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Epidemiological and PK/PD cutoff values determination and PK/PD-based dose assessment of gamithromycin against Haemophilus parasuis in piglets
BMC Veterinary Research volume 16, Article number: 81 (2020)
Abstract
Background
Gamithromycin is a macrolide approved for the treatment of bovine and swine respiratory diseases. Our study aims to establish the clinical breakpoint and optimum dose regimen for gamithromycin against Haemophilus parasuis in piglets.
Results
Gamithromycin was well absorbed and fully bioavailable (87.2–101%) after intramuscular and subcutaneous administrations. The MICs of gamithromycin for 192 clinical H. parasuis isolates ranged from 0.008 to 128 mg/L and the epidemiological cutoff (ECOFF) was calculated as 1.0 mg/L. A large potentiation effect of serum on in vitro susceptibility of gamithromycin was observed for H. parasuis, with broth/serum ratios of 8.93 for MICs and 4.46 for MBCs, respectively. The postantibiotic effects were 1.5 h (1 × MIC) and 2.4 h (4 × MIC), and the postantibiotic sub-MIC effects ranged from 2.7 to 4.3 h. Gamithromycin had rapid and concentration-dependent killing against H. parasuis, and the AUC24h/MIC ratio correlated well with ex vivo efficacy (R2 = 0.97). The AUC24h/MIC targets in serum associated with bacteriostatic, bactericidal and eradication activities were 15.8, 30.3 and 41.2, respectively. The PK/PD-based population dose prediction indicated a probability of target attainment (PTA) for the current marketed dose (6 mg/kg) of 88.9% against H. parasuis. The calculated gamithromycin dose for a PTA ≥ 90% was 6.55 mg/kg. Based on Monte Carlo simulations, the PK/PD cutoff (COPD) was determined to be 0.25 mg/L.
Conclusion
The determined cutoffs and PK/PD-based dose prediction will be of great importance in gamithromycin resistance surveillance and serve as an important step in the establishment of optimum dose regimen and clinical breakpoints.
Background
Haemophilus parasuis is the etiological agent of Glässer’s disease that causes inflammatory infections such as fibrinous polyserositis, meningitis, arthritis and bronchopneumonia in weaned piglets [1]. As a commensal pathogen in porcine respiratory tract, H. parasuis is frequently associated with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, porcine circovirus type 2 and Streptococcus suis infections, resulting in large economic losses in the swine industry worldwide [2, 3]. There are currently 15 serotypes of H. parasuis and serotypes 1, 5 and 10 are the most virulent causing rapid death of infected piglets [4, 5]. The vaccines currently available only provide partial protection due to the serotype diversity and this is problematic because many strains cannot be serotyped [6]. Thus, antibiotic therapy still represents the most effective strategy for controlling the spread of H. parasuis infections.
Gamithromycin is a macrolide of the azalide subclass that approved for the treatment of bovine and swine respiratory diseases [7, 8]. In naturally occurring bovine respiratory diseases associated with Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida, the area under the concentration-time curve to minimal inhibitory concentration ratio (AUC/MIC) was the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) index that best predicted the efficacy of gamithromycin [9]. However, PK/PD data for gamithromycin against swine respiratory pathogens including H. parasuis have not been pursued. In addition, previous susceptibility study for gamithromycin against H. parasuis resulted in MIC50 and MIC90 values of 0.25 and 0.5 (range 0.06–4) mg/L, respectively [7]. However, as the crucial interpretative criteria to categorize the results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), the clinical breakpoints (CBPs) of gamithromycin for the relevant bacterial target pathogens still remain unclear.
In this study, we described ex vivo PK/PD relationships of gamithromycin in porcine serum against H. parasuis and estimated the magnitude of PK/PD parameter to achieve required efficacies. Our studies were designed to (i) determine the serum matrix effect on susceptibility, post-antibiotic effect (PAE) and post-antibiotic sub-MIC effect (PA-SME), (ii) evaluate the probability of target attainment (PTA) of the current dose of gamithromycin (6.0 mg/kg) for clinically isolated H. parasuis strains, and (iii) establish the relevant MIC cutoff values including epidemiological cutoff value [ECOFF; synonym of wild-type cutoff (COWT)] and PK/PD cutoff value (COPD; named by VetCAST as the PK/PD breakpoint) to assist the selection of a CBP for gamithromycin against H. parasuis.
