Fosfomycin: mechanism and resistance

LL Silver - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Fosfomycin, a natural product antibiotic, has been in use for> 20 years in Spain, Germany,
France, Japan, Brazil, and South Africa for urinary tract infections (UTIs) and other …

Resistance to fosfomycin: mechanisms, frequency and clinical consequences

ME Falagas, F Athanasaki, GL Voulgaris… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fosfomycin has been used for the treatment of infections due to susceptible and multidrug-
resistant (MDR) bacteria. It inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis through a unique mechanism …

Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus and Staphylococcus aureus

G Li, MJ Walker, DMP De Oliveira - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus aureus are both common
commensals and major opportunistic human pathogens. In recent decades, these bacteria …

Redox regulation by reversible protein S-thiolation in bacteria

VV Loi, M Rossius, H Antelmann - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Low molecular weight (LMW) thiols function as thiol-redox buffers to maintain the reduced
state of the cytoplasm. The best studied LMW thiol is the tripeptide glutathione (GSH) …

Metagenomic analysis reveals the shared and distinct features of the soil resistome across tundra, temperate prairie, and tropical ecosystems

X Qian, S Gunturu, J Guo, B Chai, JR Cole, J Gu… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Soil is an important reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), but their
potential risk in different ecosystems as well as response to anthropogenic land use change …

Molecular Basis of Non-β-Lactam Antibiotics Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

H Lade, HS Joo, JS Kim - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most successful human
pathogens with the potential to cause significant morbidity and mortality. MRSA has …

[HTML][HTML] Redox regulation by reversible protein S-thiolation in Gram-positive bacteria

M Imber, AJ Pietrzyk-Brzezinska, H Antelmann - Redox biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Low molecular weight (LMW) thiols play an important role as thiol-cofactors for many
enzymes and are crucial to maintain the reduced state of the cytoplasm. Most Gram-negative …

Manganese and microbial pathogenesis: sequestration by the Mammalian immune system and utilization by microorganisms

MB Brophy, EM Nolan - ACS chemical biology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Bacterial and fungal pathogens cause a variety of infectious diseases and constitute a
significant threat to public health. The human innate immune system represents the first line …

Potential antibiotics for the treatment of neonatal sepsis caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria

CA Darlow, RMA da Costa, S Ellis, F Franceschi… - Pediatric Drugs, 2021 - Springer
Neonatal sepsis causes up to an estimated 680,000 deaths annually worldwide,
predominantly in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). A significant and growing …

[HTML][HTML] Low-molecular-weight thiol transferases in redox regulation and antioxidant defence

MA Tossounian, Y Zhao, BYK Yu, SA Markey… - Redox Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Low-molecular-weight (LMW) thiols are produced in all living cells in different forms
and concentrations. Glutathione (GSH), coenzyme A (CoASH), bacillithiol (BSH), mycothiol …