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ReviewJournal of bacteriology2025

Host niche-specific challenges hindering the treatment of polymicrobial infections.

Caroline Black, Catherine A Wakeman

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Review in Journal of bacteriology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Caroline BlackDepartment of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7381-0897
Catherine A WakemanDepartment of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0311-6669

Funding

Strategies for improving the efficacy of combinatorial antibiotic therapy in chronic infectionsR01AI173686 · NIAID · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY · PI Catherine Ann Wakeman · 2023 to 2026
$1.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI173686NIH HHS R01AI173686
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial recalcitrance is a growing problem in today's world. Not only are bacteria developing resistance at an alarming pace but the antibiotic discovery pipeline has gone dry, making antimicrobial stewardship essential for preserving the activity of the antibiotics still currently available for use. In addition to resistance, bacteria also display tolerance to certain treatments as they adapt to their body site-specific niche and cooperate with other organisms in polymicrobial communities. Thus, new and existing antibiotics must contend with altered bacterial metabolism, polymicrobial synergy, increased biofilm production, and nutrient-related adaptations present within specific infectious sites. Finally, these treatments must face the challenging process of moving to the infection site and doing their job without causing harm to the patient. This minireview explores the difficulties antimicrobials face when challenging organisms at different body sites, focusing on the niche-specific dynamics present at sites of infection.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaBacterial InfectionsCoinfectionAnimalsBiofilmsHumansAnti-Bacterial Agentsantimicrobial recalcitrancehost infection sitespolymicrobial communities

Identifiers

PMID40833092
PMCPMC12445101

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