TB Research

Activity of Oral Tebipenem-Avibactam in a Mouse Model of Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Infection

Dereje A. Negatu, Rubén González del Río, Mónica Cacho, David Barros-Aguirre, Joël Lelièvre, Joaquín Rullás, Patricia Casado, Uday S. Ganapathy, et al. (12 authors)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2023-01

Abstract

. Here, we report that the combination of the respective oral prodrugs tebipenem-pivoxil and avibactam ARX-1796 showed efficacy in a mouse model of M. abscessus lung infection. The results suggest that tebipenem-avibactam presents an attractive oral drug candidate pair for the treatment of M. abscessus pulmonary disease and could inform the design of clinical trials.

MeSH terms

  • Mycobacterium abscessus
  • Medicine
  • Avibactam
  • Prodrug
  • Microbiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Antimycobacterial
  • In vitro
  • Lung
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium