Gepotidacin is efficacious in a nonhuman primate model of pneumonic plague

Authors: Charles Jakielaszek, Mohammad Hossain, Lian Qian, Cindy Fishman, Katherine Widdowson, Jamese J. Hilliard, Frank Mannino, Aparna Raychaudhuri, Elisabeth Carniel, Samandra Demons, Henry S. Heine, Jeremy Hershfield, Riccardo Russo, William M. Mega, David Revelli, Karen O’Dwyer

Published: 2022-06-01

DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abg1787

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Abstract

Gepotidacin is a first-in-class triazaacenaphthylene antibacterial agent that selectively inhibits bacterial DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV through a unique binding mode and has the potential to treat a number of bacterial diseases. Development of this new agent to treat pneumonic plague caused by