Pharmacodynamic studies of taniborbactam (VNRX-5133) combined with cefepime against β-lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacteria in a neutropenic murine thigh infection model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Taniborbactam (VNRX-5133) is a novel boronate-based β-lactamase inhibitor that directly inhibits all four classes of β-lactamases. We studied the pharmacodynamics of taniborbactam in combination with cefepime against β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Methods

In vitro, cefepime/taniborbactam combination was assessed with a checkerboard broth microdilution method against two ESBL-producing Enterobacterales and one AmpC- and one VIM-producing P. aeruginosa isolates (cefepime MIC 16-256 mg/L). In vivo, neutropenic infected mice were treated with cefepime, every 2 h for 24 h, alone or in combination with taniborbactam at q2h, q4h and q8h dosing intervals. Single dose escalation and dose-fractionation experiments were conducted in order

SUBMITTER: Georgiou PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12802961 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature