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Bacterial resistance to cephalosporins is often due to bacterial production of β-lactamase enzymes that deactivate these antibiotics. Avibactam inhibits some (but not all) bacterial β-lactamases. Also, some bacteria are resistant to cephalosporins by other mechanisms, and therefore avibactam doesn't work.
Zosurabalpin (RG6006, Abx-MCP, Ro7223280) is an experimental antibiotic developed in a collaboration between the pharmaceutical company Roche and scientists from Harvard University, for the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB). It targets a lipopolysaccharide transporter. [1]
Cefiderocol may cause serious and life-threatening allergic reactions, severe diarrhea caused by C. difficile and seizures. [9]An increased rate of mortality was observed in people treated with cefiderocol as compared to other antibiotics in a separate clinical trial in critically ill people with multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections.
A common antibiotic used to treat liver disease could give rise to an “almost untreatable” superbug, scientists warned in a new study.. The antibiotic, rifaximin, has enabled the global ...
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Ceftaroline fosamil / s ɛ f ˈ t ær oʊ l iː n /, brand name Teflaro in the US and Zinforo in Europe, [1] [2] is a cephalosporin antibiotic with anti-MRSA activity. [3] Ceftaroline fosamil is a prodrug of ceftaroline.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report about new, "concerning" antibiotic-resistant Salmonella, which has infected 255 people and killed two.
1942 – gramicidin S, the first peptide antibiotic; 1942 – sulfadimidine; 1943 – sulfamerazine; 1944 – streptomycin, the first aminoglycoside [2] 1947 – sulfadiazine; 1948 – chlortetracycline, the first tetracycline; 1949 – chloramphenicol, the first amphenicol [2] 1949 – neomycin; 1950 – oxytetracycline; 1950 – penicillin G ...