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Hîncu S, Apetroaei MM, Ștefan G, Fâcă AI, Arsene AL, Mahler B, Drăgănescu D, Tăerel AE, Stancu E, Hîncu L, Zamfirescu A, Udeanu DI. Drug-Drug Interactions in Nosocomial Infections: An Updated Review for Clinicians. Pharmaceutics 2024; 16:1137. [PMID: 39339174 PMCID: PMC11434876 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16091137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2024] [Revised: 08/26/2024] [Accepted: 08/26/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024] Open
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Prevention, assessment, and identification of drug-drug interactions (DDIs) represent a challenge for healthcare professionals, especially in nosocomial settings. This narrative review aims to provide a thorough assessment of the most clinically significant DDIs for antibiotics used in healthcare-associated infections. Complex poly-pharmaceutical regimens, targeting multiple pathogens or targeting one pathogen in the presence of another comorbidity, have an increased predisposition to result in life-threatening DDIs. Recognising, assessing, and limiting DDIs in nosocomial infections offers promising opportunities for improving health outcomes. The objective of this review is to provide clinicians with practical advice to prevent or mitigate DDIs, with the aim of increasing the safety and effectiveness of therapy. DDI management is of significant importance for individualising therapy according to the patient, disease status, and associated comorbidities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sorina Hîncu
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956 Bucharest, Romania; (S.H.); (G.Ș.); (A.I.F.); (A.L.A.); (D.D.); (A.-E.T.); (E.S.); (L.H.); (D.I.U.)
- Fundeni Clinical Institute, 258, Fundeni Street, 022328 Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956 Bucharest, Romania; (S.H.); (G.Ș.); (A.I.F.); (A.L.A.); (D.D.); (A.-E.T.); (E.S.); (L.H.); (D.I.U.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956 Bucharest, Romania; (S.H.); (G.Ș.); (A.I.F.); (A.L.A.); (D.D.); (A.-E.T.); (E.S.); (L.H.); (D.I.U.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956 Bucharest, Romania; (S.H.); (G.Ș.); (A.I.F.); (A.L.A.); (D.D.); (A.-E.T.); (E.S.); (L.H.); (D.I.U.)
- Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumophthisiology, 90, Viilor Street, 050159 Bucharest, Romania;
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956 Bucharest, Romania; (S.H.); (G.Ș.); (A.I.F.); (A.L.A.); (D.D.); (A.-E.T.); (E.S.); (L.H.); (D.I.U.)
- Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumophthisiology, 90, Viilor Street, 050159 Bucharest, Romania;
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- Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumophthisiology, 90, Viilor Street, 050159 Bucharest, Romania;
- Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8, Eroii Sanitari Street, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956 Bucharest, Romania; (S.H.); (G.Ș.); (A.I.F.); (A.L.A.); (D.D.); (A.-E.T.); (E.S.); (L.H.); (D.I.U.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956 Bucharest, Romania; (S.H.); (G.Ș.); (A.I.F.); (A.L.A.); (D.D.); (A.-E.T.); (E.S.); (L.H.); (D.I.U.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956 Bucharest, Romania; (S.H.); (G.Ș.); (A.I.F.); (A.L.A.); (D.D.); (A.-E.T.); (E.S.); (L.H.); (D.I.U.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956 Bucharest, Romania; (S.H.); (G.Ș.); (A.I.F.); (A.L.A.); (D.D.); (A.-E.T.); (E.S.); (L.H.); (D.I.U.)
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- Faculty of Midwifery and Nursing, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8, Street, 050474 Bucharest, Romania;
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 6, Traian Vuia Street, 020956 Bucharest, Romania; (S.H.); (G.Ș.); (A.I.F.); (A.L.A.); (D.D.); (A.-E.T.); (E.S.); (L.H.); (D.I.U.)
- Marius Nasta Institute of Pneumophthisiology, 90, Viilor Street, 050159 Bucharest, Romania;
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Gu Y, Nie W, Huang H, Yu X. Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease: progress and advances in the development of novel candidate and repurposed drugs. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 13:1243457. [PMID: 37850054 PMCID: PMC10577331 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1243457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are opportunistic pathogens that can infect all body tissues and organs. In particular, the lungs are the most commonly involved organ, with NTM pulmonary diseases causing serious health issues in patients with underlying lung disease. Moreover, NTM infections have been steadily increasing worldwide in recent years. NTM are also naturally resistant to many antibiotics, specifically anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) drugs. The lack of drugs targeting NTM infections and the increasing drug resistance of NTM have further made treating these mycobacterial diseases extremely difficult. The currently recommended NTM treatments rely on the extended indications of existing drugs, which underlines the difficulties of new antibiotic discovery against NTM. Another challenge is determining which drug combinations are most effective against NTM infection. To a certain extent, anti-NTM drug development depends on using already available antibiotics and compounds. Here, we aimed to review new antibiotics or compounds with good antibacterial activity against NTM, focusing on their mechanisms of action, in vitro and in vivo antibacterial activities.
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- Yuzhen Gu
- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Tuberculosis Department, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- National Clinical Laboratory on Tuberculosis, Beijing Key Laboratory on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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In Vitro Susceptibility Testing of Eravacycline against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2022; 66:e0068922. [PMID: 35943269 PMCID: PMC9487454 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00689-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections are increasing worldwide. Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and the M. abscessus species are the most commonly cultured NTM and treatment options are limited, especially for the M. abscessus species. In this study, the in vitro activity of eravacycline, a new tetracycline derivative, was tested against 110 clinical isolates of NTM. MIC testing was performed as recommended by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute against 60 isolates of rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM), of which ~70% were tetracycline resistant. These included M. abscessus subsp. abscessus (8 isolates), M. abscessus subsp. massiliense (5), M. chelonae (10), M. immunogenum (3), M. fortuitum group (20) including 12 doxycycline-resistant isolates, and M. mucogenicum group (10) including three doxycycline-resistant isolates. Due to trailing, eravacycline MICs were read at 80% and 100% inhibition. Eravacycline was active against all RGM species, with MIC50 ranges of ≤0.015 to 0.5 and ≤0.015 to 0.12 μg/mL for 100% and 80% inhibition, respectively. For M. abscessus subsp. abscessus, MIC50 values were 0.12 and 0.03 μg/mL with 100% and 80% inhibition, respectively. MICs for tigecycline were generally within 1 to 2 dilutions of the 100%-inhibition eravacycline MIC values. Fifty isolates of slowly growing mycobacteria (SGM) species, including 16 isolates of MAC, were also tested. While there was no trailing observed in most SGM, the eravacycline MICs were higher (MIC range of >8 μg/mL), except for M. kansasii and M. marinum which had MIC50 values of 1 μg/mL. This study supports further evaluation of eravacycline, including clinical trials for the development of RGM treatment regimens, especially for M. abscessus.
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Antimicrobial Treatment Options for Difficult-to-Treat Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Causing Cystitis, Pyelonephritis, and Prostatitis: A Narrative Review. Drugs 2022; 82:407-438. [PMID: 35286622 PMCID: PMC9057390 DOI: 10.1007/s40265-022-01676-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Urinary tract infections, including cystitis, acute pyelonephritis, and prostatitis, are among the most common diagnoses prompting antibiotic prescribing. The rise in antimicrobial resistance over the past decades has led to the increasing challenge of urinary tract infections because of multidrug-resistant and "difficult-to-treat resistance" among Gram-negative bacteria. Recent advances in pharmacotherapy and medical microbiology are modernizing how these urinary tract infections are treated. Advances in pharmacotherapy have included not only the development and approval of novel antibiotics, such as ceftazidime/avibactam, meropenem/vaborbactam, imipenem/relebactam, ceftolozane/tazobactam, cefiderocol, plazomicin, and glycylcyclines, but also the re-examination of the potential role of legacy antibiotics, including older aminoglycosides and tetracyclines. Recent advances in medical microbiology allow phenotypic and molecular mechanism of resistance testing, and thus antibiotic prescribing can be tailored to the mechanism of resistance in the infecting pathogen. Here, we provide a narrative review on the clinical and pre-clinical studies of drugs that can be used for difficult-to-treat resistant Gram-negative bacteria, with a particular focus on data relevant to the urinary tract. We also offer a pragmatic framework for antibiotic selection when encountering urinary tract infections due to difficult-to-treat resistant Gram-negative bacteria based on the organism and its mechanism of resistance.
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A Real-World Assessment of Clinical Outcomes and Safety of Eravacycline: A Novel Fluorocycline. Infect Dis Ther 2020; 9:1017-1028. [PMID: 33063176 PMCID: PMC7680490 DOI: 10.1007/s40121-020-00351-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Eravacycline is a novel fluorocycline approved for treatment of intraabdominal infections, with a broad spectrum of activity against a range of pathogens including multidrug-resistant species, including ESBL- or KPC-producing isolates. It is approved for twice-daily dosing with no need for adjustment in renal dysfunction. In the concomitant administration with CYP 3A4-inducing drugs, eravacycline dosing should be modified. Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of eravacycline in a range of infections such as intraabdominal infections, pneumonia and diabetic foot infections in seriously ill patients. Methods A retrospective observational cohort study using electronic patient records of 50 consecutive patients administered eravacycline during inpatient acute care admission or as part of outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT). Results Therapy of 1.5 mg/kg q24h was initiated in the hospital in most patients, although some of the less sick were managed in the office or OPAT setting. All patients concluded their management outside of the hospital. Of the 50 patients, 47 (94%) achieved clinical resolution of their infection and 3 (6%) clinical failures occurred. Only three (6%) patients did not have comorbidities, three had a single comorbidity (6%), and the majority (88%) of patients had two or more comorbidities. Most common infections were intraabdominal (36%), pneumonia (18%), diabetic foot (12%), spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (8%) and empyema (8%). Almost half of infections had more than one pathogen isolated, and resistant isolates were frequent. The drug was well tolerated with only two reports of nausea, which did not result in treatment discontinuation, and in 30 days of post-eravacycline therapy only one case of Clostridiodes difficile. Conclusions In this real-world setting, eravacycline demonstrated a similar high level of clinical efficacy as seen in clinical trials, 94%, in a variety of infections, including against multidrug-resistant bacteria, and was well tolerated.
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Alosaimy S, Abdul-Mutakabbir JC, Kebriaei R, Jorgensen SCJ, Rybak MJ. Evaluation of Eravacycline: A Novel Fluorocycline. Pharmacotherapy 2020; 40:221-238. [PMID: 31944332 DOI: 10.1002/phar.2366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Eravacycline (ERV), formerly known as TP-434, is a novel tetracycline (TET) antibiotic that exhibits in vitro activity against various gram-positive, gram-negative aerobic and anaerobic pathogens, including those exhibiting TET-specific acquired resistance mechanisms. Similar to other TETs, it inhibits protein synthesis through binding to the 30S ribosomal subunit. Eravacycline was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August 2018 for the treatment of complicated intraabdominal infections (cIAIs) in adults following the Investigating Gram-Negative Infections Treated with Eravacycline (IGNITE)1 and IGNITE4 phase III trials. In these two, double-blind, multicenter clinical trials, ERV was proven noninferior in terms of clinical response in comparison to ertapenem and meropenem, respectively. Eravacycline was well tolerated with nausea, vomiting, and infusion site reactions being the most commonly reported adverse reactions. Clinicians now have ERV as a novel therapeutic option for the treatment of adults with intraabdominal infections, allergies to β-lactam agents, Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhea, or if tolerability to other agents is a concern.
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- Sara Alosaimy
- Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Anti-Infective Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.,Department of Pharmacy, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan.,Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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Voulgaris GL, Voulgari ML, Falagas ME. Developments on antibiotics for multidrug resistant bacterial Gram-negative infections. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2019; 17:387-401. [PMID: 31006284 DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2019.1610392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Introduction: The constantly increasing spread of severe infections due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) is a critical threat to the global medical community. After a long period of antibiotic pipeline pause, new antibiotic compounds are commercially available or are at late stages of clinical evaluation, promising to augment the therapeutic armamentarium of clinicians against deadly pathogens. Areas covered: This review summarizes available data regarding agents with potent activity against critical MDR Gram-negative pathogens, which urgently require new efficient antibiotics. Recently approved antibiotic formulations; and agents in advanced stages of development, including combinations of β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor, novel cephalosporins (cefiderocol), tetracyclines (eravacycline), aminoglycosides (plazomicin), quinolones (delafloxacin and finafloxacin) and pleuromutilins (lefamulin) are discussed in this review. Expert opinion: The recent introduction of new antibiotics into clinical practice is an encouraging step after a long period of pipeline stagnation. New formulations will be a useful option for clinicians to treat serious infections caused by several MDR Gram-negative pathogens. However, most of the new compounds are based on modifications of traditional antibiotic structures challenging their longevity as therapeutic options. More investment is needed for the discovery and clinical development of truly innovative and effective antibiotics without cross-resistance to currently used antibiotics.
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- Georgios L Voulgaris
- a Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences , Athens , Greece.,b Laboratory of Pharmacokinetics and Toxicology , Department of Pharmacy, 401 General Military Hospital , Athens , Greece
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- a Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences , Athens , Greece.,c Department of Internal Medicine , Hospital Neuwittelsbach of the Sisters of Mercy , Munich , Germany
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- a Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences , Athens , Greece.,d Department of Medicine , Henry Dunant Hospital Center , Athens , Greece.,e Department of Medicine , Tufts University School of Medicine , Boston , MA , USA
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