Non-traditional antibacterial therapeutic options and challenges

U Theuretzbacher, LJV Piddock - Cell host & microbe, 2019 - cell.com
The global challenges presented by drug-resistant bacterial infections have stimulated much
activity in finding new treatments. This review summarizes the progress and setbacks of non …

Ferritin: an inflammatory player keeping iron at the core of pathogen-host interactions

AC Moreira, G Mesquita, MS Gomes - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Iron is an essential element for virtually all cell types due to its role in energy metabolism,
nucleic acid synthesis and cell proliferation. Nevertheless, if free, iron induces cellular and …

Comprehensive study of antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) prevalence in bacteria isolated from urine samples

MJ Gharavi, J Zarei, P Roshani-Asl, Z Yazdanyar… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Nowadays, increasing extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria have
become a global concern because of inducing resistance toward most of the antimicrobial …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: IspH inhibitors kill Gram-negative bacteria and mobilize immune clearance

KS Singh, R Sharma, PAN Reddy, P Vonteddu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Isoprenoids are vital for all organisms, in which they maintain membrane stability and
support core functions such as respiration. IspH, an enzyme in the methyl erythritol …

The Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Producing ESBL among Male and Female Patients with Urinary Tract Infections in Riyadh Region, Saudi …

A Abalkhail, AS AlYami, SF Alrashedi, KM Almushayqih… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Escherichia coli that produces extended-spectrum lactamases (ESBL-E. coli) can
develop resistance to many antibiotics. The control of ESBL-E. coli disorders is challenging …

Potent synergistic interactions between lopinavir and azole antifungal drugs against emerging multidrug-resistant Candida auris

HE Eldesouky, EA Salama, NA Lanman… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The limited therapeutic options and the recent emergence of multidrug-resistant Candida
species present a significant challenge to human medicine and underscore the need for …

Mitoxantrone targets both host and bacteria to overcome vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecalis

RAG da Silva, JJ Wong, H Antypas, PY Choo… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Antibiotic resistance critically limits treatment options for infection caused by opportunistic
pathogens such as enterococci. Here, we investigate the antibiotic and immunological …

Cuminaldehyde potentiates the antimicrobial actions of ciprofloxacin against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

V Monteiro-Neto, CD de Souza, LF Gonzaga… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus are important agents of urinary tract infections
that can often evolve to severe infections. The rise of antibiotic-resistant strains has driven …

[HTML][HTML] The antimicrobial activity of innate host-directed therapies–a systematic review

T Shapira, M Christofferson, Y Av-Gay - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Intracellular human pathogens are the deadliest infectious diseases and pose great difficulty
to effectively treat due to their protection inside the host cell and the development of …

Targeting Clostridioides difficile: New uses for old drugs

J Chen, Y Li, S Wang, H Zhang, Y Du, Q Wu… - Drug Discovery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Clostridioides difficile bacteria can cause life-threatening diarrhea and colitis owing to
limited treatment options and unacceptably high recurrence rates among infected patients …