Results
Gamithromycin PK profiles in serum of piglets
We observed gamithromycin peak levels in piglets (Cmax; 0.99 and 0.61 mg/L) at 0.36 and 1.59 h after intramuscular (IM) and subcutaneous (SC) routes, respectively (Table 1). Following a single IM injection of gamithromycin at 6.0 mg/kg, the serum drug levels were > 0.10 mg/L up to 12 h and still detectable at 96 h (Fig. 1). The serum terminal half-life (T1/2) ranged from 25.4 to 29.4 h after IV, IM and SC administrations of gamithromycin. Piglets received the drug IM and SC resulted in AUC0-∞ of 6.63 and 5.72 mg·h/L that were comparable to the IV AUC0-∞ at the same dose. This indicated a high bioavailability (87.2–101.1%) for SC and IM injections of gamithromycin (Table 1).
In vitro susceptibility testing, ECOFF and PAE determinations
The calculated gamithromycin MIC for H. parasuis LM15 in Haemophilus test medium (HTM) broth (0.25 mg/L) was 8-fold greater than that in serum (0.031 mg/L), indicating a large potentiation effect by serum. To further confirm the serum effects, MICs and MBCs of gamithromycin were determined in both HTM and serum against 19 selected H. parasuis isolates. Interestingly, the geometric means of the MICs and MBCs were significantly different between HTM and serum, resulting in HTM/serum ratios of 8.93 for MICs and 4.46 for MBCs (P < 0.01; Table 2). For both test matrices, the MBC/MIC ratios were relatively low and ranged from 1.61 to 3.21 (Table 2).
The MICs of gamithromycin against our 192 clinical H. parasuis isolates ranged from 0.008 to 128 mg/L in HTM broth, with MIC50 and MIC90 of 0.125 and 2 mg/L, respectively. The standard goodness-of-fit tests showed that the raw MIC distribution did not match a normal distribution due to the bimodal distribution observed at the MICs of 0.125 and 8 mg/L, respectively. The 17 H. parasuis isolates with MICs > 8 mg/L were therefore removed to obtain the best fitted unimodal MIC distribution [Log2 mean (− 3.84), Log2 SD (1.73), n = 175] using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) normality test at P > 0.1. The fitted MIC distribution contained > 95% that possessed gamithromycin MICs between 0.008 and 1 mg/L, and the ECOFF value was therefore calculated to be 1 mg/L (Fig. 2).
The growth of a strain of H. parasuis LM15 by 1.0 log10 cfu/mL in control group occurred at 1.9 h. After removal of bacterial cells from drug exposure at 1× and 4× MIC, regrowth was delayed to 3.4 and 4.3 h with calculated PAEs ranging from 1.5 to 2.4 h (Fig. 3a). During sub-MIC phase, as little as 0.1 to 0.3× MIC gamithromycin produced a further regrowth delay, generating PA-SMEs of 2.7 to 4.3 h (Fig. 3b).
In vitro and ex vivo antimicrobial activities and PK/PD analysis
Gamithromycin in vitro time-kill curves using 0.25 to 16 multiples of MIC indicated a concentration-dependent killing pattern. A 0.25 mg/L drug level (i.e. MIC in HTM) produced a visible growth inhibition whereas > 3.0 log10 cfu/mL reductions in bacterial density occurred after exposure to gamithromycin at 2 × MIC for 24 h. At 4 × MIC or higher concentrations, H. parasuis densities were reduced by ~ 4.0 log10 cfu/mL after only 6 to 9 h exposure (Fig. 4a).
Serum collected from piglets at 36 h after IM dosing contained mean drug level of 0.031 mg/L that equivalent to MIC in serum, and exerted a visible bactericidal effect (> 2.0 log10 cfu/mL) after 24 h exposure. Compared with killing pattern in HTM, a more rapid and greater reduction was achieved for serums collected at 12 h and 24 h after IM administration that contained the mean drug levels of 0.121 and 0.058 mg/L (roughly 4× and 2× MIC in serum, respectively). In serum collected up to 12 h after IM injection, bacterial densities were reduced rapidly by ~ 4 log10 cfu/mL after 6 h exposure (Fig. 4b). There was no further regrowth demonstrating potent ex vivo bactericidal activity of gamithromycin against H. parasuis.
The dose-response relationship derived from ex vivo time-kill data were used to calculate the PK/PD targets in serum for typical efficacy. The AUC24h/MIC index correlated well with ex vivo efficacy (R2 = 0.97). The dose-response curve was steep, with the highest decrease from the initial density of 4.68 log10 cfu/mL (Fig. 5). The target values of AUC24h/MIC in serum associated with bacteriostatic, bactericidal and bacterial eradication actions were 15.8, 30.3 and 41.2, respectively (Table 3).
