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Visualization of Bacterial Resistance using Fluorescent Antibiotic Probes
Published on: March 2, 2020
Insights into durability against resistance from the antibiotic nitrofurantoin
Riannah Kettlewell1, Charlotte Jones1, Timothy W Felton2,3
1Division of Evolution, Infection & Genomics, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Abstract:
Nitrofurantoin has shown exceptional durability against resistance over 70 years of use. This longevity stems from factors such as rapid achievement of therapeutic concentrations, multiple physiological targets against bacteria, low risk of horizontal gene transfer, and the need to acquire multiple mutations to achieve resistance. These combined features limit resistance emergence and spread of nitrofurantoin resistance. We propose nitrofurantoin as an exemplar for developing other durable treatments.
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