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 …

Boron-Containing heterocycles as promising pharmacological agents

BC Das, MA Shareef, S Das, NK Nandwana… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The incorporation of the “magic” boron atom has been established as an important new
strategy in the field of medicinal chemistry as boron compounds have been shown to form …

β-lactam antibiotics and β-lactamase enzymes inhibitors, part 2: our limited resources

S Alfei, AM Schito - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
β-lactam antibiotics (BLAs) are crucial molecules among antibacterial drugs, but the
increasing emergence of resistance to them, developed by bacteria producing β-lactamase …

The role of ACT and FOX genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from hospitalized patients

S Amraei, G Eslami, A Taherpour… - Micro Nano Bio …, 2022 - mnba-journal.com
Klebsiella pneumoniae as a main opportunistic pathogen is a common cause of health-care-
associated bacterial infections, which has shown high levels of drug resistance specifically …

Penicillin derivatives inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 main protease by reaction with its nucleophilic cysteine

TR Malla, L Brewitz, DG Muntean… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) is a medicinal chemistry target for COVID-19
treatment. Given the clinical efficacy of β-lactams as inhibitors of bacterial nucleophilic …

Molecular characterization of spa, hld, fmhA, and l ukD Genes and computational modeling the multidrug resistance of staphylococcus species through Callindra …

M Waseem, M Naveed, S Rehman, SI Makhdoom… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The problem of multidrug resistance in bacterial pathogens is significant and is related to the
high morbidity and death rates of living things due to increased levels of beta-lactamases …

Heavy Metal (Arsenic) Induced Antibiotic Resistance among Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) Producing Bacteria of Nosocomial Origin

N Ahmed, K Tahir, S Aslam, SM Cheema, AA Rabaan… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a leading cause of treatment failure for many infectious
diseases worldwide. Improper overdosing and the misuse of antibiotics contributes …

In Vitro Mechanisms of Resistance Development to Imipenem-Relebactam in KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

J Findlay, C Rens, L Poirel… - Antimicrobial Agents and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, such as KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae,
represent a major threat to public health. Novel drug combinations including imipenem …

Recommendations to Synthetize Old and New β-Lactamases Inhibitors: A Review to Encourage Further Production

S Alfei, G Zuccari - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The increasing emergence of bacteria producing β-lactamases enzymes (BLEs), able to
inactivate the available β-lactam antibiotics (BLAs), causing the hydrolytic opening of their β …

Neutralizing Carbapenem Resistance by Co-Administering Meropenem with Novel β-Lactam-Metallo-β-Lactamase Inhibitors

N Reddy, L Girdhari, M Shungube, AC Gouws… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Virulent Enterobacterale strains expressing serine and metallo-β-lactamases (MBL) genes
have emerged responsible for conferring resistance to hard-to-treat infectious diseases. One …