Publications by authors named "Huband M"

is a common cause of pulmonary and invasive mold infections among immunocompromised hosts. Mortality in immunocompromised hosts with invasive infections (IAI) has been reported to be as high as 80%. Therefore, appropriate therapy is essential in treating IAI.

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The global crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) necessitates the development of broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs effective against multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens. BWC0977, a Novel Bacterial Topoisomerase Inhibitor (NBTI) selectively inhibits bacterial DNA replication via inhibition of DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV. BWC0977 exhibited a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 0.

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isolates from the United States (n = 1038; 2019-2021) were susceptible to omadacycline (99.8%), levofloxacin (99.7%), and ceftriaxone (98.

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Manogepix is a potent new antifungal agent targeting the fungal Gwt1 enzyme. Manogepix has previously demonstrated potent activity against clinical isolates of both (except ) and species. This study determined the activity of manogepix and comparators against a large collection of infrequently encountered yeast and molds.

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  • Sulbactam-durlobactam is a combination treatment specifically developed for hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria.
  • Durlobactam acts as a powerful inhibitor, enhancing the effectiveness of sulbactam against various β-lactamase-producing bacteria.
  • Research established reliable testing methods and quality control ranges for assessing the antimicrobial susceptibility of this drug combination, allowing clinical labs to perform accurate and reproducible tests.
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Ceftibuten/ARX-1796 (avibactam prodrug) is a novel oral antibacterial combination in early clinical development for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) including pyelonephritis. ARX-1796 is the novel avibactam prodrug being combined with ceftibuten for oral dosing that is converted to active avibactam . A Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) M23 (2018) tier 2 broth microdilution quality control (QC) study was conducted with ceftibuten-avibactam to establish MIC QC ranges.

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Objectives: Physicians must leverage several factors when making antibiotic therapy decisions, including route of administration and duration of therapy. Oral administration provides several potential advantages including increased accessibility, prevention of hospitalizations and earlier discharges. Sulopenem-a broad-spectrum, synthetic penem β-lactam agent-uniquely possesses both oral and IV formulations along with noted stability among antimicrobial-resistant subsets.

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Omadacycline, a novel aminomethylcycline with activity against Gram-positive and -negative organisms, including Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae, is approved in the United States to treat patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). Using nonclinical pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) targets for efficacy and surveillance data for omadacycline against S. pneumoniae and H.

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Isavuconazole is the only US FDA-approved antifungal for treating invasive mucormycosis. We evaluated isavuconazole activity against a global collection of Mucorales isolates. Fifty-two isolates were collected during 2017-2020 from hospitals located in the USA, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific.

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We evaluated the in vitro activity of ceftibuten-avibactam against Enterobacterales causing urinary tract infection (UTI). A total of 3216 isolates (1/patient) were consecutively collected from patients with UTI in 72 hospitals from 25 countries in 2021 then susceptibility tested by CLSI broth microdilution. Ceftibuten-susceptible breakpoints currently published by EUCAST (≤ 1 mg/L) and CLSI (≤ 8 mg/L) were applied to ceftibuten-avibactam for comparison.

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  • Surfactants, urine, and serum can affect the antibacterial effectiveness of the drug combination cefepime-enmetazobactam (FPE) against lower respiratory infections.
  • Various strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae and E. coli were tested to measure the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and the effects of surfactants
  • Results showed that lung surfactants and other body fluids did not affect the antibacterial activity of FPE, indicating it remains effective in those conditions.
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We evaluated the activity of manogepix and comparator agents against 1,435 contemporary fungal isolates collected worldwide from 73 medical centers in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and Latin America during 2020. Of the isolates tested, 74.7% were spp.

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What Is This Summary About?: Fungi are types of microbes that include molds and yeasts. Fungal infections can make people ill and can even cause death, especially in older people. They can be treated using antifungal drugs, but some fungi are drug resistant.

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Dalbavancin and comparators were susceptibility tested against 8643 Gram-positive bacteria from 74 hospitals located in Europe and the United States by broth microdilution method. The most common organisms were Staphylococcus aureus (45.2%), Enterococcus faecalis (12.

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We utilized the SENTRY surveillance database from 2017 through 2019 to address pathogen frequency and antifungal resistance among 4,497 clinical isolates of fungi from patients who were either ≥ 65 years (2,170 isolates) or between 18 and 64 years of age (2,327 isolates). The younger population was more frequently infected with non-Candida yeasts and non-Aspergillus moulds. Candida glabrata was more common in the older age group (P value = 0.

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Objectives: This study evaluated the activity of KBP-7072 against 413 contemporary surveillance isolates, including subsets with known tetracycline resistance genes.

Materials: In total, 105 (51 tetracycline resistant), 103 (52 tetracycline resistant), 103 (51 tetracycline resistant) and 102 (51 tetracycline resistant) isolates were included. These isolates were tested by broth microdilution using fresh media.

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Objectives: Omadacycline was tested against 7000 bacterial isolates collected prospectively from medical centres in the USA during 2019.

Methods: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines.

Results: Omadacycline was active against: Staphylococcus aureus (MIC, 0.

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Background: The SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program monitors the frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of organisms from various infection types worldwide.

Objectives: To evaluate the SENTRY programme results for organisms isolated from respiratory samples of patients hospitalized with probable pneumonia.

Methods: A total of 28 918 bacterial isolates were consecutively collected (one per patient) in 2016-19 from 121 medical centres located in western Europe (W-EU; = 7966), eastern Europe (E-EU; = 3182) and the USA ( = 17 770) and then susceptibility tested by reference broth microdilution methods in a central laboratory.

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KBP-7072 is a novel broad-spectrum tetracycline (aminomethylcycline) antibacterial in clinical development (oral and intravenous formulations) for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections, community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, and complicated intra-abdominal infections. KBP-7072 is active against many of the World Health Organization priority pathogens. In this study, KBP-7072 and tetracycline class comparators were susceptibility tested against 1,057 geographically diverse surveillance isolates from 2019 according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines.

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Objectives: Manogepix, the active moiety of the prodrug fosmanogepix, is a novel antifungal with activity against major fungal pathogens including Candida (except Candida krusei), Aspergillus and difficult-to-treat/rare moulds. We tested manogepix and comparators against 2669 contemporary (2018-2019) fungal isolates collected from 82 medical centres in North America (42.3%), Europe (37.

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Objectives: This study examined the in vitro activity of iclaprim and comparators against 40 Listeria monocytogenes clinical isolates mostly (95%) from patients with bloodstream infection (BSI) from the USA, Australia/New Zealand, Latin America and Europe collected between 2012-2018.

Methods: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) interpretations were based on CLSI criteria.

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This study evaluated the in vitro activity of KHP-3757 (a novel LpxC inhibitor) and comparator agents against recent, geographically diverse, Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from a global surveillance program as well as molecularly characterized extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-positive, metallo-β-lactamase-positive, and colistin-resistant strains. KHP-3757 (MIC, 0.25/0.

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Omadacycline and tigecycline MIC values were 2 μg/mL and 0.25 μg/mL, respectively, against Staphylococcus aureus carrying tet(M), whereas the minocycline, tetracycline, and doxycycline values were > 8 μg/mL. Similarly, omadacycline and tigecycline remained active against Enterococcus faecalis and Streptococcus pneumoniae harboring tet(L)and/or tet(M)(MIC, 0.

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Omadacycline is a broad-spectrum aminomethylcycline approved in October 2018 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treating acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections and community-acquired pneumonia as both an oral and intravenous once-daily formulation.

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