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This review outlines the history of vancomycin and other key glycopeptide antibiotics and the molecular basis of vancomycin resistance, and focuses on the development of synthetic inhibitors of vancomycin-resistant enzymes VanR, S, A, H and X to overcome resistance. The literature up to July 2001 is reviewed and 119 references are cited.