The situation on antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy in 2002: highlights of the 42nd ICAAC

Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2002 Dec;6(6):691-7. doi: 10.1517/14728222.6.6.691.

Abstract

The 42nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy took place in San Diego on 27-30 September 2002. The meeting was held in the light of current events. Bioterrorism, malaria, issues of surveillance and multiple resistance were discussed in depth. Few truly new drugs or potential targets were presented. Peptide deformylase inhibitors and several other metalloenzymes as new targets were among the most promising results.

Publication types

  • Congress

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use
  • Bacterial Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Bioterrorism
  • Child
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious
  • Drug Design
  • Drug Resistance
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple
  • Global Health
  • Humans
  • Infection Control
  • Infections / drug therapy*
  • Infections / epidemiology
  • Malaria / drug therapy
  • Social Problems

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Antimalarials
  • Bacterial Proteins