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Antibiotics, Volume 10, Issue 2

February 2021 - 130 articles

Cover Story: Neisseria gonorrhoeae has become resistant to commonly available over-the-counter antibiotic treatments. It is imperative to develop new therapies that combat current AMR isolates whilst also circumventing the pathways leading to the development of AMR. This review highlights the growing research interest in developing antivirulence therapies (AVTs) which are directed toward inhibiting virulence factors to prevent infection. Targeting virulence factors that are not essential for gonococcal survival, it is hypothesized, will impart a smaller selective pressure for the emergence of resistance in the pathogen and in the microbiome, thus avoiding AMR development to the anti-infective. This review summates the current basis of numerous antivirulence strategies being explored for N. gonorrhoeae. View this paper.
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Articles (130)

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,261 Views
11 Pages

Role of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing before First-Line Treatment Containing Clarithromycin for Helicobacter pylori Eradication in the Clinical Setting

  • Seokin Kang,
  • Yuri Kim,
  • Ji Yong Ahn,
  • Hwoon-Yong Jung,
  • Nayoung Kim,
  • Hee Kyong Na,
  • Jeong Hoon Lee,
  • Kee Wook Jung,
  • Do Hoon Kim and
  • Kee Don Choi
  • + 2 authors

21 February 2021

Background: Checking Helicobacter pylori susceptibility tests in the clinical setting before first-line treatment is considered difficult. We compared susceptibility-guided therapy (SGT) with empirical therapy (ET) as a first-line treatment containin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,089 Views
13 Pages

Baicalein Inhibits Streptococcus mutans Biofilms and Dental Caries-Related Virulence Phenotypes

  • Aparna Vijayakumar,
  • Hema Bhagavathi Sarveswari,
  • Sahana Vasudevan,
  • Karthi Shanmugam,
  • Adline Princy Solomon and
  • Prasanna Neelakantan

21 February 2021

Dental caries, the most common oral disease, is a major public healthcare burden and affects more than three billion people worldwide. The contemporary understanding of the need for a healthy microbiome and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,133 Views
13 Pages

A Novel Ivermectin-Derived Compound D4 and Its Antimicrobial/Biofilm Properties against MRSA

  • Xinyi Tan,
  • Haoji Xie,
  • Bin Zhang,
  • Jiale Zhou,
  • Zhende Dou,
  • Xiao Wang and
  • Ning Wang

20 February 2021

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and its biofilms infection is still a serious threat to global health. It is urgent to develop efficient drugs by repositioning or designing drugs to solve this problem. In this study, the antibacter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,450 Views
14 Pages

Activity of Imipenem, Meropenem, Cefepime, and Sulbactam in Combination with the β-Lactamase Inhibitor LN-1-255 against Acinetobacter spp.

  • Cristina Lasarte-Monterrubio,
  • Juan C. Vázquez-Ucha,
  • Maria Maneiro,
  • Jorge Arca-Suárez,
  • Isaac Alonso,
  • Paula Guijarro-Sánchez,
  • John D. Buynak,
  • Germán Bou,
  • Concepción González-Bello and
  • Alejandro Beceiro

20 February 2021

Treatment of infections caused by Acinetobacter spp., particularly A. baumannii, is a major clinical problem due to its high rates of antibiotic resistance. New strategies must be developed; therefore, restoration of β-lactam efficacy through the use...

  • Review
  • Open Access
136 Citations
25,955 Views
30 Pages

Rapid Methods for Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics

  • Georgia D. Kaprou,
  • Ieva Bergšpica,
  • Elena A. Alexa,
  • Avelino Alvarez-Ordóñez and
  • Miguel Prieto

20 February 2021

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most challenging threats in public health; thus, there is a growing demand for methods and technologies that enable rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST). The conventional methods and technologi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
79 Citations
7,906 Views
12 Pages

Attacins: A Promising Class of Insect Antimicrobial Peptides

  • Francesco Buonocore,
  • Anna Maria Fausto,
  • Giulia Della Pelle,
  • Tomislav Roncevic,
  • Marco Gerdol and
  • Simona Picchietti

20 February 2021

Insects produce a large repertoire of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as the first line of defense against bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. These peptides are produced from a large precursor that contains a signal domain, which is cleaved in vivo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
50 Citations
6,347 Views
20 Pages

The Antimicrobial Effect of Cold Atmospheric Plasma against Dental Pathogens—A Systematic Review of In-Vitro Studies

  • Gert Jungbauer,
  • Dominick Moser,
  • Steffen Müller,
  • Wolfgang Pfister,
  • Anton Sculean and
  • Sigrun Eick

20 February 2021

Interest in the application of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) in the medical field has been increasing. Indications in dentistry are surface modifications and antimicrobial interventions. The antimicrobial effect of CAP is mainly attributed to the gen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,365 Views
10 Pages

Isolation and Characterization of Antibacterial Carotane Sesquiterpenes from Artemisia argyi Associated Endophytic Trichoderma virens QA-8

  • Xiao-Shan Shi,
  • Yin-Ping Song,
  • Ling-Hong Meng,
  • Sui-Qun Yang,
  • Dun-Jia Wang,
  • Xing-Wang Zhou,
  • Nai-Yun Ji,
  • Bin-Gui Wang and
  • Xiao-Ming Li

20 February 2021

Carotane sesquiterpenes are commonly found in plants but are infrequently reported in the fungal kingdom. Chemical investigation of Trichoderma virens QA-8, an endophytic fungus associated with the inner root tissue of the grown medicinal herb Artemi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,570 Views
13 Pages

Assessment of Appropriateness of Antimicrobial Therapy in Resource-Constrained Settings: Development and Piloting of a Novel Tool—AmRAT

  • Ashish Kumar Kakkar,
  • Nusrat Shafiq,
  • Neeru Sahni,
  • Ritin Mohindra,
  • Navjot Kaur,
  • Nanda Gamad,
  • Aditi Panditrao,
  • Dimple Kondal,
  • Samir Malhotra and
  • Praveen Kumar M
  • + 10 authors

19 February 2021

Inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing is considered to be the leading cause of high burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in resource-constrained lower- and middle-income countries. Under its global action plan, the World Health Organization has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,206 Views
10 Pages

19 February 2021

Efforts to develop and pair novel oral β-lactamase inhibitors with existing β-lactam agents to treat extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales are gaining ground. Ceftibuten is an oral third-generation cephalos...

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