Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology
Article Title: Effect of biofilm formation on the antimicrobial activity of tigecycline against Mycobacterium abscessus in the hollow fiber infection model
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1799565
Figure Lengend Snippet: Bacterial killing of Mab in the hollow fiber infection model (HFIM). (A) Pharmacokinetic Comparison: The in vivo concentration-time profiles of TGC in mouse lungs following 10 mg/kg intrapulmonary aerosol (IPA) administration (mean ± SD) in comparison to the in vitro concentration-time profile simulated using the HFIM after a direct injection of 600 μg TGC into the peripheral compartment. (B) Time courses of bacterial counts in CFU/mL in the HFIM cartridge compartment assessed under the various TGC exposures achieved through once-daily direct injection of different TGC doses into the cartridge compartment for 7 days. Symbols and lines represent observed bacterial counts (mean ± SD) and model-based simulation profiles, respectively. BF-embedded Mab is indicated by a dashed line with triangle symbols. Each set of triplicate experimental results was individually captured by corresponding model-based simulation profiles.
Article Snippet: To perform dynamic time-kill assay experiments under biologically meaningful conditions, drug exposure mimicking in vivo lung PK profiles obtained after IPA administration of TGC in mice was experimentally simulated in the HFIM (C3008, FiberCell Systems, Frederick, MD).
Techniques: Infection, Comparison, In Vivo, Concentration Assay, Aerosol, In Vitro, Injection