Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
Sensitization of bacterial cells to quinolone antibiotics
Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions and kits useful for sensitizing a microorganism or a population of microorganisms to a quinolone antibiotic. In a particular aspect, a carbon source and an electron acceptor can sensitize an antibiotic persistent microorganism to treatment with a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. Methods for sensitizing a microorganism to a quinolone antibiotic, reducing the density-dependent persistence (DDP) of an antibiotic resistant microorganism, and reducing the number of persistent cells in a population are also provided. Theses compositions and methods are useful in treating infections resulting from high-density bacterial cultures, such as pneumonia, genitourinary infections, biofilms, prosthetic graft infections, sepsis, and endovascular infections.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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James J. Arnaud Michael Andrew
Collins Gutierrez Lobritz