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Electron-withdrawing substituted benzenesulfonamides against the predominant community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300
A small focused chemical library constituted of sulfonamides was synthesized. These compounds were designed to lack the p-aminobenzene moiety typically found in sulfonamide antibiotics. Antimicrobial activities o...
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Open AccessProtein-inspired antibiotics active against vancomycin- and daptomycin-resistant bacteria
The public health threat posed by a looming ‘post-antibiotic’ era necessitates new approaches to antibiotic discovery. Drug development has typically avoided exploitation of membrane-binding properties, in con...
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Open AccessSynthesis of vancomycin fluorescent probes that retain antimicrobial activity, identify Gram-positive bacteria, and detect Gram-negative outer membrane damage
Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent threat to human health, and new antibacterial drugs are desperately needed, as are research tools to aid in their discovery and development. Vancomycin is a glycopeptide a...