Dose assessment and PK/PD cutoff calculation
The dose distribution of gamithromycin covering activity duration of at least 3 days needed a Cl/F of 65.5 L/kg. The scaling factor (SF) obtained by dividing the target value of AUC24h/MIC index by 24 h, in our case, the target AUC24h/MIC value for a bactericidal effect was 30.3 that equivalent to the serum concentrations over 24 h of 1.26 multiples of the MIC (i.e. SF = 1.26). The MIC distribution was divided by a scaling factor of 8.93 to bridge HTM and serum. Based on Monte Carlo simulation, the calculated dose of gamithromycin for a PTA ≥ 90% was 6.55 mg/kg. In view that the current recommended dose is 6.0 mg/kg, the corresponding PTA was calculated at 88.9% (Fig. 6).
Our dose prediction confirmed the adequacy of the current gamithromycin dose for H. parasuis infections. The PTAs of the current dose (6.0 mg/kg) for the typical AUC24h/MIC targets at each possible MIC in HTM were thus calculated to obtain the COPD value. At a MIC of ≤0.25 mg/L in HTM, the PTA achieving an AUC24h/MIC target of 30.3 (for a bactericidal effect) was 96.7% (Table 4). Therefore, the COPD value of gamithromycin for H. parasuis was determined to be 0.25 mg/L.
Discussion
Gamithromycin is a semisynthetic triamilide antibiotic that disrupts protein synthesis by binding the ribosomal 50S subunit and causing premature detachment of polypeptide chains [7]. To our knowledge, this study is the first to address the PK/PD relationships of gamithromycin against H. parasuis in piglets. We demonstrated that gamithromycin was absorbed rapidly into the systemic circulation after IM and SC administrations with bioavailabilities between 87.2 and 101%. Following a single IM dose of gamithromycin at 6.0 mg/kg, serum drug concentrations remained above the MIC of H. parasuis LM15 beyond 36 h. Despite having limited PAE, gamithromycin has been shown to express an extended lung tissue half-life, which may also support its extended antimicrobial activity [8, 10].
Gamithromycin displayed a predominantly bactericidal activity in vitro against major swine respiratory diseases (SRD) pathogens such as H. parasuis, P. multocida and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae [7]. In studies involving field strains isolated in European areas, gamithromycin showed MIC90 values of 0.5, 1 and 4 mg/L against H. parasuis, P. multocida and A. pleuropneumoniae, respectively [8]. Similar to other veterinary macrolides such as tulathromycin, clinical field trials have indicated that gamithromycin concentrations in serum can be below the MIC90 for the target SRD pathogens while retaining good clinical efficacy [7, 10]. It may be due to the significant differences of AST results between serum and broth media [11, 12]. This resulted in the underestimate of gamithromycin clinical efficacy by measuring MICs in broth medium. In fact, the serum effects on antimicrobial activity of macrolides have been reported for most fastidious respiratory pathogens [11, 13]. In our study, the MICs of gamithromycin against H. parasuis in porcine serum were significantly lower than that in HTM. This difference in susceptibility agreed with the previous findings, in which a similar 4 to 16-fold reduction in tildipirosin MIC was observed for A. pleuropneumoniae by addition of 50% serum to broth medium [14]. More recently, our study regarding tulathromycin demonstrated that incorporation of increasing proportion of serum to broth from 25 to 75% progressively reduced the MIC against S. suis [13].
The mechanisms for increased susceptibility of H. parasuis to macrolides in serum matrix is likely related to the downregulation of oprM gene (encoding an active efflux pump) and increased outer-membrane permeability in biological fluids [15]. Supporting this notion, previous studies showed markedly lower azithromycin MICs against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in eukaryotic media and biological fluids such as serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, compared with the recommended CA-MHB [15]. Similar observations were also noted for the potency of tulathromycin in calf serum against M. haemolytica and P. multocida [11]. This suggested that measuring MICs in eukaryotic media could be easily implemented to phenotypically detect acquired resistance to macrolides [16]. In addition, the serum effects may involve specific antibody and complement activities [11, 12]. Heat-inactivation of serum resulted in a 500-fold increase in the MIC of gamithromycin against Mycoplasma mycoides compared with normal serum [17]. Nevertheless, the large potentiation effect of serum would bring considerable benefit to the efficacy of gamithromycin in vivo for H. parasuis infections, where edema and hemorrhage from vascular leakage in affected lungs are part of the inflammatory process against respiratory diseases [14, 18]. Therefore, compared to the artificial broth that is designed to be optimal for bacteriological growth in vitro, serum is a more clinically relevant biological fluid for establishing the PK/PD relationships to predict dose regimens.
