Activity-based diagnostics: recent advances in the development of probes for use with diverse detection modalities

RK Muir, M Guerra, MM Bogyo - ACS Chemical Biology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Abnormal enzyme expression and activity is a hallmark of many diseases. Activity-based
diagnostics are a class of chemical probes that aim to leverage this dysregulated metabolic …

β-lactamase-mediated fragmentation: historical perspectives and recent advances in diagnostics, imaging, and antibacterial design

MS Cole, PV Hegde, CC Aldrich - ACS Infectious Diseases, 2022 - ACS Publications
The discovery of β-lactam (BL) antibiotics in the early 20th century represented a remarkable
advancement in human medicine, allowing for the widespread treatment of infectious …

Chemiluminescence detection of hydrogen sulfide release by β-lactamase-catalyzed β-lactam biodegradation: Unprecedented pathway for monitoring β-lactam …

SP Gholap, C Yao, O Green, M Babjak… - Bioconjugate …, 2021 - ACS Publications
β-Lactamase positive bacteria represent a growing threat to human health because of their
resistance to commonly used antibiotics. Therefore, development of new diagnostic methods …

A dual-caged resorufin probe for rapid screening of infections resistant to lactam antibiotics

J Xie, R Mu, M Fang, Y Cheng, F Senchyna… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The alarming increase of antimicrobial resistance urges rapid diagnosis and pathogen
specific infection management. This work reports a rapid screening assay for pathogenic …

Progressing antimicrobial resistance sensing technologies across human, animal, and environmental health domains

KJ Fitzpatrick, HJ Rohlf, TD Sutherland, KM Koo… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a rapidly growing threat to humankind on
both regional and global scales. As countries worldwide prepare to embrace a One Health …

Aptamer-based detection of ampicillin in urine samples

MD Simmons, LM Miller, MO Sundström, S Johnson - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The misuse of antibiotics in health care has led to increasing levels of drug resistant
infections (DRI's) occurring in the general population. Most technologies developed for the …

A rapid, antibiotic susceptibility test for multidrug-resistant, Gram-negative bacterial uropathogens using the biochemical assay, DETECT

N Jackson, CA Borges, NJ Tarlton, A Resendez… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing prevalence of extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and plasmid-
mediated AmpC (pAmpC) β-lactamases among Enterobacterales threatens our ability to …

Bacterial Cell Wall: Morphology and Biochemistry

S De Benedetti, JF Fisher… - Practical Handbook of …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
A superbly illustrated review presents the current molecular-level understanding of the key
structural complexes of the Gram-positive bacterium using Streptococcus pneumoniae as …

A dual enzyme-based biochemical test rapidly detects third-generation cephalosporin-resistant CTX-M-producing uropathogens in clinical urine samples

NJ Tarlton, DF Petrovic, BW Frazee… - Microbial Drug …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) are
increasingly identified as the cause of both community and healthcare-associated urinary …

Surface-bound antibiotic for the detection of β-lactamases

LM Miller, CD Silver, R Herman… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been identified as a major threat to public health
worldwide. To ensure appropriate use of existing antibiotics, rapid and reliable tests of AMR …