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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
Volume 61, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00155-17
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Mycobacterium abscessus; NTM; rifabutin; repurposing
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- Singapore Ministry of Health's National Medical Research Council under Translational Clinical Research Flagship grant [NMRC/TCR/011NUHS/2014]
- Singapore Programme of Research Investigating New Approaches to Treatment of Tuberculosis (SPRINT-TB)
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Lung infections caused by Mycobacterium abscessus are emerging as a global threat to individuals with cystic fibrosis and to other patient groups. Recent evidence for human-to-human transmission worsens the situation. M. abscessus is an intrinsically multidrug-resistant pathogen showing resistance to even standard anti-tuberculosis drugs, such as rifampin. Here, our objective was to identify existing drugs that may be employed for the treatment of M. abscessus lung disease. A collection of more than 2,700 approved drugs was screened at a single-point concentration against an M. abscessus clinical isolate. Hits were confirmed with fresh solids in dose-response experiments. For the most attractive hit, growth inhibition and bactericidal activities against reference strains of the three M. abscessus subspecies and a collection of clinical isolates were determined. Surprisingly, the rifampin derivative rifabutin had MICs of 3 +/- 2 mu M (3 mu g/ml) against the screening strain, the reference strains M. abscessus subsp. abscessus ATCC 19977, M. abscessus subsp. bolletii CCUG 50184-T, and M. abscessus subsp. massiliense CCUG 48898-T, as well as against a collection of clinical isolates. Furthermore, rifabutin was active against clarithromycin-resistant strains. In conclusion, rifabutin, in contrast to rifampin, is active against the Mycobacterium abscessus complex bacteria in vitro and may be considered for treatment of M. abscessus lung disease.
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