Opportunistic Infections Citation List: August 31 - September 13, 2012

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

1. Amino acid-derived 1,2-Benzisothiazolinone Derivatives as Novel Small-molecule Antifungal Inhibitors: Identification of Potential Genetic Targets. Alex, D., F. Gay-Andrieu, J. May, L. Thampi, D. Dou, A. Mooney, W. Groutas, and R. Calderone. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2012. 56(9): p. 4630-4639. PMID[22687516].

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2. Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Polyketide Metabolite from Marine Streptomyces Sp. Ap-123 and Its Cytotoxic Effect. Arasu, M.V., V. Duraipandiyan, and S. Ignacimuthu. Chemosphere, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[22963878].

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3. Synthesis of Short Cationic Antimicrobial Peptidomimetics Containing Arginine Analogues. Baldassarre, L., F. Pinnen, C. Cornacchia, E. Fornasari, L. Cellini, M. Baffoni, and I. Cacciatore. Journal of Peptide Science, 2012. 18(9): p. 567-578. PMID[22807132].

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4. An Investigation of the Antimicrobial and Anti-inflammatory Activities of Crocodile Oil. Buthelezi, S., C. Southway, U. Govinden, J. Bodenstein, and K. du Toit. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2012. 143(1): p. 325-330. PMID[22759702].

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5. Essential Oil of Juniperus communis Subsp. Alpina (Suter) Celak Needles: Chemical Composition, Antifungal Activity and Cytotoxicity. Cabral, C., V. Francisco, C. Cavaleiro, M.J. Goncalves, M.T. Cruz, F. Sales, M.T. Batista, and L. Salgueiro. Phytotherapy Research, 2012. 26(9): p. 1352-1357. PMID[22294341].

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6. Synthesis and Antifungal Activity of Derivatives of 2- and 3-Benzofurancarboxylic acids. Hejchman, E., K. Ostrowska, D. Maciejewska, J. Kossakowski, and W. Courchesne. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[22892340].

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7. Fumigant Antifungal Activity of Myrtaceae Essential Oils and Constituents from Leptospermum petersonii against Three Aspergillus Species. Kim, E. and I.K. Park. Molecules, 2012. 17(9): p. 10459-10469. PMID[22945026].

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8. Brevianamides with Antitubercular Potential from a Marine-derived Isolate of Aspergillus versicolor. Song, F., X. Liu, H. Guo, B. Ren, C. Chen, A.M. Piggott, K. Yu, H. Gao, Q. Wang, M. Liu, H. Dai, L. Zhang, and R.J. Capon. Organic Letters, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[22963079].

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9. Antimicrobial Aflatoxins from the Marine-derived Fungus Aspergillus flavus 092008. Wang, H., Z. Lu, H.J. Qu, P. Liu, C. Miao, T. Zhu, J. Li, K. Hong, and W. Zhu. Archives of Pharmacal Research, 2012. 35(8): p. 1387-1392. PMID[22941481].

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10. An Antimicrobial Evaluation of Plants Used for the Treatment of Respiratory Infections in Rural Maputaland, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. York, T., S.F. van Vuuren, and H. de Wet. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[22960551].

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

11. Activity of Trifluoperazine against Replicating, Non-replicating and Drug Resistant M. tuberculosis. Advani, M.J., I. Siddiqui, P. Sharma, and H. Reddy. Plos One, 2012. 7(8): p. e44245. PMID[22952939]. [PubMed]. OI_0831-091312.

12. Astraodoric acid A-D: New Lanostane Triterpenes from Edible Mushroom Astraeus odoratus and Their Anti Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37ra and Cytotoxic Activity. Arpha, K., C. Phosri, N. Suwannasai, W. Mongkolthanaruk, and S. Sodngam. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[22957940].

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13. Synthesis and Antitubercular Activity Evaluation of Novel Unsymmetrical Cyclohexane-1,2-diamine Derivatives. Beena, S. Joshi, N. Kumar, S. Kidwai, R. Singh, and D.S. Rawat. Archiv der Pharmazie, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[22945019].

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15. Management of Difficult Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis and Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis: Update 2012. Chang, K.C. and W.W. Yew. Respirology, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[22943408].

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16. Cyanovirin-N Inhibits Mannose-dependent Mycobacterium-C-type Lectin Interactions but Does Not Protect against Murine tuberculosis. Driessen, N.N., H.I. Boshoff, J.J. Maaskant, S.A. Gilissen, S. Vink, A.M. van der Sar, C.M. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, C.A. Bewley, B.J. Appelmelk, and J. Geurtsen. Journal of Immunology, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[22942435].

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17. Salicylanilide Derivatives Block Mycobacterium tuberculosis through Inhibition of Isocitrate Lyase and Methionine Aminopeptidase. Kratky, M., J. Vinsova, E. Novotna, J. Mandikova, V. Wsol, F. Trejtnar, V. Ulmann, J. Stolarikova, S. Fernandes, S. Bhat, and J.O. Liu. Tuberculosis, 2012. 92(5): p. 434-439. PMID[22765970].

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18. Investigating the Effectiveness of St John's Wort Herb as an Antimicrobial Agent against Mycobacteria. Mortensen, T., S. Shen, F. Shen, M.K. Walsh, R.C. Sims, and C.D. Miller. Phytotherapy Research, 2012. 26(9): p. 1327-1333. PMID[22294548].

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19. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Coumarin Derivatives as Inhibitors of Mycobacterium bovis (Bcg). Rezayan, A.H., P. Azarang, S. Sardari, and A. Sarvary. Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[22943459].

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20. Green Synthesis and Anti-infective Activities of Fluorinated Pyrazoline Derivatives. Shelke, S.N., G.R. Mhaske, V.D. Bonifacio, and M.B. Gawande. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2012. 22(17): p. 5727-5730. PMID[22832312].

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21. Dominant Incidence of Multidrug and Extensively Drug-resistant Specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clones in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Tamaru, A., C. Nakajima, T. Wada, Y. Wang, M. Inoue, R. Kawahara, R. Maekura, Y. Ozeki, H. Ogura, K. Kobayashi, Y. Suzuki, and S. Matsumoto. Plos One, 2012. 7(8): p. e42505. PMID[22952596].

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ANTIPROTOZOAL COMPOUNDS

22. Selective and Potent Urea Inhibitors of Cryptosporidium parvum Inosine 5'-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase. Gorla, S.K., M. Kavitha, M. Zhang, X. Liu, L. Sharling, D.R. Gollapalli, B. Striepen, L. Hedstrom, and G.D. Cuny. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID[22950983].

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

23. Enzymatic Reduction of 9-Methoxytariacuripyrone by Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Its Antimycobacterial Activity. Alvarez-Fitz, P., L. Alvarez, S. Marquina, J. Luna-Herrera, and V.M. Navarro-Garcia. Molecules, 2012. 17(7): p. 8464-8470. ISI[000306752700062].

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24. Anti-Microbial Activity of Leucas clarkei. Das, S.N., V.J. Patro, and S.C. Dinda. Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology, 2012. 7(2): p. 135-139. ISI[000306953200011].

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25. Calcofluor White Combination Antifungal Treatments for Trichophyton rubrum and Candida albicans. Kingsbury, J.M., J. Heitman, and S.R. Pinnell. Plos One, 2012. 7(7): p. e39405. ISI[000306461800012].

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