Opportunistic Infections Citation List: March 15 - March 28, 2013

ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS (includes Cryptococcus, Aspergillus, Candida, & Histoplasma)

1. Synthesis, Bioevaluation and Structural Study of Substituted Phthalazin-1(2H)-ones Acting as Antifungal Agents. Derita, M., E. Del Olmo, B. Barboza, A.E. Garcia-Cadenas, J.L. Lopez-Perez, S. Andujar, D. Enriz, S. Zacchino, and A. San Feliciano. Molecules, 2013. 18(3): p. 3479-3501. PMID[23507777].

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2. Monocyte- and Macrophage-Targeted NADPH Oxidase Mediates Antifungal Host Defense and Regulation of Acute Inflammation in Mice. Grimm, M.J., R.R. Vethanayagam, N.G. Almyroudis, C.G. Dennis, A.N. Khan, A.C. D'Auria, K.L. Singel, B.A. Davidson, P.R. Knight, T.S. Blackwell, T.M. Hohl, M.K. Mansour, J.M. Vyas, M. Rohm, C.F. Urban, T. Kelkka, R. Holmdahl, and B.H. Segal. Journal of Immunology, 2013. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[23509361].

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3. Isolation, Structure, and Biological Activity of Phaeofungin, a Cyclic Lipodepsipeptide from a Phaeosphaeria sp. Using the Genome-wide Candida albicans Fitness Test. Singh, S.B., J. Ondeyka, G. Harris, K. Herath, D. Zink, F. Vicente, G. Bills, J. Collado, G. Platas, A. Gonzalez Del Val, J. Martin, F. Reyes, H. Wang, J.N. Kahn, S. Galuska, R. Giacobbe, G. Abruzzo, T. Roemer, and D. Xu. Journal of Natural Products, 2013. 76(3): p. 334-345. PMID[23259972].

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ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOUNDS (includes Mycobacterium spp., Drug Resistant, MAC, MDR)

4. Susceptibility Testing of Extensively Drug Resistant and Pre-Extensively Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis against Levofloxacin, Linezolid, and Amoxicillin/Clavulanate. Ahmed, I., K. Jabeen, R. Inayat, and R. Hasan. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2013. [Epub ahead of print] PMID[23507286].

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5. Bayesian Models Leveraging Bioactivity and Cytotoxicity Information for Drug Discovery. Ekins, S., R.C. Reynolds, H. Kim, M.S. Koo, M. Ekonomidis, M. Talaue, S.D. Paget, L.K. Woolhiser, A.J. Lenaerts, B.A. Bunin, N. Connell, and J.S. Freundlich. Chemistry & Biology, 2013. 20(3): p. 370-378. PMID[23521795].

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6. New Fluoroquinolones Active against Fluoroquinolones-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains. Guerrini, V., M. De Rosa, S. Pasquini, C. Mugnaini, A. Brizzi, A.M. Cuppone, G. Pozzi, and F. Corelli. Tuberculosis, 2013. [Epub ahead of print] PMID[23523640].

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7. Colistin MIC Variability by Method for Contemporary Clinical Isolates of Multidrug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli. Hindler, J.A. and R.M. Humphries. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2013. [Epub ahead of print] PMID[23486719].

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8. Design, Synthesis, and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Tryptanthrins as Antitubercular Agents. Hwang, J.M., T. Oh, T. Kaneko, A.M. Upton, S.G. Franzblau, Z. Ma, S.N. Cho, and P. Kim. Journal of Natural Products, 2013. 76(3): p. 354-367. PMID[23360475].

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9. Antibacterial Activity of Salicylanilide 4-(trifluoromethyl)-benzoates. Kratky, M., J. Vinsova, E. Novotna, J. Mandikova, F. Trejtnar, and J. Stolakova. Molecules, 2013. 18(4): p. 3674-3688. PMID[23529028].

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10. The Canadian Medicinal Plant Heracleum maximum Contains Antimycobacterial Diynes and Furanocoumarins. Neill, T.O., J.A. Johnson, D. Webster, and C.A. Gray. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2013. [Epub ahead of print] PMID[23501157].

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11. An Efficient Domino Reaction in Ionic Liquid: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Some Pyrano- and Thiopyrano-fused Heterocycles. Parmar, N.J., R.A. Patel, B.D. Parmar, and N.P. Talpada. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2013. 23(6): p. 1656-1661. PMID[23414843].

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12. Quantitative Purity-Activity Relationships of Natural Products: The Case of Anti-tuberculosis Active Triterpenes from Oplopanax horridus. Qiu, F., G. Cai, B.U. Jaki, D.C. Lankin, S.G. Franzblau, and G.F. Pauli. Journal of Natural Products, 2013. 76(3): p. 413-419. PMID[23356207].

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13. Dipterinyl Calcium Pentahydrate Inhibits Intracellular Mycobacterial Growth in Human Monocytes Via the C-C Chemokine MIP-1beta and Nitric Oxide. Sakala, I.G., C.S. Eickhoff, A. Blazevic, P. Moheno, R.F. Silver, and D.F. Hoft. Infection and immunity, 2013. [Epub ahead of print] PMID[23509148].

