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Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Macrolide treatment for Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium massiliense infection and inducible resistance.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2012 November 2
RATIONALE: Macrolides, such as clarithromycin (CLR) and azithromycin (AZM), are frequently the only oral antibiotics that are active against Mycobacterium abscessus and M. massiliense infections.
OBJECTIVES: To compare the activity of CLR and AZM in experimental models.
METHODS: We compared the treatment efficacies of CLR and AZM and determined the correlation between efficacy and induced erythromycin ribosome methyltransferase gene (erm)(41) expression in experimental models of M. abscessus and M. massiliense infections.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: In all tested M. abscessus isolates, a high level of inducible CLR resistance developed (minimal inhibitory concentration [MIC] on Day 3 versus Day 14; P < 0.001). Whereas the AZM MIC increased on Day 14 (P < 0.01 versus Day 3), the level was significantly lower than the CLR MIC on Day 14 (P < 0.001). However, the MICs of CLR and AZM for the M. massiliense isolates did not change. Compared with CLR, AZM presented greater antibiotic activity against M. abscessus in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo (P < 0.05), whereas both macrolides were comparably effective against M. massiliense. In M. abscessus infection, the level of erm(41) expression was higher after exposure to CLR than after exposure to AZM (P < 0.001). Experiments using an erm(41)-knockout M. abscessus mutant and an M. massiliense transformant expressing M. abscessus erm(41) confirmed that erm(41) was responsible for inducible CLR resistance.
CONCLUSIONS: CLR induces greater erm(41) expression and thus higher macrolide resistance than AZM in M. abscessus infection. AZM may be more effective against M. abscessus, whereas both macrolides appear to be equally effective against M. massiliense.
OBJECTIVES: To compare the activity of CLR and AZM in experimental models.
METHODS: We compared the treatment efficacies of CLR and AZM and determined the correlation between efficacy and induced erythromycin ribosome methyltransferase gene (erm)(41) expression in experimental models of M. abscessus and M. massiliense infections.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: In all tested M. abscessus isolates, a high level of inducible CLR resistance developed (minimal inhibitory concentration [MIC] on Day 3 versus Day 14; P < 0.001). Whereas the AZM MIC increased on Day 14 (P < 0.01 versus Day 3), the level was significantly lower than the CLR MIC on Day 14 (P < 0.001). However, the MICs of CLR and AZM for the M. massiliense isolates did not change. Compared with CLR, AZM presented greater antibiotic activity against M. abscessus in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo (P < 0.05), whereas both macrolides were comparably effective against M. massiliense. In M. abscessus infection, the level of erm(41) expression was higher after exposure to CLR than after exposure to AZM (P < 0.001). Experiments using an erm(41)-knockout M. abscessus mutant and an M. massiliense transformant expressing M. abscessus erm(41) confirmed that erm(41) was responsible for inducible CLR resistance.
CONCLUSIONS: CLR induces greater erm(41) expression and thus higher macrolide resistance than AZM in M. abscessus infection. AZM may be more effective against M. abscessus, whereas both macrolides appear to be equally effective against M. massiliense.
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