In vitro activity of cefepime/zidebactam and cefepime/taniborbactam against aztreonam/avibactam-resistant NDM-like-producing Escherichia coli clinical isolates

Author – Christophe Le Terrier , Patrice Nordmann, Mustafa Sadek, Laurent Poirel

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation  – 2023 May; 78(5): 1191–1194

Successful Use of Cefepime-Zidebactam (WCK 5222) as a Salvage Therapy for the Treatment of Disseminated Extensively Drug-Resistant New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in an Adult Patient with Acute T-Cell Leukemia

Author – Praveen Kumar Tirlangi, Bala Saheb Wanve, Ramakanth Reddy Dubbudu, Boorgula Sushma Yadav, L. Siva Kumar, Anand Gupta, Racha Amarthya Sree, Hari Priya Reddy Challa, P. Naveen Reddy

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation  – Ahead of Print  

In Vitro Activity of Two Cefepime-Based Novel Combinations, Cefepime/Taniborbactam and Cefepime/Zidebactam, against Carbapenemase-Expressing Enterobacterales Collected in India

Author – Bakthavatchalam YD, Elangovan D, Jaganathan SV, Subburaju N, Shankar A, Manokaran Y, J S, Devi R, Baveja S, Devi S, S J, Bhattacharya S, S M R, Yesudhason B, Shetty V, Mutreja A, Manesh A, Varghese GM, Marwick CA, Parcell BJ, Gilbert IH, Veeraraghavan B

Journal Name – Microbiology spectrum

Citation  – 2023 Feb 27;11(2):e0492522

Activity of cefiderocol, imipenem/relebactam, cefepime/taniborbactam and cefepime/zidebactam against ceftolozane/tazobactam- and ceftazidime/avibactam-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Author – Cristina Lasarte-Monterrubio, Pablo Arturo Fraile-Ribot, Juan Carlos Vázquez-Ucha, Gabriel Cabot, Paula Guijarro-Sánchez, Isaac Alonso-García, Soraya Rumbo-Feal, Fátima Galán-Sánchez, Alejandro Beceiro, Jorge Arca-Suárez, Antonio Oliver, Germán Bou

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation  – 2022, AOP, dkac241 

Antimicrobial activity of cefepime/zidebactam (WCK 5222), a β-lactam/β-lactam enhancer combination, against clinical isolates of Gram-negative bacteria collected worldwide (2018–19)

Author – Helio S Sader, Rodrigo E Mendes, Leonard R Duncan, Cecilia G Carvalhaes, Mariana Castanheria

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation  –2022, 77(10),2642-2649 

In Vitro Activity of New β-Lactam–β-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations and Comparators against Clinical Isolates of Gram-Negative Bacilli: Results from the China Antimicrobial Surveillance Network (CHINET) in 2019

Author – Yan Guo, Renru Han, Bo Jiang, Li Ding, Fengzhen Yang, Beijia Zheng, Yang Yang, Shi Wu, Dandan Yin, Demei Zhu, Fupin Hu

Journal Name – Microbiology Spectrum

Citation  –2022, AOP, e0185422 

Molecular Characterization of WCK 5222 (Cefepime/Zidebactam)-Resistant Mutants Developed from a Carbapenem-ResistantPseudomonas aeruginosaClinical Isolate

Author – Xiaolei Pan, Xinrui Zhao, Yuqin Song, Huan Ren, Zhenyang Tian, Qi’an Liang, Yongxin Jin, Fang Bai, Zhihui Cheng, Jie Feng, Weihui Wu 

Journal Name – Microbiology Spectrum

Citation  – 2022, 10(1), e02678-21  

Assessment of activity and resistance mechanisms to cefepime in combination with the novel β-lactamase inhibitors zidebactam, taniborbactam and enmetazobactam against a multicenter collection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales

Author – Juan Carlos Vázquez-Ucha, Cristina Lasarte-Monterrubio, Paula Guijarro-Sánchez , Marina Oviaño, Laura Álvarez-Fraga, Isaac Alonso-García, Jorge Arca-Suárez, German Bou Alejandro Beceiro

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation  – AAC Accepted AAC.01676-21

Antimicrobial Activity of Aztreonam in Combination with Old and New -Lactamase Inhibitors against MBL and ESBL Co-Producing Gram-Negative Clinical Isolates: Possible ptions for the Treatment of Complicated Infections

