The WHO commemorates World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week from the 18th to the 24th of November this year. This year’s theme – “Preventing antimicrobial resistance together,” aims to raise awareness about antimicrobial resistance and encourage best practices to decrease the emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. Antimicrobial resistance is a serious health threat worldwide. There is a great need for new antimicrobials that are effective against superbugs.
Various research groups are working on minimizing the irrational use of antibiotics. A new class of antimicrobial polymers, namely guanidinium-functionalized polycarbonates, has been developed that targets a broad range of multidrug-resistant bacteria. This polymer has a unique 4-step mechanism against drug-resistant superbugs, which includes: Binding of the positively charged polymer to the bacterial cell…
