The past, present, and future of antibiotics

MA Cook, GD Wright - Science translational medicine, 2022 - science.org
Antibiotics have transformed modern medicine. They are essential for treating infectious
diseases and enable vital therapies and procedures. However, despite this success, their …

Global threat of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria

SS Jean, D Harnod, PR Hsueh - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Gram-
negative bacteria (GNB), including carbapenem-resistant (CR) Enterobacterales (CRE; …

Fighting antibiotic resistance—strategies and (pre) clinical developments to find new antibacterials

S Walesch, J Birkelbach, G Jézéquel, FPJ Haeckl… - EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Antibacterial resistance is one of the greatest threats to human health. The development of
new therapeutics against bacterial pathogens has slowed drastically since the approvals of …

Navigating Available Treatment Options for Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus Complex Infections

RK Shields, DL Paterson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex (CRAB) is one of
the top-priority pathogens for new antibiotic development. Unlike other antibiotic-resistant …

In Vitro Activity of Sulbactam-Durlobactam against Global Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus Complex Collected from 2016 to 2021

JA Karlowsky, MA Hackel, SM McLeod… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sulbactam-durlobactam is a β-lactam-β-lactamase inhibitor combination designed to treat
serious Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex (ABC) infections, including …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotics needed to treat multidrug-resistant infections in neonates

PCM Williams, SA Qazi, R Agarwal… - Bulletin of the World …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite a significant decline in deaths in children younger than 5 years globally in the past
three decades, preventable and treatable infectious diseases remain the leading cause of …

β-Lactam potentiators to re-sensitize resistant pathogens: Discovery, development, clinical use and the way forward

L Narendrakumar, M Chakraborty, S Kumari… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
β-lactam antibiotics are one of the most widely used and diverse classes of antimicrobial
agents for treating both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial infections. The β-lactam …

The chemical relationship among beta-lactam antibiotics and potential impacts on reactivity and decomposition

J Turner, A Muraoka, M Bedenbaugh… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Beta-lactam antibiotics remain one of the most commonly prescribed drug classes, but they
are limited by their propensity to cause hypersensitivity reactions (eg, from allergy to …

Molecular drivers of resistance to sulbactam-durlobactam in contemporary clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

SH Moussa, AB Shapiro, SM McLeod… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex (ABC) causes severe infections that are
difficult to treat due to pre-existing antibiotic resistance. Sulbactam-durlobactam (SUL-DUR) …

Sulbactam/durlobactam: first approval

SJ Keam - Drugs, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Sulbactam/durlobactam (XACDURO®), is a co-packaged antibacterial product that
has been developed by Entasis Therapeutics Inc. for the treatment of infections caused by …