79. OXADIAZOLES

♤ It’s a new class of antibiotics recently discovered Oxadiazoles can treat antibiotic resistant infections such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA3.MRSA is a bacterium that developed resistance to penicillin and certain other groups of antibiotics.

3 UPSC Mains 2010: Q7(a)-MRSA infection

♤ MRSA has become a global public-health problem since the 1960s because of its resistance to antibiotics. Only three drugs currently are effective treatments, and resistance to each of those drugs already exists. The researchers have been seeking a solution to MRSA for years.

♤ The Oxadiazole are the only available antibiotics for MRSA that can be taken orally.