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Anti-Infectives Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . February 16th, 2004

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Anti-Infectives - Sponge sterol reverses Candida fluconazole resistance

Antibiotics - Little evidence shown that antibiotic used in food animals is a risk to humans

Antibiotics - New methods for overexpression and purification of phosphorylases developed

Antibiotics - Novel oxazolidinone more potent than linezolid against aerobic isolates

Bacterial Sinusitis - Guidelines underscore importance of selecting the most effective antibiotics

Collaborations - Alliance formed for medicinal chemistry development

Collaborations - Medarex inks antibody deal

Cystic Fibrosis - Antibiotic exposure not the only cause of antibiotic resistance

Drug Development -  Amaryllidaceae extracts have potent antimalarial activity

Drug Development - Company meets with FDA on MBI-226

Drug Development - Fungal metabolite inhibits HIV integrase activity

Antimicrobials - Protein with antimicrobial activity from frog skin identified as histone H2B

Drug Development - Mirror-image Zintevir analogue has similar anti-HIV activity

Drug Development - Novel CCR5 antagonists show promise and anti-HIV agents

Drug Development - Novel NNRTIs prevent HIV infection in vitro

Drug Development - Plant jasmonates have antiparasitic as well as anticancer activity

Finance - Developmental stage biopharmaceutical completes private placement

HIV/AIDS Drug Monitoring - LC/MS/MS assay enables ddI, d4T monitoring in wide range of specimen types

HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance - Role of secondary mutations in protease inhibitor resistance evaluated

HIV/AIDS Lipodystrophy - Heightened cytokine activity involved in pathogenesis

HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Mechanisms of Hst 5 candidacidal activity clarified

HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Risk of drug-resistant P. aeruginosa reduced in HAART era

Antibiotics - Analysis of antibiotics by capillary electrophoresis reviewed

HIV/AIDS RNA Research - Pseudoknots are key feature of RNA aptamers that bind HIV NC protein

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Amprenavir prodrug safe and effective, with reduced pill burden

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Enzyme immunoassay enables intracellular nevirapine measurment

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Once-daily lamivudine 300 mg equivalent to 150 mg BID

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Tenofovir DF pharmacokinetics similar in children and adults

Hemophilia - Treatment for HIV and HCV infections in hemophiliacs reviewed

Infectious Disease - Meningococcal penicillin G breakpoints identified

Influenza - Researchers add new drug prophylactic option against flu

Malaria Therapy -  A. annua multi-harvesting improves artemisinin yield

Malaria Therapy - Alkaloid mixture enhances chloroquine efficacy in mice

Drug Resistance - Mutagenesis of SugE, a small multidrug resistance protein, investigated

Malaria Therapy - Novel LC assay accurately measures AQ and AQm in whole blood

Mosquito-borne Disease - Efficacy of pyrethroid-organophosphorous-treated bednets evaluated

Neuroscience - Maternal infections during pregnancy may encourage schizophrenia in offspring

Recombinant Research - Solubility partner for recombinant expression of streptavidin developed

Stem-Cell Transplantation - After treatment, SCT is feasible in patients with fungal infections

Tuberculosis Therapy - Isoniazid inhibits mycobacterial beta-ketoacyl reduction

Tuberculosis Therapy - Post-antibiotic effects of anti-TB agents evaluated

Wound Care - INDERMIL Tissue Adhesive receives FDA approval as a microbial barrier

Acne - XMP.629 peptide acne treatment advances into phase II clinical trial

Acute Bacterial Sinusitis - FDA approves Zithromax as treatment for acute bacterial sinusitis

Antibiotic Production - Use of fermentation route to make beta-lactams could offer huge cost savings

Antibiotic Resistance - Study links ear drops with an increase in resistant bacteria

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