Author – Gianluca Morroni, Raffaela Bressan, Simona Fioriti, Gloria D’Achille, Marina Mingoia, Oscar Cirioni, Stefano Di Bella, Aurora Piazza, Francesco Comandatore, Carola Mauri, oberta Migliavacca, Francesco Luzzaro, Luigi Principe, Cristina Lagatolla

Journal Name – Antibiotics

Citation  –2021, 10(11), 1341

Activity of β-lactam plus β-lactam-enhancer combination cefepime/zidebactam against Klebsiella pneumoniae harbouring defective OmpK35/36 porins and arbapenemases

Author – Prashant Joshi, Rahul Shrivastava, Sachin Bhagwat, Mahesh Patel

Journal Name – Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Citation  –2021, 101(2), 115481

In vitro activity of cefiderocol, cefepime/zidebactam, cefepime/enmetazobactam, omadacycline, eravacycline, and other comparative agents against carbapenem-nonsusceptible Enterobacterales: Results from the Surveillance of Multicenter Antimicrobial Resistance in Taiwan (SMART) in 2017–2020

Author – Yu-Lin Lee, Wen-Chien Ko, Wen-Sen Lee, Po-Liang Lu, Yen-Hsu Chen, Shu-Hsing Cheng, Min-Chi Lu, Chi-Ying Lin, Ting-Shu Wu, Muh-Yong Yen, Lih-Shinn Wang, Chang-Pan Liu, Pei-Lan Shao, Zhi-Yuan Shi, Yao-Shen Chen, Fu-Der Wang, Shu-Hui Tseng, Chao-Nan Lin, Yu-Hui Chen, Wang-Huei Sheng, Chun-Ming Lee, Hung-JenTang, Po-Ren Hsueh

Journal Name – International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Citation  –2021, 58(3), 106377

Comment on: An update on cefepime and its future role in combination with novel β-lactamase inhibitors for MDR Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Author – Nicolau David, Bhagwat Sachin, Abdelraouf Kamilia

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation  –2021, 76(12), 3326–3327

In vitro evolution of cefepime/zidebactam (WCK 5222) resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: dynamics, mechanisms, fitness trade-off and impact on in vivo efficacy

Author – Barceló Isabel; Cabot Gabriel; Palwe Snehal; Joshi Prashant; Takalkar Swapna; Periasamy Hariharan; Cortes-Lara Sara; Zamorano Laura; Sanchez-Diener Irina; Moya Bartolome; Bhagwat Sachin; Patel Mahesh; Oliver Antonio

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation – JAC-2021-dkab213

Comparative in vivo activity of human-simulated plasma and epithelial lining fluid exposures of WCK 5222 (cefepime/zidebactam) against KPC- and OXA-48-like-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in the neutropenic murine pneumonia model

Author – Maxwell J Lasko, Kamilia Abdelraouf, David P Nicolau

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation – 2021, 76(9) 2310–2316

Activity of cefepime/zidebactam (WCK 5222) against ‘problem’ antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria sent to a national reference laboratory

Author – Shazad Mushtaq, Paolo Garello, Anna Vickers, Neil Woodford, David M Livermore

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation – 2021, 76(6), 1511–1522

In vitro activity of imipenem/relebactam, meropenem/vaborbactam, ceftazidime/avibactam, cefepime/zidebactam and other novel antibiotics against imipenem-non-susceptible Gram-negative bacilli from Taiwan

Author – Shu-Chen Kuo, Yung-Chih Wang, Mei-Chen Tan, Wei-Cheng Huang, Yih-Ru Shiau, Hui-Ying Wang, Jui-Fen Lai, I-Wen Huang and Tsai-Ling Lauderdale

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation – 2021, dkab141, (Ahead of Print)

In vitro activity of cefepime/zidebactam (WCK 5222) against recent Gram-negative isolates collected from high resistance settings of Greek hospitals

Author – Sachin S Bhagwat, Nicholas J Legakis, Tilemachos Skalidis, Anastassios loannidis, Christos Goumenopoulos, Prashant R Joshi, Rahul Shrivasta

Journal Name – Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Citation – 2021, 100(3), 115327

