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Activity of eravacycline against Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter baumannii, including
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multidrug-resistant isolates, from New York City
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Marie Abdallaha, Olawole Olafisoyea, Christopher Cortesb, Carl Urbanb, David Landmana, John
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Qualea#
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Division of Infectious Diseases, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USAa; The
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Dr. James J. Rahal Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing,
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NY, USAb
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Corresponding author: John Quale Email:
[email protected] 11
Running title: Eravacycline activity against Gram negative bacilli
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ABSTRACT
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Eravacycline demonstrated in vitro activity against a contemporary collection of over 4000
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Gram-negative pathogens from New York City hospitals, with MIC50/MIC90 values for
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Escherichia coli of 0.12/0.5 µg/ml, Klebsiella pneumoniae of 0.25/1 µg/ml, Enterobacter
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aerogenes of 0.25/1 µg/ml, E. cloacae 0.5/1of µg/ml, and A. baumannii of 0.5/1 µg/ml. Activity
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was retained against multidrug-resistant isolates, including those expressing KPC and OXA
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carbapenemases. For A. baumannii, eravacycline MICs correlated with increased expression of
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the gene adeB.
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Nosocomial infections with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli come with considerable
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clinical and economic burden. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Acinetobacter
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baumannii have become commonplace in many medical centers around the world. In the United
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States, and particularly New York City, spread of Enterobacteriaceae possessing the
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carbapenemase KPC and A. baumannii possessing OXA-type carbapenemases has been
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especially problematic (1-3). Since these isolates are often also resistant to aminoglycosides and
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fluoroquinolones, therapeutic options are very limited. Often the therapy of last resort are the
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polymyxins; however there are lingering issues regarding dosing, susceptibility testing, and
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resistance with these agents (4,5). As a result, the need for novel antibacterial agents with
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activity against multidrug-resistant isolates has been voiced (6).
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Eravacycline is a novel fluorocycline of the tetracycline class, being developed for both
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intravenous and oral use, which has broad spectrum activity against Gram-negative and Gram-
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positive aerobic and anaerobic pathogens (7). Like tigecycline, eravacycline is not affected by
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many of the tetracycline-specific resistance mechanisms found in Gram-negative bacteria,
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including acquired efflux systems and ribosomal protection proteins (7,8). In this report, we
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determined the activity of eravacycline against Enterobacteriaceae and A. baumannii endemic to
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medical centers in New York City.
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For a three month period spanning November 2013 – January 2014, all single patient isolates
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of E coli, K. pneumoniae, Enterobacter spp., and A. baumannii were collected from eleven
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hospitals in Brooklyn and Queens, NY. Susceptibility tests were performed in a central research
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laboratory using the broth microdilution (for tigecycline and eravacycline) or agar dilution (all
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other agents) methods, according to CLSI standards (9). Ceftriaxone-resistant isolates were
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tested, by PCR, for the presence of blaKPC and blaOXA-23-type and blaOXA-24-type using previously
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described primers (1,10). Isolates of K. pneumoniae with blaKPC and A. baumannii with blaOXA23-
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type underwent
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described (2). Isolates were considered related if there was a 0-1 band difference. Finally, select
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isolates of K. pneumoniae were also examined for mutations in genes encoding RamR and
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ribosomal S10 proteins, using previously described primers and PCR conditions (11).
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genetic fingerprinting by the rep-PCR method with ERIC-2 primer, as previously
To examine the mechanisms contributing to eravacycline resistance in A. baumannii,
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susceptibility testing was performed using a collection of previously characterized isolates (12).
