Abstract
Infections caused by hard-to-treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are a serious global public-health concern, as MRSA has become broadly resistant to many classes of antibiotics. We disclose herein the discovery of a new class of non-β-lactam antibiotics, the oxadiazoles, which inhibit penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a) of MRSA. The oxadiazoles show bactericidal activity against vancomycin-and linezolid-resistant MRSA and other Gram-positive bacterial strains, in vivo efficacy in a mouse model of infection, and have 100% oral bioavailability.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3664-3672 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 136 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 5 2014 |
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