Nitrofurans: Revival of an "old" drug class in the fight against antibiotic resistance

Vuong Van Hung Le; Jasna Rakonjac

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1009663

Nitrofurans: Revival of an "old" drug class in the fight against antibiotic resistance

PLoS Pathog. 2021 Jul 8;17(7):e1009663. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009663. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Vuong Van Hung Le^{1

2}, Jasna Rakonjac^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
² Maurice Wilkins Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Drug Resistance, Microbial / drug effects*
Drug Resistance, Microbial / physiology*
Humans
Nitrofurans / pharmacology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Nitrofurans

Grants and funding

This work was supported by a Massey University-MBIE PSAF II grant MU001985 and a generous donation by Anne and Bryce Carmine. V. V. H. L. was supported by a Callaghan PhD Scholarship, School of Fundamental Sciences and Dextra - New Zealand Pharmaceuticals Ltd. J. R. was supported by Massey University, School of Fundamental Sciences. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.