Candidate Antimicrobials, Enhancers, Potentiators, Combos Plus New Probe

Several new antibacterial candidates shared the stage with promising agents that augment antimicrobial drugs, combination agents that work better than their separate components, and antifungal candidate agents—presented this year during the poster summary session “Early New Antimicrobial Agents,” convened at the 2016 ASM Microbe Meeting, held in Boston, Mass., in June. In addition, participants learned briefly about a new imaging approach for following the course of infections and the drugs or drug candidates that are used and being developed, respectively, to treat them. Although these new antimicrobial agents appear potentially useful, none of them looks startling or could be called a breakthrough.