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  • Antibiotic resistance is escalating faster than new drug development.
  • Single-protein-target antibiotics face rapid resistance, proving unsustainable.
  • Established antibiotics often exhibit multi-target or multi-gene-encoded mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review antibacterial multitarget approaches.
  • To explore the mechanisms driving multitarget antibiotic efficacy.
  • To highlight promising strategies for overcoming antibiotic resistance.

Main Methods:

  • Review of scientific literature on antibacterial multitarget strategies.
  • Analysis of mechanisms of action for multi-target drugs.
  • Examination of combination therapy approaches.

Main Results:

  • Antibiotics with single targets are rapidly overcome by resistance.
  • Multi-target approaches, including those affecting the cytoplasmic membrane or bactoprenol phosphate, show promise.
  • Combination therapies can resensitize bacteria to antibiotics.

Conclusions:

  • Developing antibiotics with multiple targets is crucial for sustainable antibacterial therapy.
  • Multi-target strategies offer a viable path to combat the growing antibiotic resistance crisis.
  • Further research into multitarget mechanisms and combination therapies is warranted.