申请人:Tidwell R. Richard
公开号:US20050197378A1
公开(公告)日:2005-09-08
A method of treating a
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
infection in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of treating microbial infections, including infections from protozoan pathogens, such as
Leishmania donovani, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
, a
Trypanosoma cruzi
, and
Plasmodium falciparum
, and fungal pathogens, such as
Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus
, and
Cryptococcus neoformans
, in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effective amount of a cationic substituted benzofuran compound. Methods of synthesizing novel cationic substituted benzofuran compounds and the novel compounds themselves.
本发明涉及一种治疗需要治疗的主体中的结核分枝杆菌感染的方法,包括向该主体内给予阳离子取代苯并呋喃化合物的有效量。本发明还涉及治疗微生物感染的方法,包括来自原虫病原体的感染,例如Leishmania donovani,Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense,Trypanosoma cruzi和Plasmodium falciparum,以及真菌病原体,例如Candida albicans,Aspergillus fumigatus和Cryptococcus neoformans,包括向需要治疗的主体内给予阳离子取代苯并呋喃化合物的有效量。本发明还涉及合成新的阳离子取代苯并呋喃化合物的方法以及这些新化合物本身。