Novel antimicrobial agents for combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria

RYK Chang, SC Nang, HK Chan, J Li - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic therapy has become increasingly ineffective against bacterial infections due to the
rise of resistance. In particular, ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus …

Endolysin, a promising solution against antimicrobial resistance

M Rahman, W Wang, Q Sun, JA Shah, C Li, Y Sun, Y Li… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global crisis for human public health which threatens the
effective prevention and control of ever-increasing infectious diseases. The advent of …

Treating bacterial infections with bacteriophage-based enzybiotics: in vitro, in vivo and clinical application

KM Danis-Wlodarczyk, DJ Wozniak, ST Abedon - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, we have witnessed a surge around the world in the emergence
of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This global health threat arose mainly due to the overuse and …

Engineered endolysin-based “Artilysins” to combat multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens

Y Briers, M Walmagh, V Van Puyenbroeck… - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
The global threat to public health posed by emerging multidrug-resistant bacteria in the past
few years necessitates the development of novel approaches to combat bacterial infections …

Novel phage lysin capable of killing the multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii in a mouse bacteremia model

R Lood, BY Winer, AJ Pelzek… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter baumannii, a Gram-negative multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterium, is now
recognized as one of the more common nosocomial pathogens. Because most clinical …

Bacteriophage-mediated control of biofilm: a promising new dawn for the future

C Chang, X Yu, W Guo, C Guo, X Guo, Q Li… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Biofilms are complex microbial microcolonies consisting of planktonic and dormant bacteria
bound to a surface. The bacterial cells within the biofilm are embedded within the …

Learning from bacteriophages-advantages and limitations of phage and phage-encoded protein applications

Z Drulis-Kawa, G Majkowska-Skrobek… - Current Protein and …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
The emergence of bacteria resistance to most of the currently available antibiotics has
become a critical therapeutic problem. The bacteria causing both hospital and community …

Antimicrobial bacteriophage-derived proteins and therapeutic applications

DR Roach, DM Donovan - Bacteriophage, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Antibiotics have the remarkable power to control bacterial infections. Unfortunately,
widespread use, whether regarded as prudent or not, has favored the emergence and …

Molecular aspects and comparative genomics of bacteriophage endolysins

H Oliveira, LDR Melo, SB Santos, FL Nóbrega… - Journal of …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Phages are recognized as the most abundant and diverse entities on the planet. Their
diversity is determined predominantly by their dynamic adaptation capacities when …

Synthetic biology of modular endolysins

H Gerstmans, B Criel, Y Briers - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Endolysins and their derivatives have emerged in recent years as a novel class of
antibacterials, which have now entered the clinical phases. Their rapid mode-of-action and …