作者: Garyphallia Poulakou , Helen Giamarellou
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.17.5.749
关键词: Imipenem 、 Drug resistance 、 Microbiology 、 Antibiotics 、 Acinetobacter baumannii 、 Medicine 、 Doripenem 、 Meropenem 、 Carbapenem 、 Pseudomonas aeruginosa
摘要: Background: Potent new drugs against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, namely Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. pan-drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, which constitute an increasing medical threat, are almost absent from the future pharmaceutical pipeline. Objective: This drug evaluation focuses on position of doripenem, a novel forthcoming carbapenem. Mechanisms resistance with anti-Gram-negative activity also briefly reviewed. Methods: Literature search was performed for carbapenems, antibiotics, metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors, pathogens, antipseudomonal antibiotics epidemiology. Results: Doripenem possesses broad spectrum similar to that meropenem, while retaining imipenem Gram-positive pathogens. Against P. aeruginosa, doripenem exhibits rapid bactericidal 2 – 4-fold lower MIC values, compared mero...