Abstract:Antimicrobial resistance is one of the critical public health issues in the world.There is an urgent need to develop effective broad-spectrum antibiotics to treat the infection of multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacilli.Cefiderocol,developed by the Shionogi Inc.in Japan,is a new type of iron carrier cephalosporin antibiotics,which overcomes the drug resistance of Gram-negative bacilli due to the down-regulation of outer membrane pore protein and the up-regulation of efflux pump,and has good stability to serine-and metallo-carbapenemases.This drug has a broad spectrum and strong antibacterial activity against carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE),Pseudomonas aeruginosa,Acinetobacter baumannii,and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.Cefiderocol can be used to treat complex urinary tract infections (including pyelonephritis),hospital-acquired pneumonia,and ventilator-associated pneumonia.By summarizing the chemical structure,antibacterial mechanism,in vitro antibacterial activity,pharmacokinetics,pharmacodynamics,and clinical treatment of cefiderocol,this review shows the application potential of cefiderocol as a new iron carrier cephalosporin in the treatment of multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacilli infections.