Cefiderocol Against Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

xloma.fota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader In Vitro Activity and In Vivo Efficacy of Cefiderocol Against Stenotrophomonas maltophilia [Experimental Therapeutics] Via AAC Accepts: Articles Published Ahead of Print Cefiderocol is a novel siderophore cephalosporin antibiotic with broad coverage against difficult-to-treat Gram-negative bacteria, including those resistant to carbapenems. Its activity against Stenotrophomonas maltophilia was investigated in vitro against clinical isolates and in lung infection models using strains either resistant (SR202006) or susceptible (SR201934, SR200614) to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. Cefiderocol demonstrated potent in vitro activity against all 217 S. maltophilia cl inical isolates tested (MIC50: 0.063 μg/mL, MIC90: 0.25 μg/mL). Cefiderocol also demonstrated low MICs against the trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole-resistant S. maltophilia strains (i.e. SR202006: MIC=0.125 μg/mL). In a neutropenic mouse lung infection model, cefiderocol (30 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg) demonstrated a significant, dose-dependent reduction in the lung viable bacteria cell count compared with untreated controls in S. maltophilia infection and was the only antibiotic tested to show a similar significant effect in a trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole-resistant S. maltophilia infection. In immunocompetent rat lung infection models of S. maltophilia, humanized dosing of cefiderocol (2 g every 8 hours) and meropenem (1 g every 8 hours) revealed pharmacokinetic profiles similar to those in human subjects and the humanized cefiderocol dosing significantly reduced the lung viable bacteria cell count compared with baseline controls, which r eceived no intervention. Together, the results from these studies suggest that cefiderocol could provide an effective alternative treatment option for S. maltophilia infections in the lower respiratory tract, particularly strains resistant to empiric antibiotics, such as trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole or minocycline. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.