Clinical challenges treating Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections: an update

MF Mojica, R Humphries, JJ Lipuma… - JAC-antimicrobial …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a non-fermenting, Gram-negative bacillus that has
emerged as an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen. Its intrinsic multidrug resistance makes …

Resistance-proof antimicrobial drug discovery to combat global antimicrobial resistance threat

A Upadhayay, J Ling, D Pal, Y Xie, FF Ping… - Drug Resistance …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drug resistance is well-defined as a serious problem in our living world. To survive,
microbes develop defense strategies against antimicrobial drugs. Drugs exhibit less or no …

Emergence of high-level cefiderocol resistance in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from bloodstream infections in patients with hematologic …

P Lan, Y Lu, Z Chen, X Wu, X Hua, Y Jiang… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cefiderocol is a novel siderophore cephalosporin exhibiting potent antimicrobial activities.
Although cefiderocol has not been approved in China, resistance is emerging. A multicenter …

Alternatives therapeutic approaches to conventional antibiotics: Advantages, limitations and potential application in medicine

H Alaoui Mdarhri, R Benmessaoud, H Yacoubi, L Seffar… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Resistance to antimicrobials and particularly multidrug resistance is one of the greatest
challenges in the health system nowadays. The continual increase in the rates of …

Cefiderocol-containing regimens for the treatment of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii ventilator-associated pneumonia: a propensity-weighted cohort study

E Rando, SL Cutuli, F Sangiorgi… - JAC-Antimicrobial …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Cefiderocol is a novel β-lactam with activity against carbapenem-resistant
Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), but its role in CRAB pulmonary infections is controversial …

Intravenous fosfomycin: A potential good partner for cefiderocol. Clinical experience and considerations

A Marino, S Stracquadanio, E Campanella, A Munafò… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteremia represents a therapeutic challenge clinicians
have to deal with. This concern becomes more difficult when causing germs are represented …

An overview of Cefiderocol's therapeutic potential and underlying resistance mechanisms

S Domingues, T Lima, MJ Saavedra, GJ Da Silva - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance continues to increase globally and treatment of difficult-to-treat
(DTT) infections, mostly associated with carbapenem-resistant (CR) Pseudomonas …

Last resort beta-lactam antibiotics for treatment of New-Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase producing Enterobacterales and other Difficult-to-Treat Resistance in Gram …

R Larcher, P Laffont-Lozes, C Roger… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Novel last resort beta-lactam antibiotics are now available for management of
infections due to New-Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase (NDM) producing Enterobacterales …

New antimicrobial treatment options for severe Gram-negative infections

L Hetzler, MH Kollef, V Yuenger, ST Micek… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Severe/MDR Gram-negative infections continue to be important infections due to their
impact on patient outcomes, especially in critically ill and immunocompromised hosts. The …

Emerging target-directed approaches for the treatment and diagnosis of microbial infections

MC Almeida, PM da Costa, E Sousa… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
With the rising levels of drug resistance, developing efficient antimicrobial therapies has
become a priority. A promising strategy is the conjugation of antibiotics with relevant …