Telithromycin and quinupristin-dalfopristin induce delayed death in Plasmodium falciparum.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007;
52:774-7. [PMID:
18056275 DOI:
10.1128/aac.00892-07]
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Abstract
Antibacterial agents are used in malaria therapy due to their effect on two prokaryote organelles, the mitochondrion and the apicoplast. We demonstrate here that the ribosome-blocking antibiotics telithromycin and quinupristin-dalfopristin, but not linezolid, inhibit the growth of Plasmodium falciparum. Both drugs induce delayed death in the parasite, suggesting that their effect involves the impairment of apicoplast translation processes.
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