potential mechanisms of resistance, including carriage of IMP, or alterations in PBP3 (ftsI), porins (decreased permeability) and efflux (up-regulation) were present in most isolates with cefepime-taniborbactam MICs ≥ 16 mg/L.

conclusionsCefepime-taniborbactam exhibited potent in vitro activity against Enterobacterales and P. aeruginosa, and inhibited most carbapenem-resistant isolates, including those carrying serine carbapenemases or NDM/VIM MBLs.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsCefepimeMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas Infectionsbeta-Lactamase Inhibitorsbeta-LactamasesBorinic AcidsBoronic AcidsCarboxylic AcidsDrug CombinationsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialEnterobacteriaceaeEnterobacteriaceae InfectionsEpidemiological MonitoringHumansAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-Lactamase Inhibitorsbeta-LactamasesBorinic AcidsBoronic AcidsCarboxylic AcidsCefepimeDrug Combinationstaniborbactam

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PMID39287999
PMCPMC11638001

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