Gant V, Hussain A, Bain M, Longshaw C, Henriksen AS. In vitro activity of cefiderocol and comparators against Gram-negative bacterial isolates from a series of surveillance studies in England: 2014-2018.
J Glob Antimicrob Resist 2021;
27:1-11. [PMID:
34329792 DOI:
10.1016/j.jgar.2021.07.014]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
The prevalence of Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) demonstrating extensive, multiple antimicrobial resistance is increasing in England, leaving few treatment choices. Cefiderocol is a novel siderophore cephalosporin approved in Europe for the treatment of aerobic GNB infections in adults with limited treatment options. We report pooled data for a clinical isolate set collected in England between 2014-2018.
METHODS
MICs were determined by broth microdilution according to International Organization for Standardization guidelines. Cefiderocol susceptibility was tested using iron-depleted cation-adjusted Muller-Hinton broth. Susceptibility rates were based on EUCAST breakpoints. In the absence of a species-specific breakpoint, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic breakpoints were used.
RESULTS
Of 1886 isolates from England [74.1% Enterobacterales (18.7% Escherichia coli, 17.2% Klebsiella pneumoniae), 25.9% non-fermenters (18.4% Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 3.7% Acinetobacter baumannii)], 98.7% were cefiderocol-susceptible. Cefiderocol susceptibility in Enterobacterales (99.0%) was significantly (P < 0.01) greater than ceftolozane/tazobactam (94.3%), but similar to meropenem (99.3%) and ceftazidime/avibactam (99.4%). Overall, cefiderocol susceptibility (98.0%) in non-fermenters was significantly (P < 0.01) higher than comparators (range, 84.5-92.4%). Susceptibility to cefiderocol was 98.3-99.6% by infection source and was significantly (P < 0.01) greater than comparators for isolates from patients with nosocomial pneumonia (cefiderocol, 98.3%; comparators range, 79.8-93.8%). Excluding intrinsically meropenem-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, 47/1846 isolates (2.5%) were meropenem-resistant. A high proportion of meropenem-resistant P. aeruginosa were susceptible to cefiderocol (95.0%). All S. maltophilia isolates (40/40) were cefiderocol-susceptible.
CONCLUSION
A substantial proportion of clinical isolates from England, representing a wide range of pathogens across multiple infection sources, was cefiderocol-susceptible. Cefiderocol retained activity against meropenem-resistant strains.
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