Pharmacokinetic study of praziquantel administered alone and in combination with cimetidine in a single-day therapeutic regimen.

abstract：:During a 4-month period in late 1988, we isolated ceftazidime-resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae and other members of the family Enterobacteriaceae from 29 patients at a chronic-care facility in Massachusetts. Ceftazidime resistance resulted from two distinct extended-spectrum beta-lactamases of the TEM type w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rice LB,Willey SH,Papanicolaou GA,Medeiros AA,Eliopoulos GM,Moellering RC Jr,Jacoby GA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AG1343, a potent inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease (Ki = 2 nM), was designed by protein structure-based drug design techniques. AG1343 has potent antiviral activity (95% effective dose = 0.04 microgram/ml) against a number of HIV-1 strains in acute and chronic models of infection. As pa...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shetty BV,Kosa MB,Khalil DA,Webber S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one patients with erythema migrans were enrolled in an open-labelled pilot study of oral clarithromycin, 500 mg twice daily for 21 days, for the treatment of early Lyme disease. Immediately posttherapy, pretreatment signs and symptoms resolved among 91% of the 33 evaluable patients. At 6 months, all 28 of the ev...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dattwyler RJ,Grunwaldt E,Luft BJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In enterobacteria, the ampG gene encodes a transmembrane protein (permease) that transports 1,6-GlcNAc-anhydro-MurNAc and the 1,6-GlcNAc-anhydro-MurNAc peptide from the periplasm to the cytoplasm, which serve as signal molecules for the induction of ampC β-lactamase. The role of AmpG as a transporter is also essential...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhang Y,Bao Q,Gagnon LA,Huletsky A,Oliver A,Jin S,Langaee T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro tissue culture system consisting of reaggregated embryonic brain cells was used to evaluate the inhibition of herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) by several antiviral compounds. The efficacy of acyclovir, vidarabine, bromovinyldeoxyuridine, and 9-(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl) guanine in HSV-1-infected Vero cel...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pulliam L,Panitch HS,Baringer JR,Dix RD

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A few international pneumococcal clones dominate the population of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci. Despite the scientific paradigm that a loss in fitness is the price for acquisition of resistance, these clones spread successfully. One hundred fifty-four isolates from adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rudolf D,Michaylov N,van der Linden M,Hoy L,Klugman KP,Welte T,Pletz MW,CAPNETZ Study Group.

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the CANCER Antimicrobial Surveillance Program in North America, a Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate, strain 07-406, was shown to possess a metallo-beta-lactamase, designated VIM-7. bla(VIM-7) is located on a 24-kb plasmid which can be readily transferred into Enterobacteriaceae and other pseudomonads. This is ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Toleman MA,Rolston K,Jones RN,Walsh TR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the influence of the lipid/amphotericin B (AMB) ratio and the phospholipid type on the in vitro renal cell toxicity and antifungal efficacy of lipid-associated AMB (L-AMB). L-AMB was prepared at one of two different lipid/AMB ratios (1 and 40) by incubating AMB with empty small unilamellar vesicles, made fr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Joly V,Bolard J,Saint-Julien L,Carbon C,Yeni P

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes present in the first 120 clinical isolates harboring extended-spectrum beta-lactamases isolated in Spain were studied. Most of these isolates (84%) were gentamicin resistant. The enzymes most frequently associated and cotransferred with SHV-2 or TEM-type beta-lactamases were AAC(3)...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fernandez-Rodriguez A,Canton R,Perez-Diaz JC,Martinez-Beltran J,Picazo JJ,Baquero F

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida lusitaniae is usually susceptible to echinocandins. Beta-1,3-glucan synthase encoded by FKS genes is the target of echinocandins. A few missense mutations in the C. lusitaniae FKS1 hot spot 1 (HS1) have been reported. We report here the rapid emergence of antifungal resistance in C. lusitaniae isolated during ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Asner SA,Giulieri S,Diezi M,Marchetti O,Sanglard D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of a self-transmissible IncL/M plasmid, pKOI-34, from a Klebsiella oxytoca isolate. pKOI-34 possessed the core structure of an IncL/M plasmid found in Erwinia amylovora, pEL60, with two mobile elements inserted, a transposon carrying the arsenic resistance operon and a Tn...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shimada N,Kayama S,Shigemoto N,Hisatsune J,Kuwahara R,Nishio H,Yamasaki K,Wada Y,Sueda T,Ohge H,Sugai M

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The VanR-VanS two-component system is responsible for inducing resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics in various bacteria. We have performed a comparative study of the VanR-VanS systems from two streptomyces strains, Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces toyocaensis, to characterize how the two proteins cooperate t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Novotna GB,Kwun MJ,Hong HJ

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on the spacing of their positive charges, ionenes, a class of quaternary ammonium polymers, increased the interferon-inducing activity of poly(inosinic acid).poly(cytidylic acid) in mouse L-929 cells, whereas they did not enhance poly(inosinic acid).poly(cytidylic acid) induced interferon production in prima...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clercq ED,Janik B,Sommer RG

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the efficacy of posaconazole (PSC), voriconazole (VRC), and amphotericin B (AMB) in a murine model of systemic infection by Cryptococcus gattii using immunocompromised animals and three clinical strains of the fungus. AMB was the most effective drug in prolonging the survival of mice and also in redu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Calvo E,Pastor FJ,Rodríguez MM,Pujol I,Guarro J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cell culture-derived interferon was shown to inhibit human cytomegalovirus in vitro. A prototype strain, Davis, and six clinical isolates of cytomegalovirus were tested. All six isolates showed uniform susceptibility to interferon, exceeding that of the Davis strain by two- to fourfold. The latter virus was foun...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Postic B,Dowling JN

