Biology of antimicrobial resistance and approaches to combat it

SM Schrader, J Vaubourgeix, C Nathan - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Insufficient development of new antibiotics and the rising resistance of bacteria to those that
we have are putting the world at risk of losing the most widely curative class of medicines …

Clofazimine for the treatment of tuberculosis

JAM Stadler, G Maartens, G Meintjes… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Shorter (6–9 months), fully oral regimens containing new and repurposed drugs are now the
first-choice option for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). Clofazimine, long …

Oxidative damage and delayed replication allow viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis to go undetected

K Saito, S Mishra, T Warrier, N Cicchetti, J Mi… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
“Viable but nonculturable” states of bacteria pose challenges for environmental and clinical
microbiology, but their biological mechanisms remain obscure. Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Eradication of Drug-Tolerant Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2022: Where We Stand

A Lanni, A Iacobino, L Fattorini, F Giannoni - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The lungs of tuberculosis (TB) patients contain a spectrum of granulomatous lesions,
ranging from solid and well-vascularized cellular granulomas to avascular caseous …

A review of recent advances in anti-tubercular drug development

T Umumararungu, MJ Mukazayire, M Mpenda… - indian journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis is a global threat but in particular affects people from developing countries. It is
thought that nearly a third of the population of the world live with its causative bacteria in a …

Prospectively predicting BPaMZ phase IIb/III trial outcomes using a translational mouse-to-human platform

JJN Goh, Q Wang, N Zhang… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Despite known treatments, tuberculosis (TB) remains the world's top infectious killer,
highlighting the pressing need for new drug regimens. To prioritize the most efficacious …

Clinically encountered growth phenotypes of tuberculosis-causing bacilli and their in vitro study: A review

S Mishra, K Saito - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The clinical manifestations of tuberculosis (TB) vary widely in severity, site of infection, and
outcomes of treatment—leading to simultaneous efforts to individualize therapy safely and to …

The use of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra-infected immunocompetent mice as an in vivo model of persisters

N Kumari, R Sharma, J Ali, G Chandra, S Singh… - Tuberculosis, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is one of the challenges to
successful treatment of tuberculosis (TB). In vitro models of non-replicating Mtb are used to …

Antitubercular drugs: possible role of natural products acting as antituberculosis medication in overcoming drug resistance and drug-induced hepatotoxicity

HK Rana, AK Singh, R Kumar, AK Pandey - … -Schmiedeberg's Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a pathogenic bacterium which causes tuberculosis
(TB). TB control programmes are facing threats from drug resistance. Multidrug-resistant …