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The synergetic effect of sitafloxacin-arbekacin combination in the Mycobacterium abscessus species.


ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium abscessus species (MABS) is the most commonly isolated rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) and is one of the most antibiotic-resistant RGM with rapid progression, therefore, treatment of MABS is still challenging. We here presented a new combination treatment with sitafloxacin that targeted rough morphotypes of MABS, causing aggressive infections. Thirty-four clinical strains of MABS were isolated from various clinical samples at the Juntendo university hospital from 2011 to 2020. The susceptibility to a combination of sitafloxacin and antimicrobial agents was compared to that of the antimicrobial agents alone. Out of 34 MABS, 8 strains treated with sitafloxacin-amikacin combination, 9 of sitafloxacin-imipenem combination, 19 of sitafloxacin-arbekacin combination, and 9 of sitafloxacin-clarithromycin combination showed synergistic effects, respectively. Sitafloxacin-arbekacin combination also exhibited the synergistic effects against 10 of 22 Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies massiliense (Mma) strains and 8 of 11 Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies abscessus (Mab) strains, a highly resistant subspecies of MABS. The sitafloxacin-arbekacin combination revealed more synergistic effects in rough morphotypes of MABS (p = 0.008). We demonstrated the synergistic effect of the sitafloxacin-arbekacin combination against MABS. Further, this combination regimen might be more effective against Mab or rough morphotypes of MABS.

SUBMITTER: Watanabe J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9899205 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mycobacterium abscessus species (MABS) is the most commonly isolated rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) and is one of the most antibiotic-resistant RGM with rapid progression, therefore, treatment of MABS is still challenging. We here presented a new combination treatment with sitafloxacin that targeted rough morphotypes of MABS, causing aggressive infections. Thirty-four clinical strains of MABS were isolated from various clinical samples at the Juntendo university hospital from 2011 to 2020. T  ...[more]

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