Sustained antimicrobial activity of tigecycline against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from United States Medical Centers from 2004 through 2008.
Tigecycline, a glycylcycline, has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (USA-FDA) for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections, intra-abdominal infections and community-acquired bacterial pneumonia. based on broth microdilution minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) testing, tigecycline demonstrated sustained high activity (MIC(50/90), 0.12/0.25 mg/L) against a contemporary collection (10,242) of methicillin (oxacillin)-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) collected from 32 USA hospitals over a 5-year period (2004-2008). Tigecycline MIC distribution did not vary significantly during the study period and only three isolates (0.03%) were non-susceptible at USA-FDA breakpoints. Vancomycin (MIC(90), 1 mg/L), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (MIC( 90), <0.5 mg/L) and linezolid (MIC(90), 2 mg/L) were also very active. The results of this study indicate that tigecycline potency and spectrum against MRSA have not changed since its initial regulatory approval by the USA-FDA.
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008911:Minocycline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000078304:Tigecycline; D013997:Time Factors
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000078304:Tigecycline; D008911:Minocycline