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Antibiotics, Volume 14, Issue 11

2025 November - 120 articles

Cover Story: There is a growing demand for the development of novel antimicrobial agents. This study explores how different structural features are important for the hydrogelation properties of amphiphilic antimicrobial peptide-mimics through rheology and AFM, as well as properties important for antimicrobial activity. Eleven novel peptide-mimicking anthranilamides containing various structural features were synthesised. Three novel compounds formed hydrogels, and their properties could be tuned by altering structural features. In conjunction, several structural features were identified to reduce hydrogelation strength and stiffness. This work provides insight into how the structural features of low-molecular-weight self-assembling hydrogels can translate to differing physical and potent antimicrobial properties. View this paper
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Articles (120)

  • Article
  • Open Access
551 Views
14 Pages

Are Putative Beta-Lactamases Posing a Potential Future Threat?

  • Patrik Mlynarcik,
  • Veronika Zdarska and
  • Milan Kolar

20 November 2025

Background: Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global health threat, with beta-lactamases playing a central role in resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics. Building on our previous survey of 2340 putative beta-lactamases, we conducted an in-depth a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
474 Views
8 Pages

Preserving Health Beyond Infection Control: Frailty, Weight, and Cognition in OPAT Patients

  • Giacomo Ciusa,
  • Giuseppe Pipitone,
  • Bianca Catania,
  • Giulia Coniglione,
  • Claudia Imburgia,
  • Maria Grazia Laura Marsala,
  • Preziosa Scordo,
  • Antonio Albanese,
  • Antonio Cascio and
  • Chiara Iaria
  • + 1 author

20 November 2025

Background: Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) is a validated alternative to inpatient care for complicated infections, ensuring clinical efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness. However, its impact on patient-centered outcomes such...

  • Article
  • Open Access
922 Views
22 Pages

Machine Learning-Identified Potent Antimicrobial Peptides Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria and Skin Infections

  • Gizem Babuççu,
  • Nikitha Vavilthota,
  • Colin Bournez,
  • Leonie de Boer,
  • Robert A. Cordfunke,
  • Peter H. Nibbering,
  • Gerard J. P. van Westen,
  • Jan W. Drijfhout,
  • Sebastian A. J. Zaat and
  • Martijn Riool

20 November 2025

Background: The escalating global crisis of antibiotic resistance necessitates the discovery of novel antimicrobial agents. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) represent a promising alternative to combat multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. Because traditi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
564 Views
11 Pages

Dalbavancin as Suppressive Therapy for Implant-Associated Osteoarticular Infections

  • Rosa Escudero-Sanchez,
  • Laura Morata,
  • Luis Buzón,
  • Sofia de la Villa,
  • Alicia Rico,
  • María José Nuñez Orantos,
  • Laura Guio Carrion,
  • María Tasias Pitarch,
  • Jose Luis del Pozo and
  • GEIO (Spanish Group for Osteoarticular Infections)
  • + 6 authors

20 November 2025

Introduction: Suppressive antibiotic therapy (SAT) is a therapeutic alternative for complex infections where a cure is considered unlikely or impossible. SAT involves the prolonged, often indefinite, administration of antibiotics, typically given ora...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,267 Views
28 Pages

20 November 2025

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health concern with profound implications for ophthalmology, where it compromises the management of ocular infections such as bacterial keratitis, conjunctivitis, endophthalmitis, and postoperative c...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,347 Views
30 Pages

Harnessing Copper Nanoparticles for Antimicrobial Applications: Advances and Challenges

  • Diogo S. Pellosi,
  • Giovanna S. M. Paiva,
  • Vitor G. Vital,
  • Adriano L. Mendes,
  • Nubia G. Santos,
  • Fernanda K. Kuriki,
  • Keith D. L. Lira,
  • Giovana C. M. Oliveira,
  • Yasmin R. Gomes and
  • Suzan P. Vasconcellos
  • + 4 authors

20 November 2025

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most significant global health threats of the 21st century, driving the urgent search for alternatives to conventional antibiotics. Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) have gained attention due to their broad ant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
795 Views
12 Pages

Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Strategies in a Cohort of Patients with Tularemia: A Retrospective Multicenter Analysis of 65 Cases in Germany

  • Benjamin Arnold,
  • Henning Trawinski,
  • Nils Kellner,
  • Hans-Martin Orth,
  • Daniela Tominski,
  • Agata Mikolajewska,
  • Katja Rothfuss,
  • Gesa Grupe,
  • Dominik Ruf and
  • Christoph Lübbert
  • + 4 authors

20 November 2025

Background: In recent years, there has been a significant increase in cases of tularemia, a rare zoonotic disease caused by Francisella tularensis, in Europe. Methods: To investigate the epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,597 Views
22 Pages

Full Validation of Pooled Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Using CLSI Methods and Performance Criteria in UTI Pathogens

  • Richard A. Festa,
  • Frank R. Cockerill,
  • Rick L. Pesano,
  • Emery Haley,
  • Natalie Luke,
  • Mohit Mathur,
  • Xiaofei Chen,
  • Jim Havrilla,
  • Michael Percaccio and
  • David Baunoch
  • + 6 authors

20 November 2025

Background: Here, we validate a unique and rapid susceptibility assay, Pooled Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (P-AST), used for complicated, persistent, and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), following Clinical and Laboratory Standards Inst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,136 Views
52 Pages

Piper nigrum Extract as an Adjuvant in a Collagen System for Infected Wound Healing: Therapeutic Synergy and Biocompatibility

  • Virgina Silviana Becherescu Barbu,
  • Ioana Cristina Marinas,
  • Diana Madalina Gaboreanu,
  • Ionela Cristina Voinea,
  • Oana Brincoveanu,
  • Elisabeta-Irina Geana,
  • Ovidiu-Cristian Oprea,
  • Adina Boldeiu,
  • Andra Maria Paun and
  • Speranta Avram
  • + 3 authors

17 November 2025

Background/Objectives: Natural plant-based compounds, especially black pepper extract, are known to have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antioxidant qualities that promote procollagen formation and wound healing. This study focused on developin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
767 Views
20 Pages

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Determination of Less Frequently Isolated Legionella Species by Broth and Agar Dilution

  • Caitlin Farley,
  • Amy Price,
  • Max Sewell,
  • Rachael Barton,
  • Edward A. R. Portal,
  • Ian Boostrom,
  • Jessica Day,
  • Baharak Afshar,
  • Victoria J. Chalker and
  • Owen B. Spiller

17 November 2025

Background/Objectives: Infections caused by Legionella species are primarily associated with Legionella pneumophila, but non-pneumophila species are increasingly implicated in human disease. Despite this, antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) da...

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