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of surveying for the carbapenem-hydrolyzing metallo-beta-lactamase gene bla(IMP) in pathogenic bacteria by the PCR method, we detected a gene encoding a variant metallo-beta-lactamase, designated IMP-3, which differed from IMP-1 by having low hydrolyzing activity for penicillins and carbapenems. PCR prod...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Iyobe S,Kusadokoro H,Ozaki J,Matsumura N,Minami S,Haruta S,Sawai T,O'Hara K

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selection of resistance to cefamandole has been observed, and the drug has failed to protect animals lethally infected with certain Enterobacteriaceae that appeared to be highly susceptible in vitro. Using spectrophotometric assays, some of these organisms were found to produce beta-lactamases highly active against ce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sanders CC,Sanders WE Jr

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae has increased in the Far East to the point that penicillin can no longer be recommended as the drug of choice, mandating a change to spectinomycin. As part of an ongoing surveillance of antibiotic susceptibilities, minimal inhibitory concentrations of penicillin, tetracycl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Piziak MV,Woodbury C,Berliner D,Takafuji E,Kirkpatrick J,Opal S,Tramont E

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed cutaneous ethanol (ETOH) and isopropanol (ISOP) absorption after intensive (30 times per h) use of alcohol-based hand-rub solutions by healthcare workers (HCWs). ETOH was detectable in the breath of 6/20 HCWs (0.001 to 0.0025%) at 1 to 2 min postexposure and in the serum of 2/20 HCWs at 5 to 7 min postexpo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brown TL,Gamon S,Tester P,Martin R,Hosking K,Bowkett GC,Gerostamoulos D,Grayson ML

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A potential strategy that can be used to combat the worldwide AIDS epidemic is the development of a vaginal microbicide that prevents the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Certain CC chemokines, including RANTES, MIP-1alpha, and MIP-1beta, might facilitate the development of such micr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kish-Catalone TM,Lu W,Gallo RC,DeVico AL

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P128 is an antistaphylococcal protein, comprising a cell wall-degrading enzymatic region and a Staphylococcus-specific binding region, which possesses specific and potent bactericidal activity against sensitive and drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus To explore P128's ability to kill S. aureus in a range o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nair S,Desai S,Poonacha N,Vipra A,Sharma U

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:LFF571 is a novel semisynthetic thiopeptide antibiotic with potent activity against a variety of Gram-positive pathogens, including Clostridium difficile. In vivo efficacy of LFF571 was compared to vancomycin in a hamster model of C. difficile infection (CDI). Infection was induced in Golden Syrian hamsters using a to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Trzasko A,Leeds JA,Praestgaard J,Lamarche MJ,McKenney D

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects on Staphylococcus aureus viability and beta-lactamase activity of concentrations that simulated those in human serum after a combined dose of 875 mg of amoxicillin and 125 mg of clavulanic acid were studied in an in vitro pharmacodynamic model. Six hours of preexposure to concentrations of the amoxicillin-...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aguilar L,Martín M,Balcabao IP,Gómez-Lus ML,Dal-Ré R,Prieto J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibility of 406 clinical isolates to BMY-28142, a new semisynthetic cephem, was evaluated and compared with cefpimizole, HR 810, ceftazidime, cefotaxime, moxalactam, and cefoperazone in a broth microdilution assay. On a weight basis, the activity of BMY-28142 against Escherichia coli, Proteus specie...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tsuji A,Maniatis A,Bertram MA,Young LS

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of linezolid and temporin A in the prevention of prosthetic graft infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis with intermediate resistance to glycopeptides was investigated in a subcutaneous rat pouch model. Linezolid and temporin A, alone or combined, greatly reduced the bacterial n...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Giacometti A,Cirioni O,Ghiselli R,Orlando F,D'Amato G,Kamysz W,Mocchegiani F,Sisti V,Silvestri C,Łukasiak J,Rocchi M,Saba V,Scalise G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with chronic hepatitis B were treated with 8-day courses of leukocyte (alpha) interferon (5 X 10(6) U/day) and with 8-day courses of recombinant fibroblast (betaser) interferon at dosages of 5 X 10(6), 35 X 10(6), and 105 X 10(6) U/day. Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication as evidenced by a decrea...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Eisenberg M,Rosno S,Garcia G,Konrad MW,Gregory PB,Robinson WS,Merigan TC

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that certain anthraquinones (AQs) reduce Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation on hydroxyapatite at concentrations below the MIC. Although AQs are known to generate reactive oxygen species, the latter do not underlie the observed effect. Our results suggest that AQs inhibit S. mutans biofilm formation by ca...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coenye T,Honraet K,Rigole P,Nadal Jimenez P,Nelis HJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term cumulative cytotoxicity of antiretrovirals (ARVs) is among the major causes of treatment failure in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and patients with AIDS. This calls for the development of novel ARVs with less or no cytotoxicity. In the present study, we compared the cytotoxic ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lopes de Campos WR,Coopusamy D,Morris L,Mayosi BM,Khati M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacokinetic modeling has often been applied to evaluate vancomycin pharmacokinetics in neonates. However, clinical application of the model-based personalized vancomycin therapy is still limited. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the clinical utility and safety of a model-based patient-tailored do...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Leroux S,Jacqz-Aigrain E,Biran V,Lopez E,Madeleneau D,Wallon C,Zana-Taïeb E,Virlouvet AL,Rioualen S,Zhao W

更新日期：2016-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma elimination rates of serial 2-g intravenous injections of ceftriaxone were studied in a patient who also was treated with therapeutic plasma exchange pheresis. Plasmapheresis had negligible influence on the total clearance of ceftriaxone. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bakken JS,Cavalieri SJ,Gangeness D

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00