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Antibiotics, Volume 8, Issue 3

September 2019 - 71 articles

Cover Story: The discovery of new antibiotics has drastically decreased in the last 30 years. Finding new classes of antimicrobials is a top priority in the fight against multidrug-resistant pathogens. Herein, we discuss a unique class of antimicrobials, the lasso peptides. We review lasso peptide biosynthesis, their antibiotic activity, and unique mechanisms of action. As interest in antimicrobial lasso peptides continues to grow, and further discovery and bio-engineering will facilitate their therapeutic and industrial commercialization. View this paper
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Articles (71)

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4,635 Views
4 Pages

Carbapenemase-Producing Elizabethkingia Meningoseptica from Healthy Pigs Associated with Colistin Use in Spain

  • Pedro Miguela-Villoldo,
  • Marta Hernández,
  • Miguel Á. Moreno,
  • David Rodríguez-Lázaro,
  • Alberto Quesada,
  • Lucas Domínguez and
  • María Ugarte-Ruiz

11 September 2019

Carbapenems are considered last-resort antimicrobials, especially for treating infections involving multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. In recent years, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,355 Views
13 Pages

Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Camphorimine Complexes against Candida Strains

  • Joana P. Costa,
  • M. Joana F. Pinheiro,
  • Sílvia A. Sousa,
  • Ana M. Botelho do Rego,
  • Fernanda Marques,
  • M. Conceição Oliveira,
  • Jorge H. Leitão,
  • Nuno P. Mira and
  • M. Fernanda N. N. Carvalho

10 September 2019

Hydroxide [Ag(OH)L] (L = IVL, VL, VIL, VIIL), oxide [{AgL}2}(μ-O)] (L = IL, IIL, IIIL, VL, VIL) or chloride [AgIIL]Cl, [Ag(VIL)2]Cl complexes were obtained from reactions of mono- or bicamphorimine derivatives with Ag(OAc) or AgCl. The new complex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,203 Views
6 Pages

Predictors of Appropriate Antibiotic Use in Bacteremia Patients Presenting at the Emergency Department

  • Pariwat Phungoen,
  • Areerat Kraisriwattana,
  • Korakot Apiratwarakul,
  • Lumyai Wonglakorn and
  • Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

Sepsis is a condition that requires appropriate antibiotic treatment at the emergency department (ED). Most previous studies conducted on inappropriate antibiotic use at the ED were conducted in developed countries with a low percentage of sepsis. Th...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
53 Citations
7,935 Views
13 Pages

Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common infections in the human medicine, both among outpatients and inpatients. There is an increasing appreciation for the pathogenic role of non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria (NFGN...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,393 Views
12 Pages

Epidemiological Characteristics of Staphylococcus Aureus in Raw Goat Milk in Shaanxi Province, China

  • Weidong Qian,
  • Lanfang Shen,
  • Xinchen Li,
  • Ting Wang,
  • Miao Liu,
  • Wenjing Wang,
  • Yuting Fu and
  • Qiao Zeng

Goat milk has been frequently implicated in staphylococcal food poisoning. The potential risk of raw goat milk contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in Shaanxi province of China is still not well documented. This study investigated the pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
8,226 Views
16 Pages

Antibiotic Prescribing by Informal Healthcare Providers for Common Illnesses: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study in Rural India

  • Shweta Khare,
  • Manju Purohit,
  • Megha Sharma,
  • Ashok J. Tamhankar,
  • Cecilia Stalsby Lundborg,
  • Vishal Diwan and
  • Ashish Pathak

Informal healthcare providers (IHCPs) are predominant healthcare providers in rural India, who prescribe without formal training. Antibiotic prescription by IHCPs could provide crucial information for controlling antibiotic resistance. The aim of thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,570 Views
13 Pages

Tobramycin is an aminoglycoside-based natural antibiotic derived from Streptomyces tenebrarius, which is primarily used for Gram-negative bacterial infection treatment. Although tobramycin has been utilized in clinical practice for a long time, it ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
7,328 Views
11 Pages

Tedizolid Versus Linezolid for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • Shao-Huan Lan,
  • Wei-Ting Lin,
  • Shen-Peng Chang,
  • Li-Chin Lu,
  • Chien-Ming Chao,
  • Chih-Cheng Lai and
  • Jui-Hsiang Wang

This meta-analysis aims to assess the efficacy and safety of tedizolid, compared to linezolid, in the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection (ABSSSI). PubMed, Web of Science, EBSCO (Elton B. Stephens Co.), Cochrane Library, Ov...

  • Review
  • Open Access
178 Citations
22,207 Views
20 Pages

Bacteriophages as Alternatives to Antibiotics in Clinical Care

  • Danitza Romero-Calle,
  • Raquel Guimarães Benevides,
  • Aristóteles Góes-Neto and
  • Craig Billington

Antimicrobial resistance is increasing despite new treatments being employed. With a decrease in the discovery rate of novel antibiotics, this threatens to take humankind back to a “pre-antibiotic era” of clinical care. Bacteriophages (ph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
7,202 Views
17 Pages

This paper explores the understandings of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among ethnically diverse informants in Melbourne, Australia. A total of 31 face-to-face semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with a sample of et...

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