Aminoglycoside-induced cochleotoxicity: a review

M Jiang, T Karasawa, PS Steyger - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Aminoglycoside antibiotics are used as prophylaxis, or urgent treatment, for many life-
threatening bacterial infections, including tuberculosis, sepsis, respiratory infections in cystic …

Augmenting azoles with drug synergy to expand the antifungal toolbox

A Kane, DA Carter - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fungal infections impact the lives of at least 12 million people every year, killing over 1.5
million. Wide-spread use of fungicides and prophylactic antifungal therapy have driven …

Promising antifungal agents: A minireview

KVSM Chandrika, S Sharma - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
In the recent past, prevalence of life threatening fungal diseases have increased rapidly in
immune-compromised cases such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), cancer …

A combination approach to treating fungal infections

SK Shrestha, MY Fosso, S Garneau-Tsodikova - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Azoles are antifungal drugs used to treat fungal infections such as candidiasis in humans.
Their extensive use has led to the emergence of drug resistance, complicating antifungal …

Comprehensive review of chemical strategies for the preparation of new aminoglycosides and their biological activities

NT Chandrika, S Garneau-Tsodikova - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A systematic analysis of all synthetic and chemoenzymatic methodologies for the
preparation of aminoglycosides for a variety of applications (therapeutic and agricultural) …

A lipophilic cation protects crops against fungal pathogens by multiple modes of action

G Steinberg, M Schuster, SJ Gurr, TA Schrader… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The emerging resistance of crop pathogens to fungicides poses a challenge to food security
and compels discovery of new antifungal compounds. Here, we show that mono-alkyl …

Synthesis and bioactivities of kanamycin B-derived cationic amphiphiles

MY Fosso, SK Shrestha, KD Green… - Journal of medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Cationic amphiphiles derived from aminoglycosides (AGs) have been shown to exhibit
enhanced antimicrobial activity. Through the attachment of hydrophobic residues such as …

Combatting fungal infections: advances in antifungal polymeric nanomaterials

S Schaefer, N Corrigan, S Brunke… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Fungal pathogens cause over 6.5 million life-threatening systemic infections annually, with
mortality rates ranging from 20 to 95%, even with medical intervention. The World Health …

Novel alkylated azoles as potent antifungals

SK Shrestha, A Garzan… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fluconazole (FLC) is the drug of choice when it comes to treat fungal infections such as
invasive candidiasis in humans. However, the widespread use of FLC has resulted in the …

Amphiphilic tobramycin analogues as antibacterial and antifungal agents

SK Shrestha, MY Fosso, KD Green… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
In this study, we investigated the in vitro antifungal activities, cytotoxicities, and membrane-
disruptive actions of amphiphilic tobramycin (TOB) analogues. The antifungal activities were …