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Expression of adeB, abeM, and ompA was determined by real time RT-PCR and normalized to
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that of A. baumannii ATCC 19606, as previously described (12). Multiple regression analysis
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was used to determine any correlation between expression of efflux genes adeB, abeM, and porin
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gene ompA with eravacycline MIC values. In addition, gene silencing of adeB was performed to
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further determine the role of this efflux system in eravacycline resistance. Two previously-
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characterized isolates of A. baumannii were selected based on their disparate expression of adeB
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and susceptibility to kanamycin. Insertional inactivation of the adeB gene was performed by
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amplifying a 979 bp fragment of the gene (AccuPrime Pfx DNA polymerase, Invitrogen Corp.,
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Carlsbad, CA). The amplicon was inserted into the pCR-Blunt II-TOPO vector using the Zero
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Blunt TOPO PCR Cloning Kit (Invitrogen Corp.). The plasmid was introduced into the clinical
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isolates by electroporation. Transformants were selected from plates containing 250 µg/ml of
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kanamycin. The presence of the insert in adeB was confirmed by PCR amplification and DNA
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sequencing using an M13 forward primer and a primer (5’-TTGGGCTGATATTACAGGGG-3’)
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located upstream to the insert.
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A total of 2866 isolates of E. coli were gathered during the three month surveillance study.
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Susceptibilities are given in the table; 13% were nonsusceptible to ceftriaxone and five isolates
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carried blaKPC. The eravacycline MIC50 and MIC90 values for all of the isolates were 0.12 and 0.5
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µg/ml, respectively. Of the isolates resistant to ceftriaxone, eravacycline MIC50 and MIC90
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values were 0.25 and 0.5 µg/ml, respectively.
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Among 944 isolates of K. pneumoniae, 33% were resistant to ceftriaxone and 124 isolates
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carried blaKPC. For all of the isolates, the MIC50 and MIC90 values for eravacycline were 0.25 and
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1 µg/ml, respectively, which were one dilution lower than the corresponding values for
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tigecycline. For the tigecycline resistant isolates, eravacycline MIC50 and MIC90 values were 2
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and 8 µg/ml, respectively. For both cephalosporin-resistant isolates and those expressing blaKPC,
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MIC50 and MIC90 values of eravacycline were 0.5 and 1 µg/ml, respectively. Twenty-three
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isolates with blaKPC, from 11 different hospitals, underwent fingerprinting. Eight rep-PCR types
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were identified, including 12 isolates that belonged to one clone (data not shown).
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Eleven isolates of K. pneumoniae with eravacycline MICs of ≥ 4 µg/ml underwent PCR
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analysis of ramR and rpsJ (encoding the S10 ribosomal protein). For ramR, two isolates had a
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nonamplifiable gene, five isolates had mutations leading to premature stop codons, and two
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isolates had deletions leading to frameshift mutations. One isolate had a mutation leading to
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Thr50→Ile50, and one isolate had no mutation. For rpsJ, four isolates had a nonamplifiable
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gene, and only one had the previously described mutation leading to Val57→Leu57 (11).
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There were 216 Enterobacter spp. isolates, including 90 E. aerogenes and 124 E. cloacae.
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Three isolates of E. aerogenes and four isolates of E. cloacae harbored blaKPC. For all 216
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Enterobacter spp., 96% were susceptible to tigecycline (MIC50 and MIC90 values of 0.5 and 2
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µg/ml, respectively). The corresponding MIC50 and MIC90 values for eravacycline were 0.5 and
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1 µg/ml, respectively. For both E. aerogenes and E. cloacae, eravacycline MIC90 values were
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one dilution lower than that of tigecycline (Table). For the tigecycline resistant isolates, the
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eravacycline MICs ranged from 0.5-2 µg/ml. For the three isolates of E. aerogenes with blaKPC,
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two had eravacycline MIC values of 0.25 and one of 0.5 µg/ml. For the four isolates of E.
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cloacae that had blaKPC, two each had eravacycline MIC values of 0.5 and 1 µg/ml.
