Development of Bisphosphonate-Conjugated Antibiotics to Overcome Pharmacodynamic Limitations of Local Therapy: Initial Results with Carbamate Linked Sitafloxacin and Tedizolid

The use of local antibiotics to treat bone infections has been questioned due to a lack of clinical efficacy and emerging information about <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> colonization of the osteocyte-lacuno canalicular network (OLCN). Here we propose bisphosphonate-conjugated antibiotics...

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Main Authors: Emmanuela Adjei-Sowah, Yue Peng, Jason Weeks, Jennifer H. Jonason, Karen L. de Mesy Bentley, Elysia Masters, Yugo Morita, Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan, Philip Cherian, X. Eric Hu, Charles E. McKenna, Frank H. Ebetino, Shuting Sun, Edward M. Schwarz, Chao Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Antibiotics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/6/732