title: Pharmacodynamics of dalbavancin studied in an in vitro pharmacokinetic system.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The antibacterial effect of dalbavancin was studied against Staphylococcus aureus using stepwise declining concentrations designed to model a range of free drug concentrations observed in human serum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Initial concentrations ranged from 0.6 to 21 mg/L and experiments were conducted over 240 h. Three vancomycin-susceptible and one vancomycin-intermediate strain of S. aureus were used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dalbavancin showed non-concentration-dependent killing against the three vancomycin-susceptible strains in the range 3-21 mg/L and the vancomycin-intermediate strain at 15 and 21 mg/L. AUC/MIC could be related to antibacterial effect. The AUC/MIC for a bacteriostatic effect was 36 at 24 h, 55 at 120 h and 100 at 240 h. A larger AUC/MIC was required to produce a 2 log reduction in counts, being 214 at 24 h, 195 at 120 h and 331 at 240 h.
authors.affiliation: Bristol Centre for Antimicrobial Research & Evaluation, North Bristol NHS Trust and University of Bristol Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Bowker
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Noel
authors.forename: Alasdair P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: MacGowan
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019540:Area Under Curve; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D017334:Teicoplanin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017334:Teicoplanin; D014640:Vancomycin; C469289:dalbavancin