Treatment of multidrug-resistant Gram-positive infections continues to challenge clinicians as the emergence of new resistance mechanisms outpaces introduction of novel antimicrobial agents. Tedizolid phosphate is a next-generation oxazolidinone with activity against both methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. Tedizolid has consistently shown pote...

PURPOSE Intraocular injection of linezolid, a synthetic oxazolidinone antibiotic, was performed in rabbits to assess its safety as a possible treatment for endophthalmitis. METHODS Linezolid, 300 microg/0.1 mL, 200 microg/0.1 mL, or 100 microg/0.1 mL, was injected into the vitreous of the right eye of 12 rabbits. Balanced saline solution was injection into the left eye of each rabbit as a con...

The oxazolidinone antibiotic linezolid targets the peptidyl transferase center (PTC) on the bacterial ribosome. Thirteen single and four double 23S rRNA mutations were introduced into a Mycobacterium smegmatis strain with a single rRNA operon. Converting bacterial base identity by single mutations at positions 2032, 2453, and 2499 to human cytosolic base identity did not confer significantly re...

The serotonin syndrome is a toxic state largely attributable to changes in sensitivity of serotonin receptor system in the brainstem and spinal cord resulting from increased serotonergic activity in central neurologic system, due to use of serotonergic agents either in overdose or in combination. Serotonin syndrome may present with neuromuscular (clonus, myoclonus, tremor, hyperreflexia) and au...

Linezolid is an oxazolidinone antibiotic in clinical use for the treatment of serious infections of resistant Gram-positive bacteria. It inhibits protein synthesis by binding to the peptidyl transferase center on the ribosome. Almost all known resistance mechanisms involve small alterations to the linezolid binding site, so this review will therefore focus on the various changes that can advers...

A two step protocol is developed for the efficient synthesis of enantiopure N-Boc-dihydrobenzo[b]-1,4-oxazine-3-carboxylic acids 4 from serine derived cyclic sulfamidate via intramolecular arylamination. The RuPhos Palladacycle along with additional RuPhos ligand is found to be an efficient catalyst for the arylamination of β-(2-bromoaryloxy)amino acids 3 to provide easy and direct access to a ...

BACKGROUND Due to their structural and therapeutic diversity, thienothiophene derivatives have attracted much synthetic interest because of their reactivity and biological activity. The thieno [2,3-b] thiophene moiety has been used in the design of a novel pharmaceutical therapies. Additionally, its enaminones derivatives are versatile synthons and have a lot of synthetic applications such as N...