Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance revisited

EM Darby, E Trampari, P Siasat, MS Gaya… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Antibiotic resistance is a global health emergency, with resistance detected to all antibiotics
currently in clinical use and only a few novel drugs in the pipeline. Understanding the …

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii as an emerging concern in hospitals

S Ibrahim, N Al-Saryi, IMS Al-Kadmy, SN Aziz - Molecular biology reports, 2021 - Springer
Acinetobacter baumannii has become a major concern for scientific attention due to
extensive antimicrobial resistance. This resistance causes an increase in mortality rate …

Generative AI for designing and validating easily synthesizable and structurally novel antibiotics

K Swanson, G Liu, DB Catacutan, A Arnold… - Nature Machine …, 2024 - nature.com
The rise of pan-resistant bacteria is creating an urgent need for structurally novel antibiotics.
Artificial intelligence methods can discover new antibiotics, but existing methods have …

Rescuing the last-line polymyxins: achievements and challenges

SC Nang, MAK Azad, T Velkov, QT Zhou, J Li - Pharmacological reviews, 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into Acinetobacter baumannii: A Review of Microbiological, Virulence, and Resistance Traits in a Threatening Nosocomial Pathogen

C Ayoub Moubareck, D Hammoudi Halat - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Being a multidrug-resistant and an invasive pathogen, Acinetobacter baumannii is one of
the major causes of nosocomial infections in the current healthcare system. It has been …

Current update on intrinsic and acquired colistin resistance mechanisms in bacteria

FA Gogry, MT Siddiqui, I Sultan, QMR Haq - Frontiers in medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Colistin regained global interest as a consequence of the rising prevalence of multidrug-
resistant Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae. In parallel, colistin-resistant bacteria emerged …

Colistin and its role in the Era of antibiotic resistance: an extended review (2000–2019)

MAEG El-Sayed Ahmed, LL Zhong… - Emerging microbes & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Increasing antibiotic resistance in multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria (MDR-
GNB) presents significant health problems worldwide, since the vital available and effective …

Antibiofilm activity of host defence peptides: complexity provides opportunities

REW Hancock, MA Alford, EF Haney - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
Host defence peptides (HDPs) are integral components of innate immunity across all living
organisms. These peptides can exert direct antibacterial effects, targeting planktonic cells …

Colistin Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: Molecular Mechanisms and Epidemiology

K Novović, B Jovčić - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is recognized as a clinically significant pathogen causing a wide
spectrum of nosocomial infections. Colistin was considered a last-resort antibiotic for the …

Acinetobacter baumannii in the critically ill: complex infections get complicated

I Cavallo, A Oliva, R Pages, F Sivori, M Truglio… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is increasingly associated with various epidemics, representing a
serious concern due to the broad level of antimicrobial resistance and clinical …