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A β-lactamase inhibitor revival provides new hope for old antibiotics

Novel inhibitors of bacterial β-lactamases should restore activity to old antibiotics and hold back the tide of drug-resistant infections.

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Garber, K. A β-lactamase inhibitor revival provides new hope for old antibiotics. Nat Rev Drug Discov 14, 445–447 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd4666

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