In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of the Siderophore Cephalosporin Cefiderocol against Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Recovered from Clinical Samples.

Davide CarcioneClaudia SiracusaAdela SulejmaniRoberta MigliavaccaAlessandra MercatoAurora PiazzaLuigi Principe Nicola Clementi Nicasio ManciniValerio LeoniJari Intra

Published in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)

Cefiderocol showed in vitro antimicrobial activity against both carbapenem-susceptible and non-susceptible A. baumannii strains, although some OXA-23-like producers were resistant. Further clinical studies are needed to consolidate the role of cefiderocol as an antibiotic against MDR A. baumannii.

Keyphrases

gram negative
multidrug resistant
acinetobacter baumannii
drug resistant
klebsiella pneumoniae
escherichia coli
pseudomonas aeruginosa