Antibiotics antibacterial

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The term aminogl)icosi(k is commonly used to refer to members of the class of antibacterial antibiotics, the stmctures of which ate derived from D-streptamine [488-52-8] (1, R = OH), D-2-deoxystreptamine [2037-48-1] (1, R = H), or closely related compounds. The terms... 

Members of the aminoglycoside class of antibacterial antibiotics retain an important role in the control of bacterial infectious disease, especially in... 

In contrast to the wide range of antibacterial antibiotics, there are very few antifungal antibiotics that can be used systemically. Lack of toxicity is, as always, of paramount importance, but the differences in structure of, and some biosynthetic processes in, fungal cells (Chapter 2) mean that antibacterial antibiotics are usually inactive against fungi. 

Table 9.1 Spectrum of activity of some antibacterial antibiotics ... 

Beale JM Jr (2004) Antibacterial antibiotics. In Block JH, Beale JM Jr (eds) Wilson and Gisvold s textbook of organic medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, 11th edn. Lippincott, Williams Wilkins, Philadelphia p 299... 

Chatterjee and coworkers45 recently reported the taxonomy, production, isolation, structure elucidation and biological properties of a new antibacterial antibiotic alisamycin (75), a new member of the manumycin group of antibiotics obtained by the fermentation of Streptomyces actuosus. 

Debono, M. et al., A35512, a complex of new antibacterial antibiotics produced by Streptomyces candidus. II. Chemical studies on A35512B, J. Antibiot. (Tokyo) 33, 1407, 1980. 

In comparison with bacteria or viruses, fungi are more complex organisms. They have ribosomes, cellular membrane components, and a nuclear membrane. Therefore, antibacterial antibiotics are, as a rule, ineffective against pathogenic fungi. 

Macrolides. Antibiotics in the macrolide group are macrocyclic lactones that can be further classified into two main subgroups (I) polyene macrolides that are antifungal agents and include compounds like nystatin and amphotericin B and (2) antibacterial antibiotics represented by erythromycin and tylosin. A number of other subfamilies of antibacterial and antifungal antibiotics fall into the broad category of macrolides,... 

Tsukamoto M, Nakajima S, Murooka K, Suzuki H, Hirayama M, Egawa M, Kondo H, Kojiri K, Suda H (1999) BH-40665D, a New Antibacterial Antibiotic Produced by an Actinoplanes sp. J Antibiot 52 178... 

It is important to acknowledge that as we acquire additional experience with known drugs, new uses for existing agents are often identified. For example, it has recently been shown that the combination of the antibacterial antibiotic clindamycin (used clinically for years for its relatively... 

Antibacterial antibiotics normally act by either making the plasma membrane of bacteria more permeable to essential ions and other small molecules by iono-phoric action or by inhibiting cell wall synthesis (see section 7.2.2). Those compounds that act on the plasma membrane also have the ability to penetrate the cell wall structure (Appendix 3). In both cases, the net result is a loss in the integrity of the bacterial cell envelope, which leads to irreversible cell damage and death. 

In contrast to antibacterial antibiotic therapy, inhibition of viral replication is usually difficult to achieve. Therefore preventive strategies, such as vaccination, are frequendy more successful and clinically important. However, vaccines are not available for all viruses furthermore, some viruses, such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV), are ubiquitously present and usually not very pathogenic unless in an immunocompromised host. One strategy to combat viral infecdons in the immunocompromised host is the application of neutralizing mAbs. One such mAh is directed to the F protein of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which afflicts premature newborns with often severe pulmonary infections this mAh appears to be useful in such situations (91). Other mAbs to viral antigens are in development. 

For example, molds and bacteria produce substances that prevent other organisms from growing in their vicinity. The famous Penicillium mold led, via the pharmaceutical industry, to penicillin. However, penicillin was not stable in the acidic environment of the stomach, and so compounds were synthesized by chemists to produce a range of useful semisynthetic penicillin analogues. An example of the use of analogues to develop new antibacterial antibiotics is provided in Chapter II-14, on the development of moxifloxacin. 

An example of prediction results for sulfathiazole is shown in Figure 6.6. This substance was found in SAR Base and was excluded from the SAR Base on prediction of its activity spectrum. The known (contained in SAR Base of PASS version 2007) activity spectrum includes the following activities antibacterial, antibiotic, dihydropteroate synthase inhibitor, iodide peroxidase inhibitor. In Figure 6.6 the predicted activity spectrum includes 65 of 374 pharmacological effects, 176 of 2755 molecular mechanisms, 7 of 50 side effects and toxicity, 11 of 121 metabolism terms at default Pa> Pi cutting points. All activities included in the SAR Base are predicted with Pa> Pi- The activity of as... 

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