Prediction of dose distribution for gamithromycin requires selection of a robust PK/PD surrogate and determination of PK/PD targets [19]. From the rate and extent of gamithromycin killing against H. parasuis, a concentration-dependent killing was observed in both HTM and porcine serum, with drug concentrations of 2 × MIC being sufficient to eradicate the sample of viable bacteria. Much discussion is available in the literature surrounding the selection of the proper PK/PD index to determine the optimal dose of macrolides [9, 20, 21]. Contemporary thought on the longer acting injectable macrolides in veterinary medicine is that the large predictor of efficacy is AUC24h/MIC ratio [9, 22]. The AUC24h/MIC targets for gamithromycin against H. parasuis associated with bactericidal and eradication effects were 30.3 h and 41.2 h, respectively. This microbiological response in ex vivo PK/PD model was similar to or in excess of previously approved veterinary macrolides such as tulathromycin and tildipirosin [13, 23]. Further population dose prediction derived from Monte Carlo simulations indicated that the current dose of gamithromycin (6.0 mg/kg) was sufficient for treating H. parasuis infections, covering more than 88.9% of the MIC distribution of study clinical isolates.
CBP is used to define susceptibility and resistance. In general, the determination of CBP should take into account the ECOFF, COPD and clinical cutoff values [24, 25]. Under the clinically recommended dose, the gamithromycin COPD value (0.25 mg/L) against H. parasuis was lower than the ECOFF value (1.0 mg/L) in HTM broth. It probably means that the current dose (6.0 mg/kg) is a little bit too low to treat the wild-type populations. In fact, our calculated accurate dose of gamithromycin for a PTA ≥ 90% was 6.55 mg/kg in this study, although slightly larger than the current dose. However, owing to the paucity of relevant data to bridge the relationship between MIC and clinical cure, it is practically difficult to determine a clinical cutoff in veterinary medicine [24, 26]. In this case, VetCAST will not establish a CBP dividing the wild-type MIC distributions, and the ECOFF (1.0 mg/L) will therefore be recommended as surrogate [24]. This ECOFF value for gamithromycin in HTM broth is equivalent to the CLSI recommended breakpoint for erythromycin against streptococci [27]. Although the ECOFF or PK/PD cutoff could not replace the CBP, it still provides a useful interpretative criterion to categorize the AST results of gamithromycin.
Conclusions
In conclusion, we have demonstrated that: (i) the matrix effects of serum on susceptibility is an important factor accounting for markedly augmented activity of gamithromycin in piglets and (ii) the current dose of 6.0 mg/kg gamithromycin was estimated to be appropriate, achieving bactericidal activity against H. parasuis with a PTA of ≥88.9%. In addition, our finding is to our knowledge the first to reveal the ECOFF and PK/PD cutoff values of gamithromycin against H. parasuis in piglets. However, with the paucity of clinical data for gamithromycin to establish a clinical cutoff against H. parasuis, the ECOFF value of 1.0 mg/L will be recommended as surrogate. Nevertheless, the PK/PD-based dose prediction and cutoff determination will provide a framework for further optimization of gamithromycin dosing regimens and for resistance surveillance.
Methods
Antibiotics and bacterial strains
Analytical-grade gamithromycin powder was obtained from NMT Biotech (Jiangsu, China) and reconstituted according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. Gamithromycin injectable solution (Zactran 150 mg/mL) used for PK studies was purchased commercially from Merial Animal Health Ltd., 31,000 Toulouse, France.
We isolated 192 clinical H. parasuis strains from heart, lung, brain, peritoneum, pericardial sac and joint fluids of diseased swine suffering polyserositis, pneumonia or meningitis in five different provinces of China in 2010 to 2018. A well-characterized representative strain of H. parasuis LM15 (serotype 5) was used for ex vivo time-kill experiments and PK/PD modeling because serotype 5 is the primary serotype found in China [3, 28, 29]. Species identification was performed by using MALDI-TOF mass systems (Axima-Assurance-Shimadzu) as previously described [30]. H. parasuis strains were cultured with Haemophilus test medium (HTM; Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD) broth and agar containing 15 μg/mL β-NAD and 5% porcine hematin.
