Istanbul Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 Dec 21;63(1). doi: 10.1128/AAC.01110-18. Print 2019 Jan.
Carbapenem-resistant (CRAB) is a perilous nosocomial pathogen causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Current treatment options for CRAB are limited and suffer from pharmacokinetic limitations, such as high toxicity and low plasma levels. As a result, CRAB is declared as the top priority pathogen by the World Health Organization for the investment in new drugs. This urgent need for new therapies, in combination with faster FDA approval process, accelerated new drug development and placed several drug candidates in the pipeline. This article reviews available information about the new drugs and other therapeutic options focusing on agents in clinical or late-stage preclinical studies for the treatment of CRAB, and it evaluates their expected benefits and potential shortcomings.
耐碳青霉烯类肠杆菌科细菌(CRAB)是一种危险的医院获得性病原体,可导致严重的发病率和死亡率。目前治疗 CRAB 的选择有限,并受到药代动力学限制,如高毒性和低血浆水平。因此,世界卫生组织宣布 CRAB 为需要投资新药的首要病原体。这种对新疗法的迫切需求,加上更快的 FDA 审批流程,加速了新药的开发,并使几种候选药物进入了研发管道。本文综述了有关新药和其他治疗选择的现有信息,重点介绍了治疗 CRAB 的临床或临床前后期研究中的药物,并评估了它们的预期益处和潜在缺陷。