Structure aided design of chimeric antibiotics

…, TA Bradford, PK Madala, JX Huang, S Ramu…

Index: Karoli, Tomislav; Mamidyala, Sreeman K.; Zuegg, Johannes; Fry, Scott R.; Tee, Ernest H.L.; Bradford, Tanya A.; Madala, Praveen K.; Huang, Johnny X.; Ramu, Soumya; Butler, Mark S.; Cooper, Matthew A. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2012 , vol. 22, # 7 p. 2428 - 2433

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Abstract

The rise of antibiotic resistance is of great clinical concern. One approach to reducing the development of resistance is to co-administer two or more antibiotics with different modes of action. However, it can be difficult to control the distribution and pharmacokinetics of two drugs to ensure both concentrations remain within the range of therapeutic efficacy whilst avoiding adverse effects. Hybrid drugs, where two drugs are linked together with a flexible ...