METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING BACTERIAL INFECTIONS BY INHIBITING QUORUM SENSING

摘要

The present invention provides methods for treating bacterial infections in a subject comprising administering to the subject a sub-growth inhibiting amount of a 5'-Methylthioadenosine/S-adenosyl homocysteine nucleosidase (MTAN) inhibitor. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a sub-bacterial-growth inhibiting amount of a 5'-Methylthioadenosine/S-adenosyl homocysteine nucleosidase (MTAN) inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.