Experimental design and sample collection
Six healthy castrated crossbred piglets (Duroc×Landrace×Yorkshire) weighing 14.5 to 18.6 kg (~ 1.5 to 2.0 months of age) were purchased commercially from the Guangzhou Fine Breed Swine Company (Guangzhou, China). Gamithromycin was administered intravenously (auricular vein), intramuscularly (femoral muscle) and subcutaneously (flank region) at a single dose of 6.0 mg/kg in accordance with a 3-treatment, 3-period randomized Latin square design. A 7-day washout period was allowed between administrations by each route. The piglets were maintained in accordance with the National Standards for Laboratory Animals of China (GB 14925–2010), and allowed ad libitum access to water and antibiotic-free food. The euthanasia procedure was carried out by pentobarbital sodium with intravenous injection when study was finished. All animal experiment procedures were approved by the Guangdong Association for Science and Technology [SYXK (Guangdong) 2019–0136] and the Institutional Animal Ethical Committee of South China Agricultural University (SCAU 2018A014).
Blood samples (5 mL) were collected from the jugular veins into vacutainers without anticoagulant before (0 h) and at 0.083, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24, 36, 48, 72 and 96 h after administration of gamithromycin. Serum was separated by centrifugation of blood samples at 3000×g for 10 min and stored at − 80 °C until analysis.
Measurement of gamithromycin in serum and PK analysis
Gamithromycin concentrations in serum were determined by a validated HPLC-MS/MS method using an Agilent 1200 HPLC system linked to an API 4000 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer as previously reported [8, 31]. In brief, serum samples (0.5 mL) were mixed with 0.5 mL of acetonitrile, followed by vortex and centrifugation at 12,000×g for 10 min. The resulting supernatant was filtered through a 0.22 μm nylon syringe filter. Matrix matched calibration standards gave linear responses from 0.001 to 0.5 mg/L (R2 > 0.996), with limits of quantification (LOQ) of 0.0005 mg/L. All samples with drug levels > 0.5 mg/L were diluted proportionally with control serum prior to extraction with acetonitrile. Recoveries of gamithromycin from serum ranged from 95.9 to 106.2%, and both the intraday and interday variations were < 9.27% (data not shown).
All PK parameters were measured using a non-compartmental model in WinNonlin software Version 5.2.1 (Pharsight, St. Louis, MO, USA). The absolute bioavailability (F) of gamithromycin in piglets was calculated from the following equation [21, 32]:
In vitro susceptibility testing, ECOFF and PAE determinations
The MICs of gamithromycin against 192 clinical H. parasuis isolates were determined using broth dilution in accordance with CLSI guidelines [27]. Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 served as the quality control strain. The composition of serum and HTM broth differs significantly in electrolytes and albumin concentrations [11]. To investigate the effect of serum matrix on gamithromycin susceptibility, further MIC and MBC determinations were undertaken for 19 selected H. parasuis isolates in both porcine serum and HTM broth. The 19 H. parasuis isolates were selected to cover five different provinces of China and the whole range of gamithromycin MICs. The MBC was determined using the spot-plate technique to achieve a 3.0 log10 decrease in the inoculum counts [11, 13].
The epidemiological cutoff [ECOFF; synonym of wild-type cutoff (COWT)] was the MIC that best describes the end of the wild-type distribution [33]. The ECOFF value for gamithromycin against H. parasuis was obtained using log2-transformed MIC distributions in HTM broth that was subjected to statistical goodness-of-fit and nonlinear least squares regression tests as previously described [34]. The mean and standard deviation (SD) of the normal distribution for optimum nonlinear least squares regression fitting of the MICs were determined using GraphPad Prism software (Version 8.0). The final ECOFF was measured as that MIC which captured at least 95% of the optimum MIC distributions using the ECOFFinder program [33].
The PAE and PA-SME were determined using a spectrophotometric method as described elsewhere [35]. The optical density was converted into bacterial counts by comparing to a standard curve (Figure S1). The PAE and PA-SME were defined as follows: PAE or PA-SME = T or TPA - C, where T or TPA is the time required for bacteria to increase by 1.0 log10cfu/mL in drug removal and sub-MIC treated phases, respectively. C is the corresponding time for untreated control [13].