Structural characterization of diazabicyclooctane b-Lactam "Enhancers" in complex with penicillin-binding proteins PBP2 and PBP3 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Author – Rajavel Malligarjunan, Kumar Vijay, Nguyen Ha, Wyatt Jacob, Marshall Steven H, Papp-Wallace Krisztina M, Deshpande Prasad, Bhavsar Satish, Yeole Ravindra, Bhagwat Sachin, Mahesh Patel, Robert A Bonomo, Focco van den Akker

Journal Name – mBio

Citation – 2021, 12(1), e03058-20 

In Vitro Activity of WCK 5222 (Cefepime-Zidebactam) against Worldwide Collected Gram-Negative Bacilli Not Susceptible to Carbapenems

Author – Karlowsky James A, Hackel Meredith A, Bouchillon Samuel K, Sahm Daniel F

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2020, 64(12), e01432-20

Activity of cefepime/zidebactam against MDR Escherichia coli isolates harbouring a novel mechanism of resistance based on four-amino-acid inserts in PBP3

Author – Sachin S Bhagwat, Periasamy Hariharan, Prashant R Joshi, Snehal R Palwe, Rahul Shrivastava, Mahesh V Patel

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation – 2020, 75(12), 3563-3567

Effective inhibition of PBPs by cefepime and zidebactam in the presence of VIM-1 drives potent bactericidal activity against MBL-expressing Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Author – Bartolome Moya, Sachin Bhagwat, Gabriel Cabot, German Bou, Mahesh Patel, Antonio Oliver

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation – 2020, 75(6), 1474-1478

Evaluation of the in vitro activity of WCK 5222 (cefepime/zidebactam) and currently available combination therapies against single- and double-carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae: Expanding the zone of hope

Author – Avery Lindsay M, Mullane Elias M, Nicolau David P

Journal Name – International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Citation – 2020, 55(2), 105863 

Comparative evaluation of the in vitro activities of WCK 5222 (cefepime/zidebactam) and combination antibiotic therapies against carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Author – Elias M. Mullane, Lindsay M. Avery, David P. Nicolau

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2020, 64(3), e01669-19 

Efficacy of human-simulated bronchopulmonary exposures of cefepime, zidebactam and the combination (WCK 5222) against MDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a neutropenic murine pneumonia model

Author – James M. Kidd, Kamilia Abdelraouf, David P. Nicolau

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation – 2020, 75(1), 149–155

WCK 5222 (Cefepime/Zidebactam) Pharmacodynamic Target Analysis against Metallo-β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae in the Neutropenic Mouse Pneumonia Model

Author – Alexander J. Lepak, Miao Zhao, David R. Andes

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy  

Citation – 2019, 63(12), 01648-19

Activity of cefepime/zidebactam (WCK 5222) against Enterobacteriaceae, pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii endemic to New York city medical centres

Author – Zeb Khan, Alejandro Iregui, David Landman, John Quale

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation – 2019, 74(10), 2938–2942 

In Vivo Efficacy of WCK 5222 (Cefepime-Zidebactam) against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Neutropenic Murine Thigh Infection Model

Author – Marguerite L. Monogue, Jennifer Tabor-Rennie, Kamilia Abdelraouf, David P. Nicolau

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2019, 63(7), e00233-19 

In vitro and in vivo activity of β-lactams in combination with novel β-lactam enhancers, zidebactam and WCK 5153, against multidrug-resistant metallo-β-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Author – Bartolome Moya, Isabel Maria Barceló, Gabriel Cabot, Gabriel Torrens, Snehal Palwe, Prashant Joshi, Kushal Umarkar, Swapna Takalkar, Hariharan Periasamy, Sachin Bhagwat, Mahesh V. Patel, Germán Bou, and Antonio Oliver

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2019, 63(5), e00128-19 

The Novel β-Lactam Enhancer Zidebactam Augments the In Vivo Pharmacodynamic Activity of Cefepime in a Neutropenic Mouse Lung Acinetobacter baumannii Infection Model

Author – Bhagwat S. S, Periasamy H, Takalkar S. S, Palwe S. R, Khande H. N, Patel M. V

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2019, 63(4), e02146-18 

Activity of Cefepime-Zidebactam against Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Gram-Negative Pathogens

Author – Thomson Kenneth S, Abdel Ghani Sameh, Snyder James W, Thomson Gina K, Abdel Ghani Sameh, Thomson Gina K

Journal Name – Antibiotics

Citation – 2019, 8(1), 32 

Single-Center Evaluation of the Pharmacokinetics of WCK 5222 (Cefepime-Zidebactam Combination) in Subjects with Renal Impairment

Author – Richard A Preston, Grigor Mamikonyan, Stephane DeGraff, James Chiou, Christopher J Kemper, Allan Xu, Mushtaque Mastim, Ravindra Yeole, Rajesh Chavan, Anasuya Patel, H David Friedland, Ashima Bhatia

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2019, 63(1), e01484-18 

In Vivo Efficacy of Humanized WCK 5222 (Cefepime-Zidebactam) Exposures against Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the Neutropenic Thigh Model. S.S.Almarzoky Abuhussain

Author – S.S.Almarzoky Abuhussain, Lindsay M. Avery, Kamilia Abdelraouf, David P. Nicolau

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2019, 63(1), e01931-18 

Strategic Approaches to Overcome Resistance against Gram-Negative Pathogens Using β-Lactamase Inhibitors and β-Lactam Enhancers: Activity of Three Novel Diazabicyclooctanes WCK 5153, Zidebactam (WCK 5107), and WCK 4234

Author – Papp-Wallace Krisztina M, Nguyen Nhu Q, Jacobs Michael R, Bethel Christopher R, Barnes Melissa D, Kumar Vijay, Bajaksouzian, Saralee, Rudin Susan D, Rather Philip N, Bhavsar Satish

Journal Name – Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Citation – 2018, 61(9), 4067-4086 

Plasma and Intrapulmonary Concentrations of Cefepime and Zidebactam following Intravenous Administration of WCK 5222 to Healthy Adult Subjects

Author – Keith A Rodvold, Mark H Gotfried, Rakesh Chugh, Mugdha Gupta, Anasuya Patel, Rajesh Chavan, Ravindra Yeole, H David Friedland, Ashima Bhatia

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2018, 62(8), e00682-18 

Simultaneous determination of zidebactam and cefepime in dog plasma by LC–MS/MS and its application to pre‐clinical pharmacokinetic study

Author – Kiran Patil, Harshad Tambe, Vineet Zope, Rajesh Chavan, Ravindra Yeole, Mahesh V. Patel

Journal Name – Biomedical Chromatography

Citation – 2018, 32(8), e4249 

Assessment of the In Vivo Efficacy of WCK 5222 (Cefepime-Zidebactam) against Carbapenem-ResistantAcinetobacter baumannii in the Neutropenic Murine Lung Infection Model

Author – Avery Lindsay M, Abdelraouf Kamilia, Nicolau David P, Nicolau David P

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2018, 62 (11), e00948-18 

WCK 5222 (Cefepime-Zidebactam) Antimicrobial Activity against Clinical Isolates of Gram-Negative Bacteria Collected Worldwide in 2015

Author – Helio S. Sader, Mariana Castanheira, Michael Huband, Ronald N. Jones, Robert K. Flamm

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2017, 61(5), e00072-17

WCK 5222 (cefepime/zidebactam) antimicrobial activity tested against Gram-negative organisms producing clinically relevant β-lactamases

Author – Helio S Sader, Paul R Rhomberg, Robert K Flamm, Ronald N Jones, Mariana Castanheira

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation – 2017, 72(6), 1696-1703 

Potent β-Lactam Enhancer Activity of Zidebactam and WCK 5153 against Acinetobacter baumannii, Including Carbapenemase-Producing Clinical Isolates

Author – Bartolome Moya, Isabel M. Barcelo, Sachin Bhagwat, Mahesh V. Patel, German Bou, Krisztina M. Papp-Wallace, Robert A. Bonomo Antonio Oliver

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2017, 61(11), e01238-17 

In vitro activity of cefepime/zidebactam (WCK 5222) against Gram-negative bacteria

Author – Livermore DM, Mushtaq S, Warner M, Vickers A, Woodford N,

Journal Name – Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Citation – 2017, 72(5), 1373–1385 

WCK 5107 (Zidebactam) and WCK 5153 Are Novel Inhibitors of PBP2 Showing Potent “β-Lactam Enhancer” Activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Including Multidrug-Resistant Metallo-β- Lactamase-Producing High-Risk Clones

Author – Moya Bartolome, Barcelo Isabel M, Oliver Antonio, Bhagwat Sachin, Patel Mahesh, Bou German, Papp-Wallace Krisztina M, Bonomo Robert A, Papp-Wallace Krisztina M, Bonomo Robert A

Journal Name – Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Citation – 2017, 61(6), e02529-16