Telavancin in the Treatment of Concurrent Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia : A Retrospective Analysis of ATLAS and ATTAIN Studies

INTRODUCTION: Concurrent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) worsens outcomes and increases mortality in patients with complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI), hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia, and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP). These challenges highlight the need for alternative treatments. Telavancin (TLV), a bactericidal lipoglycopeptide with high in vitro potency, effectively treats patients with cSSSI and HABP/VABP caused by Gram-positive pathogens, particularly S. aureus.

METHODS: This retrospective analysis evaluated patients from the Assessment of Telavancin in Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections and Assessment of Telavancin for Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia studies with baseline, concurrent SAB. Differences in the clinical cure rates at test-of-cure and safety outcomes were compared for TLV vs vancomycin (VAN) treatment groups.

RESULTS: A total of 105 patients, 32 cSSSI and 73 HABP/VABP, had baseline, concurrent SAB. The clinical cure rates for all-treated SAB patients in the cSSSI (TLV 57.1% and VAN 54.5%) and HABP/VABP (TLV 54.3% and VAN 47.2%) groups were comparable. For both types of infections, the safety profile of TLV and VAN showed similar incidences of adverse events (AEs), serious AEs, or AEs leading to discontinuation. One VAN-treated patient died in the cSSSI group, and there were 13 deaths in each treatment arm of the HABP/VABP group.

CONCLUSION: This retrospective analysis demonstrated that TLV is clinically comparable in both efficacy and safety to VAN, and, therefore, may be an appropriate therapeutic option for the treatment of patients with HABP/VABP or cSSSI and concurrent SAB. Given the limited sample size in this subgroup, the interpretation of these results is limited.

FUNDING: Theravance Biopharma Antibiotics, Inc.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Infectious diseases and therapy - 6(2017), 3 vom: 20. Sept., Seite 413-422

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wilson, Samuel E [VerfasserIn]
Graham, Donald R [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Whedy [VerfasserIn]
Bruss, Jon B [VerfasserIn]
Castaneda-Ruiz, Bibiana [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Complicated skin and skin structure infection
Concurrent bacteremia
Journal Article
MRSA
Pneumonia
Staphylococcus aureus
Telavancin
Vancomycin

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 01.10.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s40121-017-0162-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM273716255