Title:Transition Towards Antibiotic Hybrid Vehicles: The Next Generation
Antibacterials
Volume: 30
Issue: 1
Author(s): Rajesh Kuppusamy, Katrina Browne, Dittu Suresh, Romano Maximo Do Rosario, Sudip Chakraborty, Sandy Yang, Mark Willcox, David Black, Renxun Chen*Naresh Kumar*
Affiliation:
- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney 2052, Australia
Keywords:
Antibiotic hybrids, nitric oxide donor hybrids, adjuvant therapies, antibiotic potentiators, efflux pump inhibitor hybrids, antibacterials, quorum sensing inhibitors hybrids.
Abstract: Antibiotic resistance is a growing global health problem when the discovery
and development of novel antibiotics are diminishing. Various strategies have been proposed
to address the problem of growing antibacterial resistance. One such strategy is the
development of hybrid antibiotics. These therapeutic systems have been designed for two
or more pharmacophores of known antimicrobial agents. This review highlights the latest
development of antibiotic hybrids comprising two antibiotics (cleavable and non-cleavable)
and combinations of biocidal and novel compounds to treat bacterial infections.
The approach of dual-acting hybrid compounds has a promising future in overcoming
drug resistance in bacterial pathogens.