Rescuing the last-line polymyxins: achievements and challenges

SC Nang, MAK Azad, T Velkov, QT Zhou, J Li… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is a major global health challenge and, worryingly, several key Gram
negative pathogens can become resistant to most currently available antibiotics. Polymyxins …

Antibiotic combination therapy: a strategy to overcome bacterial resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics

N Wang, J Luo, F Deng, Y Huang… - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
After the first aminoglycoside antibiotic streptomycin being applied in clinical practice in the
mid-1940s, aminoglycoside antibiotics (AGAs) are widely used to treat clinical bacterial …

A polytherapy based approach to combat antimicrobial resistance using cubosomes

X Lai, ML Han, Y Ding, SH Chow, AP Le Brun… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A depleted antimicrobial drug pipeline combined with an increasing prevalence of Gram-
negative 'superbugs' has increased interest in nano therapies to treat antibiotic resistance …

Polymyxin combination therapy for multidrug-resistant, extensively-drug resistant, and difficult-to-treat drug-resistant gram-negative infections: is it superior to …

A Ardebili, A Izanloo, M Rastegar - Expert Review of Anti-infective …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The increasing prevalence of infections with multidrug-resistant (MDR),
extensively-drug resistant (XDR) or difficult-to-treat drug resistant (DTR) Gram-negative …

Research priorities towards precision antibiotic therapy to improve patient care

ZP Bulman, SG Wicha, EI Nielsen, JR Lenhard… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Antibiotic resistance presents an incessant threat to our drug armamentarium that
necessitates novel approaches to therapy. Over the past several decades, investigation of …

Advances in the application of aptamer biosensors to the detection of aminoglycoside antibiotics

Y Luan, N Wang, C Li, X Guo, A Lu - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic abuse is becoming increasingly serious and the potential for harm to human
health and the environment has aroused widespread social concern. Aminoglycoside …

Antibacterial mechanism of Protocatechuic acid against Yersinia enterocolitica and its application in pork

M Wu, L Tian, J Fu, S Liao, H Li, Z Gai, G Gong - Food Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Protocatechuic acid (PCA) has adequate antibacterial activity against foodborne pathogens;
however, its antibacterial mechanism has been rarely investigated. Therefore, this study …

An optimized analog of antimicrobial peptide Jelleine-1 shows enhanced antimicrobial activity against multidrug resistant P. aeruginosa and negligible toxicity in vitro …

J Zhou, L Zhang, Y He, K Liu, F Zhang, H Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the threat of escalating multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacteria to human health
and life, novel antimicrobial agents against gram-negative pathogens are urgently needed …

Resensitizing multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria to carbapenems and colistin using disulfiram

C Chen, J Cai, J Shi, Z Wang, Y Liu - Communications Biology, 2023 - nature.com
The increasing incidence of bacterial infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-
negative bacteria has deepened the need for new effective treatments. Antibiotic adjuvant …

Combating Escherichia coli O157:H7 with Functionalized Chickpea‐Derived Antimicrobial Peptides

Q He, Z Yang, Z Zou, M Qian, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid dissemination of antibiotic resistance accelerates the desire for new antibacterial
agents. Here, a class of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) is designed by modifying the …