Abstract:
The present invention relates a method for re-sensitizing vancomycin resistant Gram-positive bacteria in which resistance results from the conversion of an amide bond to an ester bond in the cell wall peptide precursors of the bacteria which comprises using an antibacterial amount of vancomycin or a homolog of vancomycin and an amount of an agent effective to selectively cleave the ester bond so as to thereby re-sensitize vancomycin resistant bacteria.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to pyrrolidine compounds of the general structure: where n is an integer 1-6 and R is hydrogen or a C1 to C6 straight chain or branched alkyl group, and wherein when n=1, R=CH3 or H, useful for re-sensitizing vancomycin resistant Gram-positive bacteria in which resistance results from the conversion of an amide bond to an ester bond on the cell wall peptide precursors of the bacteria.