An overview of new antitubercular drugs, drug candidates, and their targets

A Bahuguna, DS Rawat - Medicinal research reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis and more recently
totally drug‐resistant strains of M. tuberculosis, display unique mechanisms to survive in the …

Quinolone: a versatile therapeutic compound class

PS Dube, LJ Legoabe, RM Beteck - Molecular Diversity, 2023 - Springer
The discovery of nalidixic acid is one pinnacle in medicinal chemistry, which opened a new
area of research that has led to the discovery of several life-saving antimicrobial agents …

Best drug treatment for multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

JA Caminero, G Sotgiu, A Zumla… - The Lancet infectious …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis are generally
thought to have high mortality rates. However, many cases can be treated with the right …

4-Quinolone hybrids and their antibacterial activities

YQ Hu, S Zhang, Z Xu, ZS Lv, ML Liu… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The emergence and wide-spread of drug-resistant bacteria including multi-drug resistant
and pan-drug resistant pathogens which are associated with considerable mortality …

Quinoline: A promising antitubercular target

RS Keri, SA Patil - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2014 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health problem in recent years. TB originated
mainly from various strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a highly infectious and chronic …

2-Amino-1, 3, 4-thiadiazole as a potential scaffold for promising antimicrobial agents

G Serban, O Stanasel, E Serban… - Drug design, development …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Pathogenic microorganisms are causative agents for different types of serious and even
lethal infectious diseases. Despite advancements in medication, bacterial and fungal …

4-Quinolone derivatives and their activities against Gram positive pathogens

GF Zhang, S Zhang, B Pan, X Liu, LS Feng - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Gram-positive bacteria are responsible for a broad range of infectious diseases, and the
emergency and wide spread of drug-resistant Gram-positive pathogens including MRSA …

High cure rate with standardised short-course multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in Niger: no relapses

A Piubello, SH Harouna… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
SETTING: Niger National Tuberculosis Programme. Regions supported by the Damien
Foundation. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a short-course standardised …

Evolution and transmission of drug-resistant tuberculosis in a Russian population

N Casali, V Nikolayevskyy, Y Balabanova, SR Harris… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The molecular mechanisms determining the transmissibility and prevalence of drug-resistant
tuberculosis in a population were investigated through whole-genome sequencing of 1,000 …

New insights in to the intrinsic and acquired drug resistance mechanisms in mycobacteria

MJ Nasiri, M Haeili, M Ghazi, H Goudarzi… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Infectious diseases caused by clinically important Mycobacteria continue to be an important
public health problem worldwide primarily due to emergence of drug resistance crisis. In …