Metallo-β-lactamases in the age of multidrug resistance: from structure and mechanism to evolution, dissemination, and inhibitor design

G Bahr, LJ Gonzalez, AJ Vila - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major problems in current practical medicine. The
spread of genes coding for resistance determinants among bacteria challenges the use of …

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa: Resistance to the Max

K Poole - Frontiers in microbiology, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is intrinsically resistant to a variety of antimicrobials and can
develop resistance during anti-pseudomonal chemotherapy both of which compromise …

“Stormy waters ahead”: global emergence of carbapenemases

G Patel, RA Bonomo - Frontiers in microbiology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Carbapenems, once considered the last line of defense against of serious infections with
Enterobacteriaceae, are threatened with extinction. The increasing isolation of carbapenem …

Recent updates of carbapenem antibiotics

MI El-Gamal, I Brahim, N Hisham, R Aladdin… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Carbapenems are among the most commonly used and the most efficient antibiotics since
they are relatively resistant to hydrolysis by most β-lactamases, they target penicillin-binding …

Rapid and sensitive discrimination among carbapenem resistant and susceptible E. coli strains using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy combined with …

S Bashir, H Nawaz, MI Majeed, M Mohsin… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Raman spectroscopy is a powerful technique for the robust, reliable and rapid
detection and discrimination of bacteria. Objectives To develop a rapid and sensitive …

Recent drug-repurposing-driven advances in the discovery of novel antibiotics

AK Konreddy, GU Rani, K Lee… - Current medicinal …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Drug repurposing is a safe and successful pathway to speed up the novel drug discovery
and development processes compared with de novo drug discovery approaches. Drug …

Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae: History, Evolution, and Microbiology Concerns

RP Rapp, C Urban - … The Journal of Human Pharmacology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery of penicillin 80 years ago, gram‐negative bacteria have become
proficient at evading the lethal activity of β‐lactam antibiotics, principally through the …

Fragment-to-hit-to-lead discovery of a novel pyridylurea scaffold of ATP competitive dual targeting type II topoisomerase inhibiting antibacterial agents

GS Basarab, JI Manchester, S Bist… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The discovery and optimization of a new class of bacterial topoisomerase (DNA gyrase and
topoisomerase IV) inhibitors binding in the ATP domain are described. A fragment molecule …

An Ion-Pair Induced Intermediate Complex Captured in Class D Carbapenemase Reveals Chloride Ion as a Janus Effector Modulating Activity

Q Zhou, P Catalán, H Bell, P Baumann… - ACS Central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic-resistant Enterobacterales that produce oxacillinase (OXA)-48-like Class D β-
lactamases are often linked to increased clinical mortality. Though the catalytic mechanism …

The rational design, synthesis, and antimicrobial investigation of 2-Amino-4-Methylthiazole analogues inhibitors of GlcN-6-P synthase

AM Omar, S Ihmaid, ESE Habib, SS Althagfan… - Bioorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
A series of novel 2-Amino-4-Methylthiazole analogs were developed via three-step reaction
encompassing hydrazine-1-carboximidamide motif to combat Gram-positive and Gram …