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14. Microbiological, Histological, Immunological, and Toxin Response to Antibiotic Treatment in the Mouse Model of Mycobacterium Ulcerans Disease. Sarfo, F.S., P.J. Converse, D.V. Almeida, J. Zhang, C. Robinson, M. Wansbrough-Jones, and J.H. Grosset. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013. 7(3): p. e2101. PMID[23516649].

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15. Efficacy of Nitazoxanide against Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Shigyo, K., O. Ocheretina, Y.M. Merveille, W.D. Johnson, J.W. Pape, C.F. Nathan, and D.W. Fitzgerald. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2013. [Epub ahead of print] PMID[23507275].

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16. In Vitro and in Vivo Efficacy of beta-Lactams against Replicating and Slowly Growing/Non Replicating M. tuberculosis. Solapure, S., N. Dinesh, R. Shandil, V. Ramachandran, S. Sharma, D. Bhattacharjee, S. Ganguly, J. Reddy, V. Ahuja, V. Panduga, M. Parab, K.G. Vishwas, N. Kumar, M. Balganesh, and V. Balasubramanian. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2013. [Epub ahead of print] PMID[23507276].

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ANTIMALARIAL COMPOUNDS (Plasmodium spp.)

17. Antimalarial Screening via Large-scale Purification of PfATP6 and in Vitro Studies. David-Bosne, S., I. Florent, A.M. Lund Winther, J. Bondo Hansen, M. Buch-Pedersen, P. Machillot, M. le Maire, and C. Jaxel. The FEBS Journal, 2013. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[23497141].

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18, Antiproliferative and Antiplasmodial Dimeric Phloroglucinols from Mallotus oppositifolius from the Madagascar Dry Forest (1). Harinantenaina, L., J.D. Bowman, P.J. Brodie, C. Slebodnick, M.W. Callmander, E. Rakotobe, R. Randrianaivo, V.E. Rasamison, A. Gorka, P.D. Roepe, M.B. Cassera, and D.G. Kingston. Journal of Natural Products, 2013. 76(3): p. 388-393. PMID[23286240].

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19. In Vivo Antimalarial Activity, Toxicity and Phytochemical Screening of Selected Antimalarial Plants. Musila, M.F., S.F. Dossaji, J.M. Nguta, C.W. Lukhoba, and J.M. Munyao. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2013. 146(2): p. 557-561. PMID[23376043].

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20. Quinolone-3-diarylethers: A New Class of Antimalarial Drug. Nilsen, A., A.N. Lacrue, K.L. White, I.P. Forquer, R.M. Cross, J. Marfurt, M.W. Mather, M.J. Delves, D.M. Shackleford, F.E. Saenz, J.M. Morrisey, J. Steuten, T. Mutka, Y. Li, G. Wirjanata, E. Ryan, S. Duffy, J.X. Kelly, B.F. Sebayang, A.M. Zeeman, R. Noviyanti, R.E. Sinden, C.H. Kocken, R.N. Price, V.M. Avery, I. Angulo-Barturen, M.B. Jimenez-Diaz, S. Ferrer, E. Herreros, L.M. Sanz, F.J. Gamo, I. Bathurst, J.N. Burrows, P. Siegl, R.K. Guy, R.W. Winter, A.B. Vaidya, S.A. Charman, D.E. Kyle, R. Manetsch, and M.K. Riscoe. Science Translational Medicine, 2013. 5(177): p. 177ra137. PMID[23515079].

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Citations from the ISI Web of Knowledge Listings for O.I.

21. Syntheses of Lipophilic Chalcones and Their Conformationally Restricted Analogues as Antitubercular Agents. Ahmad, I., J.P. Thakur, D. Chanda, D. Saikia, F. Khan, S. Dixit, A. Kumar, R. Konwar, A.S. Negi, and A. Gupta. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2013. 23(5): p. 1322-1325. ISI[000314693400033].

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22. Composition, and Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of the Essential Oils of a Full-grown Pinus cembra L. Tree from the Calimani Mountains (Romania). Apetrei, C.L., A. Spac, M. Brebu, C. Tuchilus, and A. Miron. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2013. 78(1): p. 27-37. ISI[000314484100003].

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23. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Propargyl Acetate Derivatives as Anti-mycobacterial Agents. Azerang, P., A.H. Rezayan, S. Sardari, F. Kobarfard, M. Bayat, and K. Tabib. Daru-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2012. 20. ISI[000314969900001].

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24. Microwave-assisted Synthesis and Antimicrobial Screening of New Imidazole Derivatives Bearing 4-Thiazolidinone Nucleus. Desai, N.C., V.V. Joshi, K.M. Rajpara, H.V. Vaghani, and H.M. Satodiya. Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013. 22(4): p. 1893-1908. ISI[000315093600038].

