<i>In Vitro</i> Activity of New Tetracycline Analogs Omadacycline and Eravacycline against Drug-Resistant Clinical Isolates of <i>Mycobacterium abscessus</i>

Amit Kaushik, Nicole C. Ammerman, Olumide Martins, Nicole Parrish, Eric L. Nuermberger

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2019 · 112 citations · 23 references

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Tigecycline is used in multidrug regimens for salvage therapy of Mycobacterium abscessus infections but is often poorly tolerated and has no oral formulation. Here, we report similar in vitro activity of two newly approved tetracycline analogs, omadacycline and eravacycline, against 28 drug-resistant clinical isolates of M. abscessus complex.

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