SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS TARGETING CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE SPORULATION
摘要:
Disclosed herein are compounds that can prevent and treat
C. difficile
by inhibiting sporulation. Also disclosed herein are compositions and formulations comprising the compound disclosed herein. Methods of preventing and treating
C. difficile
comprising administering the compounds described herein are also disclosed.
Substituted bicyclic beta-lactams of Formula I: (I), are β-lactamase inhibitors, wherein a, X, R
1
and R
2
are defined herein. The compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections in combination with β-lactam antibiotics. In particular, the compounds can be employed with a β-lactam antibiotics (e.g., imipenem, piperacillin, or ceftazidime) against microorganisms resistant to β-lactam antibiotics due to the presence of the β-lactamases.