Antimicrobial-resistant Shigella: where do we go next?

S Baker, TA Scott - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Shigella spp. that are resistant to almost all antimicrobial classes are increasing in
prevalence and becoming globally dominant. The situation is critical and highlights a trend …

Antibacterial prodrugs to overcome bacterial antimicrobial resistance

C Maria, AM de Matos, AP Rauter - Pharmaceuticals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasingly concerning phenomenon that requires
urgent attention because it poses a threat to human and animal health. Bacteria undergo …

Activity of oral tebipenem-avibactam in a mouse model of Mycobacterium abscessus lung infection

DA Negatu, R González del Río… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The combination of the β-lactam tebipenem and the β-lactamase inhibitor avibactam shows
potent bactericidal activity against Mycobacterium abscessus in vitro. Here, we report that …

Recent advances in modelling Shigella infection

SL Miles, KE Holt, S Mostowy - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
Shigella is an important human-adapted pathogen which contributes to a large global
burden of diarrhoeal disease. Together with the increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance …

Next-generation pediatric care: Nanotechnology-based and AI-driven solutions for cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal disorders

W de Alencar Morais Lima, JG de Souza… - World Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Global pediatric healthcare reveals significant morbidity and mortality rates
linked to respiratory, cardiac, and gastrointestinal disorders in children and newborns …

Pharmacokinetics of tebipenem pivoxil used in children suffering from shigellosis: a pilot study in Bangladesh

S Nuzhat, MR Islam, SJ Bashar, S Das, R Amin… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
With increasing antibiotic resistance in gram-negative bacteria, including those causing
Shigellosis, evidence of safety and pharmacokinetics data on new oral antibiotics is crucial …

Dissemination of Multiple Drug-Resistant Shigella flexneri 2a Isolates Among Pediatric Outpatients in Urumqi, China

W Zhang, CL Zhou, Y Hu, L Lin, J Li, Y Xu… - … Pathogens and Disease, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Multiple drug-resistant (MDR) Shigella isolates have been reported worldwide. Between
May 2017 and September 2018, 55 Shigella flexneri 2a isolates were collected from 3322 …

Novel inhibitors that target bacterial virulence identified via HTS against intra-macrophage survival of Shigella flexneri

M Miljkovic, S Lozano, I Castellote, C de Cózar… - Msphere, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Shigella flexneri is a facultative intracellular pathogen that causes shigellosis, a human
diarrheal disease characterized by the destruction of the colonic epithelium. Novel …

β-Lactam antibiotics

JF Fisher, Y Qian, S Mobashery - Medicinal Chemistry of Chemotherapeutic …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ability to control bacterial infection transformed the practice of medicine. Of the first
antibacterial compounds isolated from Nature nearly a century ago—the gramicidins, the …

Bioequivalence Study of Tebipenem Pivoxil in Healthy Chinese Adults

R Hao, Y Shao, S Lin, Y Wu, L Bian, Y Zhang - Drugs in R&D, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background and Objective Tebipenem pivoxil (TP) is a carbapenem and is applied
against pneumonia, otitis media, and sinusitis. This study compared the pharmacokinetics …