Trends in the susceptibility of clinically important resistant bacteria to tigecycline: results from the Tigecycline In Vitro Surveillance in Taiwan study, 2006 to 2010

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Mar;56(3):1452-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.06053-11. Epub 2011 Dec 27.

Abstract

The Tigecycline In Vitro Surveillance in Taiwan (TIST) study, a nationwide, prospective surveillance during 2006 to 2010, collected a total of 7,793 clinical isolates, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (n = 1,834), penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (PRSP) (n = 423), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) (n = 219), extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli (n = 1,141), ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 1,330), Acinetobacter baumannii (n = 1,645), and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n = 903), from different specimens from 20 different hospitals in Taiwan. MICs of tigecycline were determined following the criteria of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST-2011). Among drug-resistant Gram-positive pathogens, all of the PRSP isolates were susceptible to tigecycline (MIC(90), 0.03 μg/ml), and only one MRSA isolate (MIC(90), 0.5 μg/ml) and three VRE isolates (MIC(90), 0.125 μg/ml) were nonsusceptible to tigecycline. Among the Gram-negative bacteria, the tigecycline susceptibility rates were 99.65% for ESBL-producing E. coli (MIC(90), 0.5 μg/ml) and 96.32% for ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae (MIC(90), 2 μg/ml) when interpreted by FDA criteria but were 98.7% and 85.8%, respectively, when interpreted by EUCAST-2011 criteria. The susceptibility rate for A. baumannii (MIC(90), 4 μg/ml) decreased from 80.9% in 2006 to 55.3% in 2009 but increased to 73.4% in 2010. A bimodal MIC distribution was found among carbapenem-susceptible A. baumannii isolates, and a unimodal MIC distribution was found among carbapenem-nonsusceptible A. baumannii isolates. In Taiwan, tigecycline continues to have excellent in vitro activity against several major clinically important drug-resistant bacteria, with the exception of A. baumannii.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / growth & development
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects
  • Enterococcus faecium / growth & development
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects
  • Escherichia coli / growth & development
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / growth & development
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / growth & development
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / growth & development
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / growth & development
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Minocycline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Minocycline / pharmacology
  • Taiwan
  • Tigecycline
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology
  • beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • Vancomycin
  • Tigecycline
  • beta-Lactamases
  • Minocycline