In vitro activity of eravacycline and cefoperazone/ sulbactam against extensively-drug resistant and pan-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a tertiary hospital in Greece

New Microbiol. 2022 Jul;45(3):210-212.

Abstract

We evaluated the in vitro activity of eravacycline and cefoperazone/sulbactam against 42 XDR and 58 PDR Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from blood and bronchoalveolar infections. The minimum and maximum MICs for eravacycline were 0.125 and 4 mg/L, respectively. The MIC50 was 2 mg/L and the MIC90 was 3 mg/L. The minimum and maximum MICs for cefoperazone/sulbactam were 24 and >256 mg/L, respectively. The MIC50 and MIC90 were both >256 mg/L. These novel agents were not adequate for the treatment of A. baumannii infections in our hospital and we recommend that mi- crobiology laboratories perform their own evaluations before including them in clinical practice.

Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; eravacycline; cefoperazone/sulbactam.

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections* / drug therapy
  • Acinetobacter baumannii*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cefoperazone / pharmacology
  • Cefoperazone / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Greece
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Sulbactam / pharmacology
  • Sulbactam / therapeutic use
  • Tertiary Care Centers
  • Tetracyclines

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Tetracyclines
  • eravacycline
  • Cefoperazone
  • Sulbactam