Activity of KRM-1648 alone or in combination with both ethambutol and kanamycin or clarithromycin against Mycobacterium intracellulare infections in beige mice

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1996 Feb;40(2):429-32. doi: 10.1128/AAC.40.2.429.

Abstract

The in vivo activities of KRM-1648 alone or in combination with both ethambutol (EB) and kanamycin (KM) or clarithromycin (CAM) were tested against Mycobacterium intracellulare infections in beige mice. KRM-1648 was more active than rifampin (RFP) when each drug was used alone, and the efficacy of KRM-1648 was similar to those of both kanamycin and clarithromycin. The combination KRM-1648-KM-EB was strongly active and rapidly reduced the numbers of bacilli both in lungs and in spleens compared with RFP-KM-EB. The combination KRM-1648-CAM had greater therapeutic effects than RFP-CAM; this difference in efficacy was more pronounced for lungs than for spleens. These findings suggest that KRM-1648 is a promising candidate for combination therapy with other potent antimycobacterial drugs.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / therapeutic use*
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Clarithromycin / therapeutic use
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Drug Combinations
  • Drug Therapy, Combination / therapeutic use*
  • Ethambutol / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Kanamycin / therapeutic use
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mycobacterium avium Complex / drug effects*
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Rifamycins / administration & dosage
  • Rifamycins / therapeutic use*
  • Spleen / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular
  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Drug Combinations
  • Rifamycins
  • KRM 1648
  • Kanamycin
  • Ethambutol
  • Clarithromycin
  • Rifampin