In vitro activity of JPC 2067 alone and in combination with sulfamethoxazole against nocardia species

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Feb;56(2):1133-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.05855-11. Epub 2011 Nov 21.

Abstract

JPC 2067 is a novel dihydrotriazine dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor that is being developed as an antimalarial therapeutic. We evaluated the in vitro activity of JPC 2067 alone and in combination with sulfamethoxazole (SMX) against a panel of nocardia isolates. The MIC(50)s and MIC(90)s for JPC 2067, SMX, and the combination were 0.125 μg/ml and 4 μg/ml, 16 μg/ml and 32 μg/ml, and 0.03 μg/ml and 2 μg/ml, respectively. JPC 2067 alone and in combination with SMX should be evaluated further to understand its clinical potential.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests / standards
  • Nocardia / classification
  • Nocardia / drug effects*
  • Nocardia / isolation & purification
  • Nocardia Infections / microbiology*
  • Sulfamethoxazole / pharmacology*
  • Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase / drug effects
  • Triazines / chemistry
  • Triazines / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Triazines
  • Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase
  • Sulfamethoxazole