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  • Title: In vitro comparative activity of the new beta-lactamase inhibitor taniborbactam with cefepime or meropenem against Klebsiella pneumoniae and cefepime against Pseudomonas aeruginosa metallo-beta-lactamase-producing clinical isolates.
    Author: Meletiadis J, Paranos P, Georgiou PC, Vourli S, Antonopoulou S, Michelaki A, Vagiakou E, Pournaras S.
    Journal: Int J Antimicrob Agents; 2021 Nov; 58(5):106440. PubMed ID: 34551356.
    Abstract:
    Metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL)-producing Gram-negative bacteria are increasing worldwide and very few agents are active against these pathogens. Taniborbactam (formerly VNRX-5133) is a newly developed bicyclic boronate beta-lactamase inhibitor that directly inhibits all four Ambler classes of beta-lactamases. In the present study the in vitro activity of cefepime or meropenem combined with taniborbactam against 100 Klebsiella pneumoniae and cefepime combined with taniborbactam against 100 Pseudomonas aeruginosa molecularly characterized MBL-producing strains were investigated using ISO standard broth microdilution assays and compared with a panel of antimicrobial agents that are used in clinical practice (amikacin, aztreonam, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, gentamicin, piperacillin/tazobactam, imipenem, tigecycline, ceftolozane-tazobactam, cefepime-tazobactam, meropenem-vaborbactam, ceftazidime-avibactam). For K. pneumoniae isolates, the MIC90 values were ≥64 mg/L for all drugs except cefepime-taniborbactam (16 mg/L; 87% inhibited at ≤8/4 mg/L), meropenem-taniborbactam (4 mg/L; 94% inhibited at ≤8/4 mg/L) and tigecycline (8 mg/L), with high levels of resistance (≥65%) found for all approved comparator antimicrobials tested. For P. aeruginosa, the MIC90 values were ≥64 mg/L for all drugs except aztreonam (32 mg/L), cefepime-taniborbactam (32 mg/L; 88% inhibited at ≤16/4 mg/L) and ciprofloxacin (32 mg/L), with high levels of resistance (≥73%) for all approved drugs except aztreonam (27%). Taniborbactam reduced cefepime and meropenem MICs by a median 5 and 7 two-fold dilutions to ≤8 mg/L in 87% and 94% of MBL-producing K. pneumoniae isolates, and cefepime MICs by a median 5 two-fold dilutions to ≤16 mg/L in 86% of MBL-producing P. aeruginosa, respectively. The combinations cefepime-taniborbactam and meropenem-taniborbactam are promising alternative treatment options for infections by MBL-producing isolates.
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