1. Antibiotic-nanomedicines: facing the challenge of effective treatment of antibiotic-resistant respiratory tract infections.
- Author
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Ritsema JA, der Weide HV, Te Welscher YM, Goessens WH, van Nostrum CF, Storm G, Bakker-Woudenberg IA, and Hays JP
- Subjects
- Amikacin pharmacology, Drug Approval, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Humans, Liposomes, Particle Size, Respiratory System, Respiratory Tract Infections microbiology, Treatment Outcome, United States, United States Food and Drug Administration, Administration, Inhalation, Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Nanomedicine methods, Respiratory Tract Infections drug therapy
- Abstract
Respiratory tract infections are one of the most frequent infections worldwide, with an increasing number being associated with (multiple) antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Improved treatment requires the development of new therapeutic strategies, including the possible development of antibiotic-nanomedicines. Antibiotic-nanomedicines comprise antibiotic molecules coupled to nanocarriers via surface adsorption, surface attachment, entrapment or conjugation and can be administered via aerosolization. The efficacy and tolerability of this approach has been shown in clinical studies, with amikacin liposome inhalation suspension being the first inhalatory antibiotic-nanomedicine approved by the US FDA. In this special report, we summarize and discuss the potential value and the clinical status of antibiotic-nanomedicines for the treatment of (antibiotic-resistant) respiratory tract infections.
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- 2018
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