Role of inorganic phosphate concentrations in in vitro activity of fosfomycin

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OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to evaluate the in vitro activity of fosfomycin under different physiological concentrations of inorganic phosphate (Pi).

gfpmut2 or PuhpT::gfpmut2 promoter fusions in standard Mueller-Hinton Broth (MHB), supplemented with Pi (13 or 42 mM) ± glucose-6-phosphate. Fosfomycin activity was quantified, estimating fosfomycin EC50 under different Pi concentrations (1, 13 and 42 mM + glucose-6-phosphate) and in time-kill assays using fosfomycin concentrations of 307 (maximum plasma concentration (Cmax)), 1053 and 4415 mg/L (urine Cmax range), using MHB with 28 mM Pi (mean urine Pi concentration) + 25 mg/L glucose-6-phosphate.

RESULTS: All the strains showed decreased susceptibility to fosfomycin linked to increased Pi concentrations: 1-4 log2 dilution differences from 1 to 13 mM, and 1-8 log2 dilution differences at 42 mM Pi. Changes in phosphate concentration did not affect the expression of fosfomycin transporters. By increasing Pi concentrations higher fosfomycin EC50 bacterial viability was observed, except against ΔglpT-uhpT. The increase in Pi reduced the bactericidal effect of fosfomycin.

DISCUSSION: Pi variations in physiological fluids may reduce fosfomycin activity against E. coli. Elevated Pi concentrations in urine may explain oral fosfomycin failure in non-wild-type but fosfomycin-susceptible E. coli strains.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 28(2022), 2 vom: 20. Feb., Seite 302.e1-302.e4

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ortiz-Padilla, Miriam [VerfasserIn]
Portillo-Calderón, Inés [VerfasserIn]
Maldonado, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Martínez, José [VerfasserIn]
de Gregorio-Iaria, Belén [VerfasserIn]
Merino-Bohórquez, Vicente [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Baño, Jesús [VerfasserIn]
Pascual, Álvaro [VerfasserIn]
Docobo-Pérez, Fernando [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2N81MY12TE
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Escherichia coli
Fosfomycin
Fosfomycin activity
Fosfomycin transporters
Inorganic phosphate
Journal Article
Phosphates
Resistance

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Date Completed 31.01.2022

Date Revised 31.01.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cmi.2021.09.037

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NLM331753529