Drug combinations: a strategy to extend the life of antibiotics in the 21st century

M Tyers, GD Wright - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Antimicrobial resistance threatens a resurgence of life-threatening bacterial infections and
the potential demise of many aspects of modern medicine. Despite intensive drug discovery …

Combination therapies for combating antimicrobial resistance

MA Fischbach - Current opinion in microbiology, 2011 - Elsevier
New drug development strategies are needed to combat antimicrobial resistance. The object
of this perspective is to highlight one such strategy: treating infections with sets of drugs …

Alternatives therapeutic approaches to conventional antibiotics: Advantages, limitations and potential application in medicine

H Alaoui Mdarhri, R Benmessaoud, H Yacoubi, L Seffar… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Resistance to antimicrobials and particularly multidrug resistance is one of the greatest
challenges in the health system nowadays. The continual increase in the rates of …

Designing drugs that overcome antibacterial resistance: where do we stand and what should we do?

R Penchovsky, M Traykovska - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: In recent years, infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens
have become a huge issue to public healthcare systems. Indeed, the misuse of antibiotics …

Combination drugs, an emerging option for antibacterial therapy

G Cottarel, J Wierzbowski - Trends in biotechnology, 2007 - cell.com
The emerging and sustained resistance to antibiotics and the poor pipeline of new
antibacterials is creating a major health issue worldwide. Bacterial pathogens are …

[HTML][HTML] Drug repurposing for next-generation combination therapies against multidrug-resistant bacteria

Y Liu, Z Tong, J Shi, R Li, M Upton, Z Wang - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Antimicrobial resistance has been a global health challenge that threatens our ability to
control and treat life-threatening bacterial infections. Despite ongoing efforts to identify new …

Combination approaches to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria

RJ Worthington, C Melander - Trends in biotechnology, 2013 - cell.com
The increasing prevalence of infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria is a global
health problem that has been exacerbated by the dearth of novel classes of antibiotics …

Dual-acting hybrid antibiotics: a promising strategy to combat bacterial resistance

V Pokrovskaya, T Baasov - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Importance of the field: The emerging and sustained resistance to currently available
antibiotics and the poor pipeline of new antibacterials urgently call for the development of …

Combating multidrug‐resistant bacteria: current strategies for the discovery of novel antibacterials

KMG O'Connell, JT Hodgkinson… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of effective antibacterial therapies for infectious diseases in the mid‐20th
century completely revolutionized clinical practices and helped to facilitate the development …

Antibiotic discovery in the twenty-first century: current trends and future perspectives

S Donadio, S Maffioli, P Monciardini, M Sosio… - The Journal of …, 2010 - nature.com
New antibiotics are necessary to treat microbial pathogens that are becoming increasingly
resistant to available treatment. Despite the medical need, the number of newly approved …