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 …

Overcoming the rising incidence and evolving mechanisms of antibiotic resistance by novel drug delivery approaches–an overview

CKC Lai, RWY Ng, SSY Leung, M Hui, M Ip - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance is a normal evolutionary process for microorganisms. Antibiotics
exerted accelerated selective pressure that hasten bacterial resistance through mutation …

COVID-19: Pathophysiology, treatment options, nanotechnology approaches, and research agenda to combating the SARS-CoV2 pandemic

V Bhavana, P Thakor, SB Singh, NK Mehra - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent corona virus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has claimed the lives of many around
the world and highlighted an urgent need for experimental strategies to prevent, treat and …

Inhaled formulations and pulmonary drug delivery systems for respiratory infections

QT Zhou, SSY Leung, P Tang, T Parumasivam… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2015 - Elsevier
Respiratory infections represent a major global health problem. They are often treated by
parenteral administrations of antimicrobials. Unfortunately, systemic therapies of high-dose …

Amorphous powders for inhalation drug delivery

L Chen, T Okuda, XY Lu, HK Chan - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
For inhalation drug delivery, amorphous powder formulations offer the benefits of increased
bioavailability for poorly soluble drugs, improved biochemical stability for biologics, and …

Challenges and strategies in drug delivery systems for treatment of pulmonary infections

DK Ho, BLB Nichols, KJ Edgar, X Murgia… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Inhalation therapy has been reported as the most effective treatment for respiratory bacterial
infections due to the increasing relevance of drug bioavailability. Drug delivery systems …

Influence of excipients on physical and aerosolization stability of spray dried high-dose powder formulations for inhalation

N Shetty, H Park, D Zemlyanov, S Mangal… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of excipients on physical and
aerosolization stability of spray dried Ciprofloxacin dry powder inhaler formulations. The …

Synergy of nebulized phage PEV20 and ciprofloxacin combination against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Y Lin, RYK Chang, WJ Britton, S Morales… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nebulization is currently used for delivery of antibiotics for respiratory infections.
Bacteriophages (or phages) are effective predators of pathogens including Pseudomonas …

Pulmonary delivery of emerging antibacterials for bacterial lung infections treatment

J Li, H Zheng, SSY Leung - Pharmaceutical research, 2023 - Springer
Bacterial infections in the respiratory tract are considered as one of the major challenges to
the public health worldwide. Pulmonary delivery is an attractive approach in the …

Mucin binding reduces colistin antimicrobial activity

JX Huang, MAT Blaskovich, R Pelingon… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Colistin has found increasing use in treating drug-resistant bacterial lung infections, but
potential interactions with pulmonary biomolecules have not been investigated. We …