Vincent Aranzana-Climent, Diarmaid Hughes, Sha Cao, Magdalena Tomczak, Malgorzata Urbas, Dorota Zabicka, Carina Vingsbo Lundberg, Jon Hansen, Johan Lindberg, Sven N Hobbie, Lena E Friberg
OBJECTIVES: New drugs and methods to efficiently fight carbapenem-resistant gram-negative pathogens are sorely needed. In this study, we characterized the preclinical pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics of the clinical stage drug candidate apramycin in time kill and mouse lung infection models. Based on in vitro and in vivo data, we developed a mathematical model to predict human efficacy. METHODS: Three pneumonia-inducing gram-negative species Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumoniae were studied...
May 20, 2022: Clinical Microbiology and Infection