Potential role of tigecycline in the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia

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Potential role of tigecycline in the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia Mary L Townsend1,2, Melanie W Pound1,3, Richard H Drew1,41Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Buies Creek, NC, USA; 2Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; 3New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC, USA; 4Duke University School of Medicine and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USAAbstract: Tigecycline is a member of the glycylcycline class of antimicrobials, which is structurally similar to the tetracycline class. It demonstrates potent in vitro activity against causative pathogens that are most frequently isolated in patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP), including (but not limited to) Streptococcus pneumoniae (both penicillin-sensitive and -resistant strains), Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis (including β-lactamase-producing strains), Klebsiella pneumoniae, and ‘atypical organisms’ (namely Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Legionella pneumophila). Comparative randomized clinical trials to date performed in hospitalized patients receiving tigecycline 100 mg intravenous (IV) × 1 and then 50 mg IV twice daily thereafter have demonstrated efficacy and safety comparable to the comparator agent. Major adverse effects were primarily gastrointestinal in nature. Tigecycline represents a parenteral monotherapy option in hospitalized patients with CABP (especially in patients unable to receive respiratory fluoroquinolones). However, alternate and/or additional therapies should be considered in patients with more severe forms of CABP in light of recent data of increased mortality in patients receiving tigecycline for other types of severe infection.Keywords: tigecycline, glycylcycline, community-acquired pneumonia
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Authors Mary L Townsend;Melanie W Pound;Richard H Drew and
Journal Infection and drug resistance
Year 2011
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10.2147/IDR.S6030
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