Pharmacokinetics of antifungal drugs: practical implications for optimized treatment of patients

R Bellmann, P Smuszkiewicz - Infection, 2017 - Springer
Introduction Because of the high mortality of invasive fungal infections (IFIs), appropriate
exposure to antifungals appears to be crucial for therapeutic efficacy and safety. Materials …

Antibiotic combination therapy against resistant bacterial infections: synergy, rejuvenation and resistance reduction

ARM Coates, Y Hu, J Holt, P Yeh - Expert review of Anti-infective …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) is a pandemic which threatens
modern medicine. There is a lack of effective drug treatment due to the slow pace, high cost …

Breaking down antibiotic resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Combining antimicrobial photodynamic and antibiotic treatments

JA Willis, V Cheburkanov, S Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The widespread use of antibiotics drives the evolution of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria
(ARB), threatening patients and healthcare professionals. Therefore, the development of …

Antibacterial activity and mechanism of action of auranofin against multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens

S Thangamani, H Mohammad, MFN Abushahba… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Traditional methods employed to discover new antibiotics are both a time-consuming and
financially-taxing venture. This has led researchers to mine existing libraries of clinical …

Structural basis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcription and transcription inhibition

W Lin, S Mandal, D Degen, Y Liu, YW Ebright, S Li… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis, which kills 1.8
million annually. Mtb RNA polymerase (RNAP) is the target of the first-line antituberculosis …

[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial nucleoside-analog inhibitor of bacterial RNA polymerase

SI Maffioli, Y Zhang, D Degen, T Carzaniga… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Drug-resistant bacterial pathogens pose an urgent public-health crisis. Here, we report the
discovery, from microbial-extract screening, of a nucleoside-analog inhibitor that inhibits …

Synergistic effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on antibacterial activity of cefuroxime and chloramphenicol against methicillin-resistant …

EWL Chan, ZY Yee, I Raja, JKY Yap - Journal of global antimicrobial …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives Currently, only a few antibiotics are available to treat methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). One alternative approach includes adjuvants to antibiotic …

Naphthoquinone-derivative as a synthetic compound to overcome the antibiotic resistance of methicillin-resistant S. aureus

R Song, B Yu, D Friedrich, J Li, H Shen… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
The treatment of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections has become more difficult
due to the emergence of multidrug resistance in the bacteria. Here, we report the synthesis …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis of transcription inhibition by fidaxomicin (lipiarmycin A3)

W Lin, K Das, D Degen, A Mazumder, D Duchi, D Wang… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Fidaxomicin is an antibacterial drug in clinical use for treatment of Clostridium difficile
diarrhea. The active ingredient of fidaxomicin, lipiarmycin A3 (Lpm), functions by inhibiting …

Synergistic interactions of nisin in combination with cinnamaldehyde against Staphylococcus aureus in pasteurized milk

C Shi, X Zhang, X Zhao, R Meng, Z Liu, X Chen, N Guo - Food Control, 2017 - Elsevier
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is the leading cause of a broad range of human
infections and associated with food poisoning worldwide. Nisin can be considered as a …