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ReviewFEMS microbiology reviews2019

Antibiotic resistance breakers: current approaches and future directions.

Mark Laws, Ali Shaaban, Khondaker Miraz Rahman

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Review in FEMS microbiology reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 155 papers.

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155citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

155 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Discovery of Coerumycin, a Cinnamycin-like Lantibiotic fromAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  18. Synthesis and Biological Activity of Guanidine Scaffold: A Comprehensive Review.Anti-inflammatory & anti-allergy agents in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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  20. Old drugs, new weapons: current trends in repurposing therapies against antimicrobial resistance.Journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences : a publication of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Societe canadienne des sciences pharmaceutiques · 2026
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95 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mark LawsInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH.
Ali ShaabanInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH.
Khondaker Miraz RahmanInstitute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M015033/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections of antibiotic-resistant pathogens pose an ever-increasing threat to mankind. The investigation of novel approaches for tackling the antimicrobial resistance crisis must be part of any global response to this problem if an untimely reversion to the pre-penicillin era of medicine is to be avoided. One such promising avenue of research involves so-called antibiotic resistance breakers (ARBs), capable of re-sensitising resistant bacteria to antibiotics. Although some ARBs have previously been employed in the clinical setting, such as the β-lactam inhibitors, we posit that the broader field of ARB research can yet yield a greater diversity of more effective therapeutic agents than have been previously achieved. This review introduces the area of ARB research, summarises the current state of ARB development with emphasis on the various major classes of ARBs currently being investigated and their modes of action, and offers a perspective on the future direction of the field.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaBacterial Infectionsbeta-Lactamase InhibitorsBiomedical ResearchClinical Trials as TopicDrug DiscoveryDrug Resistance, MicrobialHumansMiceAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-Lactamase Inhibitorsantibiotic resistance breakersbeta-lactamase inhibitorscombination therapyefflux pump inhibitorsESKAPEEmembrane permeabilisers

Identifiers

PMID31150547
PMCPMC6736374

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