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 …

Epidemiology and treatment of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

JP Horcajada, M Montero, A Oliver, L Sorlí… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
In recent years, the worldwide spread of the so-called high-risk clones of multidrug-resistant
or extensively drug-resistant (MDR/XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa has become a public …

International consensus guidelines for the optimal use of the polymyxins: endorsed by the American college of clinical pharmacy (ACCP), European society of clinical …

BT Tsuji, JM Pogue, AP Zavascki… - … : The Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The polymyxin antibiotics colistin (polymyxin E) and polymyxin B became available in the
1950s and thus did not undergo contemporary drug development procedures. Their clinical …

Generating Robust and Informative Nonclinical In Vitro and In Vivo Bacterial Infection Model Efficacy Data To Support Translation to Humans

JB Bulitta, WW Hope, AE Eakin, T Guina… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT In June 2017, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of
the National Institutes of Health, organized a workshop entitled “Pharmacokinetics …

Agents of last resort: polymyxin resistance

KS Kaye, JM Pogue, TB Tran, RL Nation… - Infectious Disease …, 2016 - id.theclinics.com
The polymyxins, colistin (also known as polymyxin E) and polymyxin B, have a unique and
interesting history. Originally introduced in the 1950s for the treatment of infections due to …

Synthetic macromolecules as therapeutics that overcome resistance in cancer and microbial infection

J Tan, J Tay, J Hedrick, YY Yang - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Synthetic macromolecular antimicrobials have shown efficacy in the treatment of multidrug
resistant (MDR) pathogens. These synthetic macromolecules, inspired by Nature's …

Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of colistin

N Grégoire, V Aranzana-Climent, S Magréault… - Clinical …, 2017 - Springer
In this review, we provide an updated summary on colistin pharmacokinetics and
pharmacodynamics. Colistin is an old molecule that is frequently used as last-line treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic selection in the treatment of acute invasive infections by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Guidelines by the Spanish Society of Chemotherapy

J Mensa, J Barberán, A Soriano, P Llinares… - Revista Española de …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is characterized by a notable intrinsic resistance to antibiotics,
mainly mediated by the expression of inducible chromosomic β-lactamases and the …

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 …

Epidemiology and risk factors of extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

N Palavutitotai, A Jitmuang, S Tongsai, P Kiratisin… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background The incidence of nosocomial infections from extensively drug-resistant
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (XDR-PA) has been increasing worldwide. We investigated the …