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SUBMITTER: Leevy WM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2531239 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leevy W Matthew WM Gammon Seth T ST Jiang Hua H Johnson James R JR Maxwell Dustin J DJ Jackson Erin N EN Marquez Manuel M Piwnica-Worms David D Smith Bradley D BD
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20061201 51
An optical imaging probe was synthesized by attaching a near-infrared carbocyanine fluorophore to an affinity group containing two zinc(II) dipicolylamine (Zn-DPA) units. The probe has a strong and selective affinity for the surfaces of bacteria, and it was used to image infections of Gram-positive S. aureus and Gram-negative E. coli bacteria in living nude mice. After intravenous injection, the probe selectively accumulates at the sites of localized bacterial infections in the thigh muscles of ...[more]