Antibiotic failure: Beyond antimicrobial resistance

C de la Fuente-Nunez, A Cesaro… - Drug Resistance Updates, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite significant progress in antibiotic discovery, millions of lives are lost annually to
infections. Surprisingly, the failure of antimicrobial treatments to effectively eliminate …

Mode of action of biogenic silver, zinc, copper, titanium and cobalt nanoparticles against antibiotics resistant pathogens

M Summer, S Ali, HM Tahir, R Abaidullah… - Journal of Inorganic and …, 2024 - Springer
The rapid surge in antibiotic resistance to pathogens has emerged as a grave threat to
public health, globally. This multiple drug resistance (MDR) is directly linked to the high rates …

Adsorption of tetracycline using chitosan–alginate–bentonite composites

FG Nunes Filho, EC Silva Filho, JA Osajima… - Applied Clay …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanocomposites composed of biopolymers and clay minerals have applications in several
fields, particularly in environmental remediation. In this study, a series of new adsorbents for …

A bacterially engineered macrophage sponge as a neutralization decoy to treat bacterial infection

C Gao, CHT Kwong, M Tang, J Liu, H Kam, S Li… - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Antibiotic-resistant strains have emerged, and endotoxins vary greatly in their structural
motifs across bacterial species, limiting the clearance efficiency of structure-specific anti …

Alginate-based aerogels as wound dressings for efficient bacterial capture and enhanced antibacterial photodynamic therapy

N Guo, Y Xia, W Zeng, J Chen, Q Wu, Y Shi, G Li… - Drug Delivery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The development of novel wound dressings, such as aerogels, with rapid hemostasis and
bactericidal capacities for pre-hospital care is necessary. To prevent the occurrence of …

[HTML][HTML] CPA-Cas12a-based lateral flow strip for portable assay of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in clinical sample

J Wu, Y Huang, X Ding, L Kang, X Wang, D Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The rapid and accurate identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at an
early antibiotic therapy stage would be benefit to disease diagnosis and antibiotic selection …

Principle of CoS2/ZnIn2S4 heterostructure effect and its mechanism of action in a visible light-catalyzed antibacterial process

M Lv, K Wang, X Liang, Y Chen, X Tang, R Liu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of visible-light-driven catalytic antimicrobial technology is a significant
challenge. In this study, heterojunctions were constructed for the appropriate modification of …

A one-step solid-phase extraction with UHPLC-MS/MS for fast and accurate determination of multi-class veterinary drugs in animal muscles

Y Zhu, X Jiang, D Shen, J Mao, Y Cao, K Zhang… - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Excessive use of veterinary drugs in livestock growth poses a threat to food safety. It is,
however, challenging to quantify these multi-class veterinary drugs within animal muscles …

Structure-based drug design of DNA minor groove binders and evaluation of their antibacterial and anticancer properties

HY Alniss, HM Al-Jubeh, YA Msallam, R Siddiqui… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial and chemotherapy resistance are escalating medical problem of paramount
importance. Yet, research for novel antimicrobial and anticancer agents remains lagging …

[HTML][HTML] Terminalia petiolaris A.Cunn ex Benth. Extracts Have Antibacterial Activity and Potentiate Conventional Antibiotics against β-Lactam-Drug-Resistant Bacteria

MJ Zai, MJ Cheesman, IE Cock - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Terminalia petiolaris A. Cunn. Ex Benth.(genus: Terminalia, family: Combretaceae) is native
to Australia. Terminalia spp. have traditionally been used to treat various ailments, including …