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New Class of Antibiotics Proves Potent Against Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria (scitechdaily.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This study describes the identification of an antibiotic class acting via LpxH, involved in lipopolysaccharide synthesis having potent in vivo efficacy against bloodstream infections caused by the critical Gram-negative pathogens E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Further development of this class of antibiotics could make an important contribution to the ongoing struggle against antibiotic resistance.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2317274121 (open access)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Good, now use it SPARINGLY unlike zpack

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Agreed! Haha just kidding, prescription machine goes brrrrr

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Also, gotta keep the supply of animal products up somehow! (/s, end animal agriculture)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yes, this is SPARTA! Pour it on everything quickly or we might all die!!1!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Average biochemistry win.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

More antibiotics is not the solution. We need to be moving away from antibiotics, and drastically decreasing their use/overuse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Goodluck with that.