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In May 2026, the FDA approved a combination product of cefepime and zidebactam for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis, providing a new treatment option for multidrug-resistant gram-negative organisms. Here is a clinical overview of the newly approved antibiotic.
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Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, FASCO; Mohammad F. Ali, MD
Jonathan Goldman, MD; Sanja Dacic, MD, PhD; Deborah Doroshow, MD, PhD; Anne S. Tsao, MD, MBA
Kamel Abou Hussein, MD; Kate Baxstrom, MD
Ajit K. Bisen, MD, MBA; Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc
Geoffrey Ku, MD; Jack W. Erter III, MD, MMHC
Sunnie S. Kim, MD; Kellie D. Spector, MD
Syma Iqbal, MD; Benjamin Scheier, MD
Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD; Sandip Patel, MD, FASCO; Heather A. Wakelee, MD, FASCO
Edgar V. Lerma, MD; Anuradha Lala-Trindade, MD
Jennifer Green, MD; Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES, FCCP
Hadar Lev-Tov, MD; Martina Porter, MD
Tina Cascone, MD, PhD; Christina Baik, MD, MPH; David Planchard, MD, PhD
Jeremie Calais, MD, PhD; Scott T. Tagawa, MD, MS, FACP, FASCO
Yana G. Najjar, MD; Sapna Patel, MD
Sandip Patel, MD, FASCO; Myung-Ju Ahn, MD; Giannis Mountzios, MD, MSc, PhD; Zofia Piotrowska, MD, MHS
Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc; Denise Yardley, MD, GCRA
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Kamel Abou Hussein, MD; Kit Y Lu, MD
Daniela A. Bota, MD, PhD; Benjamin Scheier, MD
Syma Iqbal, MD; Shiven B. Patel, MD, MBA, FACP
Kamel Abou Hussein, MD; Sushil Bhardwaj, MD, FACP
Kamel Abou Hussein, MD; Kimberly Ku, MD
Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, FACP; Milana Dolezal, MD, MSci
Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, FACP; Ajit K. Bisen, MD, MBA
Ana Kiess, MD, PhD; Erin Grady, MD, CCD, FACNM, FSNMMI; Himanshu Nagar, MD, MS; Scott T. Tagawa, MD, MS, FASCO, FACP
Lori A. Leslie, MD; Bachar Samra, MD
Zarazuela Zolkipli-Cunningham, MBChB, MRCP; Mary Kay Koenig, MD; Perry Shieh, MD, PhD, FAAN, FANA
Basil T. Darras, MD
Karissa Gable, MD
Anne M. Connolly, MD, FAAN; Amy Moore, PhD
Basil Williams, MD; Maura Di Nicola, MD
Lori A. Leslie, MD; Jack W. Erter III, MD, MMHC
Krish Patel, MD; Tara Graff, DO, MS
Krish Patel, MD; Girish Kunapareddy, MD
Elizabeth Burgener, MD; Leah A. Cohen, MD; William R. Hunt, MD, FAAP, FACP, FSSCI
Onyema Ogbuagu, MD, FACP, FIDSA; Jeffery A. Goad, PharmD, MPH; William P. Hanage, PhD