Plazomicin against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria: A Scoping Review

Aniello Alfieri; Sveva Di Franco; Valerio Donatiello; Vincenzo Maffei; Ciro Fittipaldi; Marco Fiore; Francesco Coppolino; Pasquale Sansone; Maria Caterina Pace; Maria Beatrice Passavanti

doi:10.3390/life12121949

Life (Nov 2022)

Plazomicin against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria: A Scoping Review

Aniello Alfieri,
Sveva Di Franco,
Valerio Donatiello,
Vincenzo Maffei,
Ciro Fittipaldi,
Marco Fiore,
Francesco Coppolino,
Pasquale Sansone,
Maria Caterina Pace,
Maria Beatrice Passavanti

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Aniello Alfieri: Department of Elective Surgery, Postoperative Intensive Care Unit and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, A.O.R.N. Antonio Cardarelli, Viale Antonio Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
Sveva Di Franco: Department of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia 2, 80138 Naples, Italy
Valerio Donatiello: Department of Elective Surgery, Postoperative Intensive Care Unit and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, A.O.R.N. Antonio Cardarelli, Viale Antonio Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
Vincenzo Maffei: Department of Elective Surgery, Postoperative Intensive Care Unit and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, A.O.R.N. Antonio Cardarelli, Viale Antonio Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
Ciro Fittipaldi: Unit of Critical Care, Hospital “Ospedale Pellegrini”, Via Portamedina alla Pignasecca 41, 80134 Naples, Italy
Marco Fiore: Department of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia 2, 80138 Naples, Italy
Francesco Coppolino: Department of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia 2, 80138 Naples, Italy
Pasquale Sansone: Department of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia 2, 80138 Naples, Italy
Maria Caterina Pace: Department of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia 2, 80138 Naples, Italy
Maria Beatrice Passavanti: Department of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Piazza Miraglia 2, 80138 Naples, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/life12121949
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 12
p. 1949

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Plazomicin is a next-generation semisynthetic aminoglycoside antibiotic that can be used to treat infections by multi-resistant bacteria. It is effective against many bacteria-producing carbapenemases or other specific hydrolases. This scoping review aims to define the role acquired by plazomicin from its approval by the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) in 2018 to the present day. Furthermore, we aim to provide a base for a future meta-analysis. This project was conducted following the recommendations presented in the PRISMA extension for scoping reviews and the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. Among 901 potentially engaging citations, 345 duplicates were removed, and only 81 articles were selected for the analysis. According to the data analysis, plazomicin has been used to treat urinary tract infections, bloodstream infections, and ventilation-associated pneumonia. The pathogens killed included multi-resistant E. coli, K. pneumoniae, A. baumannii, P. aeruginosa, and S. aureus. Plazomicin can be a manageable, valid non-beta-lactam alternative for treating multi-resistant bacteria infections.

Published in Life

ISSN: 2075-1729 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/life

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