Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Future Microbiol. 2020 Jul;15(11):967-979. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2020-0104. Epub 2020 Jul 27.
Fidaxomicin is an oral narrow-spectrum novel 18-membered macrocyclic antibiotic that was initially approved in 2011 by the US FDA for the treatment of infections (CDI) in adults. In February 2020, the FDA approved fidaxomicin for the treatment of CDI in children age >6 months. In adults, fidaxomicin is as efficacious as vancomycin in treating CDI and reduces the risk of recurrent CDI. An investigator-blinded, randomized, multicenter, multinational clinical trial comparing the efficacy and safety of fidaxomicin with vancomycin in children was recently published confirming similar findings as previously reported in adults. Fidaxomicin is the first FDA-approved treatment for CDI in children and offers a promising option for reducing recurrent CDI in this population.
非达霉素是一种口服窄谱新型 18 元大环脂类抗生素,最初于 2011 年被美国食品药品监督管理局(FDA)批准用于治疗成人的艰难梭菌感染(CDI)。2020 年 2 月,FDA 批准非达霉素用于治疗 6 个月以上儿童的 CDI。在成人中,非达霉素治疗 CDI 的疗效与万古霉素相当,并降低了复发性 CDI 的风险。最近发表了一项由研究者设盲、随机、多中心、跨国临床试验,比较了非达霉素与万古霉素治疗儿童 CDI 的疗效和安全性,该试验证实了与之前在成人中报告的相似结果。非达霉素是 FDA 批准的首个治疗儿童 CDI 的药物,为减少该人群中复发性 CDI 提供了一种有前景的选择。