In vitro and ex vivo antimicrobial activities and PK/PD modeling
In vitro time-kill experiments of gamithromycin against H. parasuis LM15 were performed using HTM broth with an initial inoculum of 106 cfu/mL and 0.25 to 16× MICs of gamithromycin. Ex vivo time-kill curves were established using 0.22 μm filtered porcine serum collected at specified time points from 0 to 96 h after IM dosing using a 106 cfu/mL inoculum. The cultures were incubated for 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 24 h at 37 °C, and 10-fold serial dilutions of samples were plated on HTM agar for viable colony counts. The limit of detection (LOD) was 40 cfu/mL. The ex vivo antimicrobial effect (E) at a given gamithromycin concentration was expressed as the change in log10 cfu/mL after 24 h of incubation. AUC24h/MIC ratios were calculated at each gamithromycin concentration tested. Relationships between AUC24h/MIC and the ex vivo antimicrobial effect was estimated using the sigmoid Emax model: E = E0 + (Emax − E0) × CN / (EC50N + CN), where E0 is the bacterial growth in drug-free sample, C is the PK/PD index being examined (AUC24h/MIC), Emax is the greatest amount of bacterial reduction (log10 cfu/mL), EC50 is the AUC24h/MIC target achieving 50% of maximal effect (Emax), and N is a sigmoid factor that describes the slope of the curve [35]. Nonlinear regression analysis was performed by WinNonlin software. The AUC24h/MIC targets in serum required to produce bacteriostatic (E = 0), bactericidal (E = -3) and eradication (E = -4) effect were calculated.
Dose regimen assessment
To investigate whether the current dose of gamithromycin (6.0 mg/kg) was adequate to cover the overall MICs of H. parasuis population, a dose distribution prediction was simulated using Monte Carlo simulations (n = 10,000) with Crystal Ball software (Oracle, Redwood City. CA, USA). The dose equation was as follows [22]:
Where Cl is the body clearance to cover at least 3 days (L/kg/3 day); SF is a scaling factor obtained by dividing the target value of PK/PD index, in our case, the target AUC24h/MIC value of 30.3 is equivalent to consider that a bactericidal effect can be obtained with a serum concentration equal to 30.3/24 = 1.26 folds the MIC (SF = 1.26 for bactericidal effect); MIC distribution in HTM broth was divided by a scaling factor of 8.93 to bridge HTM and serum; fu is the free drug fraction using a binding rate of 23% in porcine serum [21]; F is the bioavailability of IM dosing. In clinical practice, only susceptible H. parasuis isolates can be successfully treated with gamithromycin and this should be considered when calculating a dose. Therefore, for dose distribution prediction, H. parasuis isolates with the MICs of > ECOFF value were removed from consideration.
PK/PD cutoff determination
A 10,000-subject Monte Carlo simulation was used to calculate the COPD value of gamithromycin against H. parasuis based on PK parameters, each possible MIC in HTM broth and the target AUC24h/MIC ratios for achieving a bactericidal effect. The AUC24h/MIC was calculated as follows [35]: AUC24h/MIC = Dose/[Cl × (MICHTM/SF)]. All PK parameters were assumed to be normally distributed. SF is a scaling factor of 8.93 to bridge the MICs between HTM and serum. The COPD was defined as the MIC in HTM broth at which the PTA for bactericidal effect reached 90% [26, 29].
Availability of data and materials
The datasets used and/or analyzed in this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Abbreviations
- AST:
-
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
- AUC/MIC:
-
The area under the concentration-time curve to MIC ratio
- CBP:
-
Clinical breakpoint
- COPD :
-
PK/PD cutoff value (named by EUCAST as the PK/PD breakpoint)
- ECOFF:
-
Epidemiological cutoff value [synonym of wild-type cutoff value (COWT)]
- EUCAST:
-
European Committee on AST
- MBC:
-
Minimal bactericidal concentration
- MIC:
-
Minimal inhibitory concentration
- PAE:
-
Post-antibiotic effect
- PA-SME:
-
Post-antibiotic sub-MIC effect
- PK/PD:
-
Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic
- PTA:
-
Probability of target attainment
- VetCAST:
-
Veterinary Committee for AST, a subcommittee of EUCAST
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Standard curve constructed by regression of the viable bacterial counts and optical density (OD600nm) of H. parasuis cultured in liquid medium. The solid points represent the observed data and the line represents the best fitting curve as follows: y = 0.7138 ln(x) + 10.722 (R2=0.9857).
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Zhou, YF., Bu, MX., Liu, P. et al. Epidemiological and PK/PD cutoff values determination and PK/PD-based dose assessment of gamithromycin against Haemophilus parasuis in piglets. BMC Vet Res 16, 81 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02300-y
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