Antibiotic adjuvants: a versatile approach to combat antibiotic resistance

G Dhanda, Y Acharya, J Haldar - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
The problem of antibiotic resistance is on the rise, with multidrug-resistant strains emerging
even to the last resort antibiotics. The drug discovery process is often stalled by stringent cut …

Synergy by perturbing the gram-negative outer membrane: opening the door for gram-positive specific antibiotics

CMJ Wesseling, NI Martin - ACS Infectious Diseases, 2022 - ACS Publications
New approaches to target antibacterial agents toward Gram-negative bacteria are key, given
the rise of antibiotic resistance. Since the discovery of polymyxin B nonapeptide as a potent …

New potentiators of ineffective antibiotics: Targeting the Gram-negative outer membrane to overcome intrinsic resistance

K Klobucar, ED Brown - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Because of the rise in antibiotic resistance and the dwindling pipeline of effective antibiotics,
it is imperative to explore avenues that breathe new life into existing drugs. This is …

Intrinsic antimicrobial resistance: molecular biomaterials to combat microbial biofilms and bacterial persisters

S Barman, LB Kurnaz, R Leighton, MW Hossain… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
The escalating rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) coupled with a declining arsenal of
new antibiotics is imposing serious threats to global public health. A pervasive aspect of …

Design and Synthesis of Sulfanilamide Aminophosphonates as Novel Antibacterial Agents towards Escherichia coli

J Wang, MF Ansari, JM Lin… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Main observation and conclusion The limit ability of traditional antibiotics to treat drug
resistant bacteria calls for new therapeutic alternatives. A class of unique sulfanilamide …

Molecular design and preparation of 2-aminothiazole sulfanilamide oximes as membrane active antibacterial agents for drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

J Wang, PL Zhang, MF Ansari, S Li, CH Zhou - Bioorganic Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
A series of 2-aminothiazole sulfanilamide oximes were developed as new membrane active
antibacterial agents to conquer the microbial infection. Benzoyl derivative 10c was …

Potentiation of vancomycin: Creating cooperative membrane lysis through a “derivatization-for-sensitization” approach

E Lei, H Tao, S Jiao, A Yang, Y Zhou… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gram-negative bacteria, especially the ones with multidrug resistance, post dire challenges
to antibiotic treatments due to the presence of the outer membrane (OM), which blocks the …

Unlocking the bacterial membrane as a therapeutic target for next-generation antimicrobial amphiphiles

D Mehta, V Saini, B Aggarwal, A Khan… - Molecular Aspects of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Gram-positive bacteria like Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus aureus, and Gram-
negative bacteria like Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas …

Restoring and enhancing the potency of existing antibiotics against drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria through the development of potent small-molecule …

B Yu, M Roy Choudhury, X Yang, SL Benoit… - ACS Infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The rapid and persistent emergence of drug-resistant bacteria poses a looming public
health crisis. The possible task of developing new sets of antibiotics to replenish the existing …

Reducing biofilm infections in burn patients' wounds and biofilms on surfaces in hospitals, medical facilities and medical equipment to improve burn care: a systematic …

RE Thomas, BC Thomas - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biofilms in burns are major problems: bacterial communities rapidly develop antibiotic
resistance, and 60% of burn mortality is attributed to biofilms. Key pathogens are …