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Antibacterial drug discovery in the resistance era

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  • Eric D. Brown

    (Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University
    McMaster University)

  • Gerard D. Wright

    (Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University
    McMaster University)

Abstract

The looming antibiotic-resistance crisis has penetrated the consciousness of clinicians, researchers, policymakers, politicians and the public at large. The evolution and widespread distribution of antibiotic-resistance elements in bacterial pathogens has made diseases that were once easily treatable deadly again. Unfortunately, accompanying the rise in global resistance is a failure in antibacterial drug discovery. Lessons from the history of antibiotic discovery and fresh understanding of antibiotic action and the cell biology of microorganisms have the potential to deliver twenty-first century medicines that are able to control infection in the resistance era.

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  • Eric D. Brown & Gerard D. Wright, 2016. "Antibacterial drug discovery in the resistance era," Nature, Nature, vol. 529(7586), pages 336-343, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:529:y:2016:i:7586:d:10.1038_nature17042
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17042
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