In vitro activity of sulbactam-durlobactam against colistin-resistant and/or cefiderocol-non-susceptible, carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii collected in U.S. hospitals

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 Mar 6;68(3):e0125823. doi: 10.1128/aac.01258-23. Epub 2024 Jan 30.

Abstract

The activity of a novel β-lactamase inhibitor combination, sulbactam-durlobactam (SUL-DUR), was tested against 87 colistin-resistant and/or cefiderocol-non-susceptible carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates collected from U.S. hospitals between 2017 and 2019. Among them, 89% and 97% were susceptible to SUL-DUR and imipenem plus SUL-DUR, with MIC50/MIC90 values of 2 µg/mL/8 µg/mL and 1 µg/mL/4 µg/mL, respectively. The presence of amino acid substitutions in penicillin-binding protein 3, including previously reported A515V or T526S, was associated with SUL-DUR non-susceptibility.

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; diazabicyclooctane; surveillance.

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections* / drug therapy
  • Acinetobacter baumannii*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Azabicyclo Compounds*
  • Cefiderocol
  • Colistin / pharmacology
  • Drug Combinations
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Imipenem / pharmacology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Sulbactam / pharmacology

Substances

  • sulbactam-durlobactam
  • Colistin
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cefiderocol
  • Sulbactam
  • Imipenem
  • Drug Combinations
  • Azabicyclo Compounds