[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic resistance in microbes: History, mechanisms, therapeutic strategies and future prospects

TM Uddin, AJ Chakraborty, A Khusro… - Journal of infection and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotics have been used to cure bacterial infections for more than 70 years, and these low-
molecular-weight bioactive agents have also been used for a variety of other medicinal …

The natural product curcumin as an antibacterial agent: Current achievements and problems

C Dai, J Lin, H Li, Z Shen, Y Wang, T Velkov, J Shen - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rapid spread of antibiotic resistance and lack of effective drugs for treating infections
caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria in animal and human medicine have forced us to find …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceutical compounds used in the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of their presence in water and treatment techniques for their elimination

CA Morales-Paredes, JM Rodríguez-Díaz… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, high consumption of antivirals, antibiotics, antiparasitics,
antiprotozoals, and glucocorticoids used in the treatment of this virus has been reported …

Azithromycin in the treatment of COVID-19: a review

D Echeverría-Esnal, C Martin-Ontiyuelo… - Expert review of anti …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction SARS-CoV-2 is a novel virus that causes coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19).
Antiviral and immunomodulatory agents have been proposed as potential treatments …

Resistance-proof antimicrobial drug discovery to combat global antimicrobial resistance threat

A Upadhayay, J Ling, D Pal, Y **e, FF **… - Drug Resistance …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drug resistance is well-defined as a serious problem in our living world. To survive,
microbes develop defense strategies against antimicrobial drugs. Drugs exhibit less or no …

Effect of azithromycin on asthma exacerbations and quality of life in adults with persistent uncontrolled asthma (AMAZES): a randomised, double-blind, placebo …

PG Gibson, IA Yang, JW Upham, PN Reynolds… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Exacerbations of asthma cause a substantial global illness burden. Adults with
uncontrolled persistent asthma despite maintenance treatment require additional therapy …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 challenges and its therapeutics

SU Rehman, SU Rehman, HH Yoo - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract COVID-19, an infectious disease, has emerged as one of the leading causes of
death worldwide, making it one of the severe public health issues in recent decades. nCoV …

Azithromycin in COVID-19 patients: pharmacological mechanism, clinical evidence and prescribing guidelines

J Sultana, PM Cutroneo, S Crisafulli, G Puglisi… - Drug safety, 2020 - Springer
The global COVID-19 pandemic has led to a race to find medications that can improve the
prognosis of the disease. Azithromycin, in association with hydroxychloroquine or …

Azithromycin in viral infections

ME Oliver, TSC Hinks - Reviews in medical virology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Azithromycin (AZM) is a synthetic macrolide antibiotic effective against a broad range of
bacterial and mycobacterial infections. Due to an additional range of anti‐viral and anti …

The immunomodulatory effects of macrolides—a systematic review of the underlying mechanisms

P Zimmermann, VC Ziesenitz, N Curtis… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background The mechanisms underlying the non-antimicrobial immunomodulatory
properties of macrolides are not well understood. Objectives To systematically review the …