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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2025

The microbiome-restorative potential of ibezapolstat for the treatment of

Jacob K McPherson, Julian G Hurdle, Matthew L Baker, Tahir Hussain, Ashok Kumar, Kevin W Garey

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Newer Therapeutics to Selectively KillInfectious disease reports · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jacob K McPhersonDepartment of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Julian G HurdleCenter for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2214-8105
Matthew L BakerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Tahir HussainDepartment of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
Ashok KumarDepartment of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8571-2848
Kevin W GareyDepartment of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2063-7503

Funding

Diversity Supplement: Decoding the clinical impact of the recent evolution of metronidazole resistance on Clostridium difficile infectionR01AI139261 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI Kevin W Garey, Julian G Hurdle · 2018 to 2026
$6.0M
TWEAK/Fn14/UPR Signaling in Skeletal Muscle WastingR01AR081487 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI ASHOK KUMAR · 2023 to 2026
$2.1M
Texas Medical Center Training Program in Antimicrobial ResistanceT32AI141349 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI GARSIN, DANIELLE A · 2019 to 2023
$1.3M
Antimicrobial Resistance Training Program in the Texas Medical Center (AMR-TPT)T32AI179595 · NIAID · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Cesar Augusto Arias · 2024 to 2026
$1.0M
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) 2R01AI139261HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) T32 A1141349NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139261NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI141349NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI179595NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR081487
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ibezapolstat (IBZ), a first-in-class antibiotic targeting the PolC-type DNA polymerase III alpha-subunit (PolC) in low G + C bacteria, is in clinical development for the treatment of

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsDNA Polymerase IIIMicrobiotaBacterial ProteinsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPhylogenyPurine NucleosidesAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsDNA Polymerase IIIIbezapolstatPurine NucleosidesBacillotaClostridioides difficileDNA replicationibezapolstatLachnospiraceaeOscillospiraceaePolC-type DNA polymerase III

Identifiers

PMID39982073
PMCPMC11963600

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