Efficacy and safety of intravenous-to-oral lefamulin, a pleuromutilin antibiotic, for the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia: the phase III lefamulin …

TM File Jr, L Goldberg, A Das… - Clinical infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Lefamulin, a pleuromutilin antibiotic, is active against pathogens commonly
causing community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). The Lefamulin Evaluation …

Antibacterial activity of lefamulin against pathogens most commonly causing community-acquired bacterial pneumonia: SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program …

S Paukner, SP Gelone, SJR Arends… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Lefamulin, the first semisynthetic pleuromutilin antibacterial for intravenous and oral
treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP), and comparators were …

Lefamulin: a novel oral and intravenous pleuromutilin for the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia

GG Zhanel, C Deng, S Zelenitsky, CK Lawrence… - Drugs, 2021 - Springer
Lefamulin is a novel oral and intravenous (IV) pleuromutilin developed as a twice-daily
treatment for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). It is a semi-synthetic …

Lefamulin: review of a promising novel pleuromutilin antibiotic

MP Veve, JL Wagner - Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance have led to a global public health
emergency requiring development of new antimicrobial classes. Lefamulin (formally BC …

Emerging antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia

A Liapikou, C Cilloniz, A Palomeque… - Expert Opinion on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Community-acquired pneumonia is the most common infection leading to
hospitalization and death in all age groups, especially in elderly populations. Increasing …

Simultaneous assessment of the pharmacokinetics of a pleuromutilin, lefamulin, in plasma, soft tissues and pulmonary epithelial lining fluid

M Zeitlinger, R Schwameis, A Burian… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Lefamulin is a pleuromutilin antibiotic under evaluation for the treatment of
bacterial infections, including respiratory tract infections. Currently, there are no high-quality …

Oral lefamulin vs moxifloxacin for early clinical response among adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia: the LEAP 2 randomized clinical trial

E Alexander, L Goldberg, AF Das, GJ Moran… - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance New antibacterials are needed to treat community-acquired bacterial pneumonia
(CABP) because of growing antibacterial resistance and safety concerns with standard care …

Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of lefamulin in a neutropenic murine pneumonia model with Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae

WW Wicha, DB Strickmann… - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To present results of preclinical studies that supported further development of
lefamulin for treating patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) …

Phase II clinical study of BC-3781, a pleuromutilin antibiotic, in treatment of patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections

WT Prince, Z Ivezic-Schoenfeld, C Lell… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
This study investigated the potential of the novel systemic pleuromutilin antibiotic BC-3781
to treat patients with an acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection (ABSSSI) caused by …

Antimicrobial activity of the novel pleuromutilin antibiotic BC-3781 against organisms responsible for community-acquired respiratory tract infections (CARTIs)

HS Sader, S Paukner… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background BC-3781 is an investigational semi-synthetic pleuromutilin antibiotic, which
recently finished a clinical Phase 2 trial in acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections …