Tetracycline antibiotics: mode of action, applications, molecular biology, and epidemiology of bacterial resistance

I Chopra, M Roberts - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tetracyclines were discovered in the 1940s and exhibited activity against a wide range of
microorganisms including gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, chlamydiae …

Quinine, an old anti-malarial drug in a modern world: role in the treatment of malaria

J Achan, AO Talisuna, A Erhart, A Yeka… - Malaria journal, 2011 - Springer
Quinine remains an important anti-malarial drug almost 400 years after its effectiveness was
first documented. However, its continued use is challenged by its poor tolerability, poor …

pfmdr1 mutations contribute to quinine resistance and enhance mefloquine and artemisinin sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum

ABS Sidhu, SG Valderramos… - Molecular …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence and spread of multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum has severely
limited the therapeutic options for the treatment of malaria. With ever‐increasing failure rates …

The genomic architecture of antimalarial drug resistance

AN Cowell, EA Winzeler - Briefings in functional genomics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, the two protozoan parasite species that
cause the majority of cases of human malaria, have developed resistance to nearly all …

Treatment of malaria in the United States: a systematic review

KS Griffith, LS Lewis, S Mali, ME Parise - Jama, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
ContextMany US clinicians and laboratory personnel are unfamiliar with the diagnosis and
treatment of malaria. ObjectivesTo examine the evidence base for management of …

Tetracyclines in malaria

T Gaillard, M Madamet, B Pradines - Malaria journal, 2015 - Springer
Malaria, a parasite vector-borne disease, is one of the greatest health threats in tropical
regions, despite the availability of malaria chemoprophylaxis. The emergence and rapid …

Clindamycin as an antimalarial drug: review of clinical trials

B Lell, PG Kremsner - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clinical trials from the 1970s and 1980s have shown the efficacy, safety, and practicability of
the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with clindamycin. Two reviews from the …

Therapeutic response of multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax to chloroquine and sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine in southern Papua, Indonesia

A Ratcliff, H Siswantoro, E Kenangalem… - Transactions of the …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
To determine the level of antimalarial drug resistance in southern Papua, Indonesia, we
assessed the therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine plus sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (CQ+ SP) …

Activities of artesunate and primaquine against asexual-and sexual-stage parasites in falciparum malaria

S Pukrittayakamee, K Chotivanich… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The activities of primaquine in combination with quinine or artesunate against asexual-and
sexual-stage parasites were assessed in 176 adult Thai patients with uncomplicated …

In vitro and in vivo synergy of fosmidomycin, a novel antimalarial drug, with clindamycin

J Wiesner, D Henschker, DB Hutchinson… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fosmidomycin acts through inhibition of 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate (DOXP)
reductoisomerase, a key enzyme of the nonmevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis …