Efficacy of omadacycline against multidrug-resistant enterococcus faecium Strains in a Mouse Peritonitis Model

Kavindra V. Singh, Cesar A. Arias, Barbara E. Murray

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Abstract

Omadacycline (OMC) showed better in vitro potency than daptomycin (DAP) or vancomycin (VAN) against Van r, Amp r, DAP-nonsusceptible, linezolid-resistant, cfr(B) + Enterococcus faecium strains. In a mouse peritonitis model, OMC also showed significantly better animal survival during the study and at its end than DAP or VAN with these E. faecium strains. However, OMC, DAP, and VAN showed comparable in vitro and in vivo efficacies against a non-vancomycin-resistant, tetracycline-resistant, DAP-susceptible E. faecium strain.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number00709
Pages (from-to)e0070921
JournalAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume65
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 17 2021

Keywords

  • E. faecium
  • Mouse peritonitis
  • Omadacycline
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Enterococcus faecium
  • Animals
  • Tetracyclines/pharmacology
  • Peritonitis/drug therapy
  • Mice
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/drug therapy
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pharmacology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pharmacology

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