Efficacy of the new cephalosporin ceftaroline in the treatment of experimental methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acute osteomyelitis.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the activity of a new cephalosporin, ceftaroline, in comparison with other antistaphylococcal drugs (linezolid and vancomycin) at projected human therapeutic doses against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and glycopeptide-intermediate S. aureus (GISA) strains.


METHODS
Using a rabbit experimental model of acute osteomyelitis, efficacy was assessed following 4 days of treatment by colony counts of infected bone tissues (joint fluid, femoral bone marrow and bone).


RESULTS
Although vancomycin remains the standard treatment for MRSA osteomyelitis, it was ineffective against the MRSA strain and poorly active against GISA infections in this model. Ceftaroline and linezolid demonstrated significant activity in bone marrow and bone, and were significantly better than vancomycin treatment. However, ceftaroline was the only drug to exhibit significant activity against MRSA in infected joint fluid.


CONCLUSIONS
The present study supports ceftaroline as a promising therapeutic option for the treatment of severe MRSA infections, including osteomyelitis.
Université de Nantes, Faculté de Médecine, Thérapeutiques Cliniques et Expérimentales des Infections, EA3826, F-44000 Nantes, France. cedric.jacqueline@univ-nantes.fr
Cédric
C
Jacqueline
Gilles
G
Amador
Jocelyne
J
Caillon
Virginie
V
Le Mabecque
Eric
E
Batard
Anne-Françoise
AF
Miègeville
Donald
D
Biek
Yigong
Y
Ge
Gilles
G
Potel
Antoine
A
Hamel
D000081:Acetamides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000382:microbiology; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000382:microbiology; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D000069349:Linezolid; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D023303:Oxazolidinones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011817:Rabbits; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000097583:Ceftaroline
D000081:Acetamides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins; D000069349:Linezolid; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D014640:Vancomycin; D000097583:Ceftaroline