Telavancin for the treatment of serious gram-positive infections, including hospital acquired pneumonia.
Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2011 Dec;12(17):2737-50
Authors: Rubinstein E, Corey GR, Stryjewski ME, Kanafani ZA
Abstract
Introduction: Hospital-acquired pneumonia is a common infection, associated with substantial mortality. Despite the increasing prevalence of nosocomial pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), approved treatment options for this pathogen are limited. Areas covered: This article reviews the pharmacokinetics, dosing, preclinical studies and clinical efficacy, and safety of telavancin, with a particular focus on results from trials in nosocomial pneumonia. PubMed and Congress websites were searched for relevant articles published between 2003 and 2010. Expert opinion: Telavancin is a lipoglycopeptide antibiotic with rapid, bactericidal activity against MRSA, and may provide another option for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia, owing to Gram-positive pathogens.
PMID: 22077833 [PubMed - in process]