Antimycobacterial activity of econazole against multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 543-544

  Ahmad, Zahoor ^a   Sharma, Sadhna ^a   Khuller, G K ^a   Singh, Pushpendra ^b   Faujdar, Jaya ^b   Katoch, V M ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterials; Econazole; Multidrug resistance; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ECONAZOLE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ECONAZOLE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33751194425     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.07.028     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. V. FEMS Microbiol Lett 251 (2005) 19-22
2. Zahoor A., Sharma S., and Khuller G.K. The potential of azole antifungals against latent/persistent tuberculosis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 258 (2006) 200-203
3. Zahoor A., Sharma S., and Khuller G.K. Azole antifungals as novel chemotherapeutic agents against murine tuberculosis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 261 (2006) 181-186
4. Paramasivan C.N., Chandrasekaran V., Santha T., et al. Bacteriological investigations for short course chemotherapy under the tuberculosis control programme in two districts of India. Tuber Lung Dis 74 (1993) 23-27
5. McLean K.J., Marshall K.R., Richmond A., et al. Azole antifungals are potent inhibitors of cytochrome P450 mono-oxygenases and bacterial growth in mycobacteria and streptomycetes. Microbiology 148 (2002) 2937-2949
6. David L., Christopher G.M., Kirsty J.M., et al. Atomic structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis CYP121 to 1.06 Å reveals novel features of cytochrome P450. J Biol Chem 278 (2003) 5141-5147