Compounds and salts thereof which are acyl-sulfonamides or certain carboxylic acids and which inhibit microbial growth or attenuate the virulence of pathogenic microorganisms and which inhibit UDP-galactopyranose mutase (UGM). Compounds of the invention include 2-aminothiazoles and triazolothiadiazines, particularly 3,6,7-substituted-7H-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazines, and 2-amino and salts thereof. Methods for inhibiting growth or attenuating virulence of microbial pathogens including
mycobacterium
, for example,
M. tuberculosis
and
M. smegmatis
and
Klebsiella
, for example,
Klebsiella pneumoniae
. Methods for inhibiting eukaryotic human and animal pathogens, and fungi and nematodes in particular. Methods for treatment of infections by prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathogens employing compounds of the invention.
其酰基磺酰胺或某些
羧酸的化合物及其盐,能够抑制微
生物生长或减弱病原微
生物的毒力,并且能够抑制
UDP-半
乳糖吡喃糖异构酶(UGM)。该发明的化合物包括
2-氨基噻唑和三唑噻二嗪,特别是3,6,7-取代的7H-[1,2,4]三唑噻二嗪和其盐,以及2-
氨基。抑制微
生物病原体生长或减弱其毒力的方法包括结核分枝杆菌(例如结核分枝杆菌和平滑分枝杆菌)和克雷伯氏菌(例如肺炎克雷伯氏菌)等微
生物病原体。抑制真核人类和动物病原体、真菌和线虫的方法,特别是治疗原核和真核病原体感染的方法,采用了该发明的化合物。