Antibiotic Adjuvants / Trends in Microbiology October 2016 (Vol. 24 Issue 10)

Antibiotic Adjuvants / Trends in Microbiology October 2016 (Vol. 24 Issue 10) - Rooted in the mechanism of action of antibiotics and subject to bacterial evolution, antibiotic resistance is difficult and perhaps impossible to overcome. Nevertheless, strategies can be used to minimize the emergence and impact of resistance. Antibiotic adjuvants offer one such approach. These are compounds that have little or no antibiotic activity themselves but act to block resistance or otherwise enhance antibi