Crystal Structure of a Preacylation Complex of the β-Lactamase Inhibitor Sulbactam Bound to a Sulfenamide Bond-Containing Thiol-β-lactamase

The β-lactamase inhibitor avibactam (NXL104) does not induce ampC β-lactamase in Enterobacter cloacae

Induction of ampC β-lactamase expression can often compromise antibiotic treatment and is triggered by several β-lactams (such as cefoxitin and imipenem) and by the β-lactamase inhibitor clavulanic acid. The novel β-lactamase inhibitor avibactam (NXL104) is a potent inhibitor of both class A and class C enzymes. The potential of avibactam for induction of ampC expression in Enterobacter cloacae...

The Novel β-Lactamase Inhibitor, ETX-2514, in Combination with Sulbactam Effectively Inhibits Acinetobacter baumannii

Methods. From January 2011 to December 2016, inclusive, 12 to 15 sentinel hospitals across Canada submitted clinical isolates from patients attending ERs, medical and surgical wards, hospital clinics, and ICUs (CANWARD). Each center was asked to annually submit clinical isolates (consecutive, one per patient/infection site) from blood (100), respiratory (100), urine (25), and wound (25) infecti...

Thiol-Containing Metallo-β-Lactamase Inhibitors Resensitize Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria to Meropenem

The prevalence of infections caused by metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) expressing Gram-negative bacteria has grown at an alarming rate in recent years. Despite the fact that MBLs can deactivate virtually all β-lactam antibiotics, there are as of yet no approved drugs available that inhibit their activity. We here examine the ability of previously reported thiol-based MBL inhibitors to synergize with ...

AAI101, a Novel β-Lactamase Inhibitor: Microbiological and Enzymatic Profiling

Etymologia: β-Lactamase

Author affiliations: Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany (L. Falgenhauer, S.-E. Waezsada, K. Gwozdzinski, H. Ghosh, S. Doijad, C. Imirzalioglu, A. Goesmann, T. Chakraborty); German Center for Infection Research, Giessen, Germany (L. Falgenhauer, S.-E. Waezsada, K. Gwozdzinski, H. Ghosh, S. Doijad, C. Imirzalioglu, T. Chakraborty); Leibniz Institute DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganism...