title: Tigecycline: a new treatment option for intra-abdominal infections.
abstract: Tigecycline is the first of a new class of antibiotics, the glycylcyclines, with properties which can overcome many common resistance mechanisms, making it appropriate for treatment of many serious and life-threatening infections for which other antibiotics are no longer appropriate. its wide antibacterial spectrum includes most methicillin-resistant staphylococci, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, ESBL-producing and other multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria such as Acinetobacter and Stenotrophomonas spp. it is also active against anaerobes and atypical pathogens. Tigecycline is available only as parenteral formulation. it has a high volume of distribution (>10 L/kg) and long half-life (36 h). It is approved in the USA and europe for treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections and complicated communityacquired intra-abdominal infections. Phase II studies for treatment of community- and nosocomial-acquired pneumonia and sepsis due to multidrug resistant pathogens are ongoing.
authors.affiliation: Aziendi Ospedaliera Pisana, Unità Operativa Malattie Infettive, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Menichetti
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008911:Minocycline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D000078304:Tigecycline
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000078304:Tigecycline; D008911:Minocycline