Emerging antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia

Introduction: Community-acquired pneumonia is the most common infection leading to hospitalization and death in all age groups, especially in elderly populations. Increasing antibiotic resistance among the common bacterial pathogens associated with community-acquired pneumonia, especially Streptococcus pneumoniae and staphylococci, has made its empirical treatment increasingly problematic, highlighting the need for effective antibiotic therapy.Areas covered: We searched PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov for English-language reports of phase III clinical trials conducted between 2000 and 2019 concerning the antibiotic treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. We provide a summary of the latest approved drugs for this indication and highlight emerging drugs with a potential indication.Expert opinion: Ceftaroline (a new cephalosporine) and omadacycline (a cycline alternative), either parenterally or orally, are the only two new antibiotics to have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in the last five years. Among the antimicrobials in development, Lefamulin (the first pleuromutilin), is currently in phase III development. Among the known antibiotic classes, solithromycin (a macrolide), nemonoxacin (a quinolone), and delafloxacin and zabofloxacin (both fluoroquinolones), have been studied in phase II and III in clinical trials. The availability of these new antibiotics may offer opportunities to improve the empirical treatment for community-acquired pneumonia.

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ErratumIn: Expert Opin Emerg Drugs. 2019 Dec;24(4):i. - PMID 31914874

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

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Expert opinion on emerging drugs - 24(2019), 4 vom: 29. Dez., Seite 221-231

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liapikou, Adamantia [VerfasserIn]
Cilloniz, Catia [VerfasserIn]
Palomeque, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Torres, Toni [VerfasserIn]

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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotics
Community acquired pneumonia
Emerging
Journal Article
Lefamulin
Omadacycline
Review
Solythromycin

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Date Completed 25.05.2020

Date Revised 25.05.2020

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: Expert Opin Emerg Drugs. 2019 Dec;24(4):i. - PMID 31914874

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1080/14728214.2019.1685494

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NLM302626999