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. 2022 Jun 20;54(1):1686–1700. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2022.2085881

Table 4.

Indications and susceptible pathogens for third-generation tetracycline-class drugs [9,10,12].

Antibiotic Indication Susceptible microorganisms
Tigecycline Complicated skin and skin structure infection Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis (vancomycin-susceptible isolates), Staphylococcus aureus (methicillin-susceptible and -resistant isolates), Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus anginosus group (includes S. anginosus, S. intermedius, and S. constellatus), Streptococcus pyogenes, Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Bacteroides fragilis
Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia Streptococcus pneumoniae (penicillin-susceptible isolates), Haemophilus influenzae (β-lactamase negative isolates), and Legionella pneumophila
Complicated intra-abdominal infection Citrobacter freundii, E. cloacae, E. coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, K. pneumoniae, E. faecalis (vancomycin-susceptible isolates), S. aureus (methicillin-susceptible and -resistant isolates), S. anginosus group, B. fragilis, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Bacteroides uniformis, Bacteroides vulgatus, Clostridium perfringens, and Peptostreptococcus micros
Eravacycline Complicated intra-abdominal infection E. coli, K. pneumoniae, C. freundii, E. cloacae, K. oxytoca, E. faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, S. aureus, S. anginosus group, C. perfringens, Bacteroides spp, and Parabacteroides distasonis
Omadacycline Acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection (ABSSSI) S. aureus (methicillin-susceptible and -resistant isolates), Staphylococcus lugdunensis, S. pyogenes, S. anginosus group, E. faecalis, E. cloacae, and K. pneumoniae
Community-acquired bacterial pneumonia S. pneumoniae, S. aureus (methicillin-susceptible isolates), H. influenzae, Haemophilus parainfluenzae, K. pneumoniae, L. pneumophila, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Chlamydophila pneumoniae