Triple antimicrobial combinations with potent synergistic activity against <i>M. abscessus</i>.

ABSTRACT: Synergy of antimicrobial combinations was tested against contemporary Mycobacteroides abscessus isolates using 2D and 3D checkerboard assays. Triple combinations of omadacycline-azithromycin-clofazimine, tigecycline-azithromycin-clofazimine, omadacycline-azithromycin-linezolid, and omadacycline-azithromycin-contezolid demonstrated synergy (fractional inhibitory concentration index ≤ 0.5) against 33%, 31%, 62%, and 66% of isolates, respectively. Notably, in all triple combinations, macrolide-resistant M. abscessus subsp. abscessus and M. abscessus subsp. bolletii isolates were fully sensitized to azithromycin at the FIC index, as were isolates with elevated clofazimine MICs.

SUBMITTER: Huang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11963555 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature