β-Lactam potentiators to re-sensitize resistant pathogens: Discovery, development, clinical use and the way forward

L Narendrakumar, M Chakraborty, S Kumari… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
β-lactam antibiotics are one of the most widely used and diverse classes of antimicrobial
agents for treating both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial infections. The β-lactam …

β-Lactam antibiotics renaissance

W Qin, M Panunzio, S Biondi - Antibiotics, 2014 - mdpi.com
Since the 1940s β-lactam antibiotics have been used to treat bacterial infections. However,
emergence and dissemination of β-lactam resistance has reached the point where many …

Novel β-lactamase inhibitors: a therapeutic hope against the scourge of multidrug resistance

RR Watkins, KM Papp-Wallace, SM Drawz… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The increasing incidence and prevalence of multi-drug resistance (MDR) among
contemporary Gram-negative bacteria represents a significant threat to human health. Since …

Emerging strategies to combat β-lactamase producing ESKAPE pathogens

CO Vrancianu, I Gheorghe, EG Dobre, IC Barbu… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1929 as a therapeutic agent
against staphylococci, β-lactam antibiotics (BLAs) remained the most successful antibiotic …

Recent developments to cope the antibacterial resistance via β-lactamase inhibition

Z Iqbal, J Sun, H Yang, J Ji, L He, L Zhai, J Ji, P Zhou… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antibacterial resistance towards the β-lactam (BL) drugs is now ubiquitous, and there is a
major global health concern associated with the emergence of new β-lactamases (BLAs) as …

The latest advances in β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations for the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections

KM Papp-Wallace - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative pathogens is a
significant threat to global health. β-Lactams (BL) are one of the safest and most-prescribed …

Game changers: new β-lactamase inhibitor combinations targeting antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

K Bush - ACS infectious Diseases, 2018 - ACS Publications
Recent regulatory approvals for the β-lactam inhibitor combinations of ceftazidime–
avibactam and meropenem–vaborbactam have provided two novel therapeutic options for …

IID572: a new potentially best-in-class β-lactamase inhibitor

F Reck, A Bermingham, J Blais, A Casarez… - ACS infectious …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Resistance in Gram-negative bacteria to β-lactam drugs is mediated primarily by the
expression of β-lactamases, and co-dosing of β-lactams with a β-lactamase inhibitor (BLI) is …

Recent strategies for inhibiting multidrug-resistant and β-lactamase producing bacteria: A review

H Fatima, N Goel, R Sinha, SK Khare - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract β-lactam antibiotics are one of the most commonly used drugs for treating bacterial
infections, but their clinical effectiveness has been severely affected with bacteria …

Recent advances in the development of β-lactamase inhibitors

SS Jalde, HK Choi - Journal of Microbiology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract β-Lactam antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed antibiotics worldwide;
however, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global challenge. The β-lactam resistance in …