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Only 31% of the 158 isolates of A. baumannii were susceptible to meropenem. Fifty-eight
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were found to have blaOXA-23-like, two carried blaOXA-24-like, and one harbored blaKPC. For all 158
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isolates, 66% were susceptible to tigecycline (MIC ≤ 2 µg/ml). The MIC50 and MIC90 values of
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eravacycline were 0.5 and 1 µg/ml, which were fourfold lower than the corresponding values for
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tigecycline. Among the tigecycline-resistant isolates, the MIC50 and MIC90 values of
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eravacycline were 1 and 2 µg/ml, respectively. For the 58 isolates that had blaOXA-23-like, the
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MIC90 value for eravacycline was 1 µg/ml. Eighteen isolates, from eight hospitals, with blaOXA-
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23-like
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belonging to a single clone (data not shown).
underwent fingerprinting. A total of 10 rep-PCR types were identified, including six
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A collection of thirty-eight previously characterized isolates of A. baumannii, representing 10
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different strains, were examined (12). Of the 38 isolates, 26 were resistant to meropenem. None
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harbored blaKPC, blaOXA23-type, or blaOXA24-type carbapenemases. The eravacycline MIC values
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ranged from 0.06-4 μg/ml, with MIC50 and MIC90 values of 0.5 and 2 µg/ml, respectively. By
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multiple regression analysis, there was a significant correlation between the eravacycline MICs
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and expression of adeB (P=0.002); there was no correlation with expression of abeM and ompA.
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For five isolates with negligible adeB expression (64
87%
Meropenem
≤ 0.125
≤ 0.125
≤ 0.125 - >8
99.8%
Gentamicin
1
>8
≤ 0.25 - >8
85%
≤ 0.125
>4
≤ 0.125 - >4
69%
≤ 0.5
>4
≤ 0.5 - >4
64%
Tetracycline
4
>16
≤ 0.25 - >16
59%
Eravacycline
0.12
0.5
≤ 0.015 - 4
Ceftriaxone
≤ 0.25
>64
≤ 0.25 - >64
67%
Meropenem
≤ 0.125
4
≤ 0.125 - >8
87%
Gentamicin
0.5
>8
≤ 0.25 - >8
78%
≤ 0.125
>4
≤ 0.125 - >4
67%
≤ 0.5
>4
≤ 0.5 - >4
65%
Ciprofloxacin Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole
K. pneumoniae (n=944)
Ciprofloxacin Trimethoprim -
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sulfamethoxazole Tetracycline
4
>16
≤ 0.25 - >16
68%
Tigecycline
0.5
2
≤ 0.015 - 16
95%
Eravacycline
0.25
1
0.06 - 4
Ceftriaxone
≤ 0.25
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≤ 0.25 - >64
78%
Meropenem
≤ 0.125
≤ 0.125
≤ 0.125 - >8
94%
Gentamicin
0.5
1
≤ 0.25 - >8
94%
≤ 0.125
0.5
≤ 0.125 - >4
93%
≤ 0.5
>4
≤ 0.5 - >4
91%
Tetracycline
2
>16
≤ 0.25 - >16
82%
Tigecycline
0.5
2
≤ 0.25 - >16
97%
Eravacycline
0.25
1
0.12 - 2
Ceftriaxone
≤ 0.25
2
≤ 0.25 - >64
77%
Meropenem
≤ 0.125
≤ 0.125
≤ 0.125 - >8
96%
Gentamicin
0.5
2
≤ 0.25 - >8
94%
≤ 0.125
2
≤ 0.125 - >4
89%
≤ 0.5
>4
≤ 0.5 - >4
82%
Tetracycline
2
8
≤ 0.25 - >16
79%
Tigecycline
0.5
2
≤ 0.25 - >16
96%
E. aerogenes (n=90)
Ciprofloxacin Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole
E. cloacae (n=124)
Ciprofloxacin Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole
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Eravacycline
0.5
1
0.25 - 2
Ceftazidime
16
>16
≤ 0.25 - >16
33%
Meropenem
>8
>8
≤ 0.125 - >8
31%
Gentamicin
8
>8
≤ 0.25 - >8
45%
Ciprofloxacin
>4
>4
≤ 0.125 - >4
31%
Trimethoprim -
>4
>4
≤ 0.5 - >4
34%
Tetracycline
>16
>16
2 - >16
10%
Tigecycline
2
4
0.06 - 16
66%
Eravacycline
0.5
1
≤ 0.015 - 8
A. baumannii (n=158)
sulfamethoxazole
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