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25. Microwave Induced Synthesis of Fluorobenzamides Containing Thiazole and Thiazolidine as Promising Antimicrobial Analogs. Desai, N.C., K.M. Rajpara, and V.V. Joshi. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 2013. 145: p. 102-111. ISI[000315252900015].

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26. Chemical Composition and Biological Activities of the Essential Oil of Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. El-Kashoury, E.S.A., H.I. El-Askary, Z.A. Kandil, M.A. Salem, and A.A. Sleem. Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences, 2012. 67(11-12): p. 571-579. ISI[000315131200006].

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27. Hydrogen Bond Acceptors and Additional Cationic Charges in Methylene Blue Derivatives: Photophysics and Antimicrobial Efficiency. Felgentrager, A., T. Maisch, D. Dobler, and A. Spath. Biomed Research International, 2013. 12pp. ISI[000314944800001].

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28. Assessment and Characterization of Antifungal and Antialgal Performances for Biocide-Enhanced Linear Low-Density Polyethylene. Gitchaiwat, A., A. Kositchaiyong, K. Sombatsompop, B. Prapagdee, K. Isarangkura, and N. Sombatsompop. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2013. 128(1): p. 371-379. ISI[000314924700046].

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29. Antimicrobial Lectin from Schinus terebinthifolius Leaf. Gomes, F.S., T.F. Procopio, T.H. Napoleao, L. Coelho, and P.M.G. Paiva. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2013. 114(3): p. 672-679. ISI[000315187400008].

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30. Discovery of a Novel Broad-spectrum Antifungal Agent Derived from Albaconazole. Guillon, R., F. Pagniez, C. Picot, D. Hedou, A. Tonnerre, E. Chosson, M. Duflos, T. Besson, C. Loge, and P. Le Pape. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2013. 4(2): p. 288-292. ISI[000315182000034].

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31. Synthesis and Antimycobacterial Activity of 2,1 '-Dihydropyridomycins. Horlacher, O.P., R.C. Hartkoorn, S.T. Cole, and K.H. Altmann. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2013. 4(2): p. 264-268. ISI[000315182000029].

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32. Discovery of Novel Inhibitors Targeting the Mycobacterium tuberculosis O-Acetylserine sulfhydrylase (CysK1) Using Virtual High-Throughput Screening. Kumar, V.U.J., O. Poyraz, S. Saxena, R. Schnell, P. Yogeeswari, G. Schneider, and D. Sriram. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry letters, 2013. 23(5): p. 1182-1186. ISI[000314693400004].

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33. Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial and Allelopathic Activity of Tunisian Conyza sumatrensis (Retz.) E.Walker Essential Oils. Mabrouk, S., K.B.H. Salah, A. Elaissi, L. Jlaiel, H. Ben Jannet, M. Aouni, and F. Harzallah-Skhiri. Chemistry & Biodiversity, 2013. 10(2): p. 209-223. ISI[000315099600006].

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34. Synthesis and Anti-candida Activity of Novel 2-Hydrazino-1,3-thiazole Derivatives. Maillard, L.T., S. Bertout, O. Quinonero, G. Akalin, G. Turan-Zitouni, P. Fulcrand, F. Demirci, J. Martinez, and N. Masurier. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2013. 23(6): p. 1803-1807. ISI[000315331500049].

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35. Triterpenes and the Antimycobacterial Activity of Duroia Macrophylla huber (Rubiaceae). Martins, D., L.L. Carrion, D.F. Ramos, K.S. Salome, P.E.A. da Silva, A. Barison, and C.V. Nunez. BioMed Research International, 2013. 7pp. ISI[000315228900001].

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36. Mycobacterium Marinum Infection in Drosophila melanogaster for Antimycobacterial Activity Assessment. Oh, C.T., C. Moon, T.H. Choi, B.S. Kim, and J. Jang. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2013. 68(3): p. 601-609. ISI[000314893700021].

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37. Synthesis, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activities of Novel 4-Trifluoromethyl-(1,2,3)-thiadiazolo-5-carboxylic Acid Hydrazide Schiff's Bases. Rao, P.S., C. Kurumurthy, B. Veeraswamy, G.S. Kumar, B. Narsaiah, K.P. Kumar, U.S.N. Murthy, S. Karnewar, and S. Kotamraju. Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2013. 22(4): p. 1747-1755. ISI[000315093600024].

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38. Antimicrobial Activity of Some Medicinal Plants from the Cerrado of the Central-western Region of Brazil. Violante, I.M.P., L. Hamerski, W.S. Garcez, A.L. Batista, M.R. Chang, V.J. Pott, and F.R. Garcez. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2012. 43(4): p. 1302-1308. ISI[000315286400009].

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39. 3H-1,2,4-Dithiazol-3-one Compounds as Novel Potential Affordable Antitubercular Agents. Yang, J.Z., W.Y. Pi, L. Xiong, W. Ang, T. Yang, J. He, Y.Y. Liu, Y. Chang, W.W. Ye, Z.L. Wang, Y.F. Luo, and Y.Q. Wei. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2013. 23(5): p. 1424-1427. ISI[000314693400054].

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