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Livermore, David M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9856-3703
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BSAC Resistance Surveillance Standing Committee
(2019)
Potentiation of imipenem by relebactam for Pseudomonas aeruginosa from bacteraemia and respiratory infections.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74 (7).
pp. 1940-1944.
ISSN 0305-7453
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Imipenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa most often entails loss of the 'carbapenem-specific' porin OprD; more rarely it reflects acquired carbapenemases. Loss of OprD only confers resistance to imipenem if AmpC β-lactamase is expressed, and we investigated whether this mechanism was overcome by relebactam, a developmental diazabicyclooctane β-lactamase inhibitor. METHODS: Consecutive P. aeruginosa isolates causing bacteraemia or hospital-onset lower respiratory tract infections were collected between 2014 and 2016 under the aegis of the BSAC Resistance Surveillance Programme. Imipenem MICs were determined centrally by BSAC agar dilution, with relebactam at a fixed concentration (4 mg/L). RESULTS: For most imipenem-susceptible P. aeruginosa (726/759, 95.7%), the MICs of imipenem alone were 0.5-2 mg/L and were decreased 3- to 4-fold by addition of relebactam, as based on geometric means or modes. For most imipenem-resistant P. aeruginosa (82/92, 89%), imipenem MICs were 8-16 mg/L, and were reduced to 1-2 mg/L by relebactam. These patterns applied regardless of whether the isolates were susceptible to penicillins and cephalosporins or had phenotypes suggesting derepressed AmpC or up-regulated efflux. Imipenem MICs for five P. aeruginosa with MBLs remained high (≥16 mg/L) regardless of relebactam. CONCLUSIONS: Potentiation of imipenem by relebactam was almost universal, in accordance with the view that endogenous pseudomonal AmpC ordinarily protects against this carbapenem to a small degree. Imipenem MICs were reduced to the current breakpoint, or lower, except for MBL producers. Potentiation was not compromised by derepression of AmpC or up-regulation of efflux.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 02 May 2019 14:30 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2022 15:47 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70802 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jac/dkz133 |
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