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SUBMITTER: Sy S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5351411 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sy Skb S Zhuang L L Xia H H Beaudoin M-E ME Schuck V J VJ Derendorf H H
CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology 20170201 3
The combination of aztreonam-avibactam is active against multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae that express metallo-β-lactamases. A complex synergistic interaction exists between aztreonam and avibactam bactericidal activities that have not been quantitatively explored. A two-state semimechanistic pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) logistic growth model was developed to account for antimicrobial activities in the combination of bacteria-mediated degradation of aztreonam and the inhibition ...[more]