In vitro evaluation of antibiotic diffusion from antibiotic-impregnated biodegradable beads and polymethylmethacrylate beads.

abstract：:Titanium (Ti) is a promising candidate biomaterial for an artificial corneal skirt. Antimicrobial peptide (AMP) immobilization may improve the bactericidal effect of the Ti substrate. In this study, we tested the bactericidal efficacy of a functionalized Ti surface in a rabbit keratitis model. A corneal stromal pocket...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tan XW,Goh TW,Saraswathi P,Nyein CL,Setiawan M,Riau A,Lakshminarayanan R,Liu S,Tan D,Beuerman RW,Mehta JS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automated DNA sequencing was used to analyze the oxyR-ahpC region in 229 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates recently recovered from diseased humans and animals. The entire 1,221-bp region was studied in 118 isolates, and 111 other isolates were sequenced for oxyR, ahpC, or the 105-bp oxyR-ahpC intergenic regi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sreevatsan S,Pan X,Zhang Y,Deretic V,Musser JM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients received a loading dose of tobramycin of 60 mg/m2 intravenously over 0.5 h followed immediately by 60 mg/m2 over 2 h every 4 h. The highest mean serum concentration (at the end of the loading dose) was 6.0 +/- 0.3 microgram/ml (range, 3.2 to 10.9 microgram/ml). The mean serum concentration 2 h after the e...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lawson RD,Bodey GP,Pan T,Smith TL

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoan parasites of the Leishmania donovani complex are the causative agents of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the most severe form of leishmaniasis, with high rates of mortality if left untreated. Leishmania parasites are transmitted to humans through the bite of infected female sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotominae), a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vacchina P,Norris-Mullins B,Abengózar MA,Viamontes CG,Sarro J,Stephens MT,Pfrender ME,Rivas L,Morales MA

更新日期：2016-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Lactamase was purified from a strain of Legionella gormanii. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was 25,000, and its isoelectric point was 10.5. The enzyme hydrolyzed oxyiminocephalosporins, cephamycins, penicillins, and imipenem. The enzyme activity was inhibited by EDTA, Hg2+, and Cu2+, but not by clavu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fujii T,Sato K,Miyata K,Inoue M,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas asiatica is a recently proposed species of the genus Pseudomonas This study describes eight isolates of carbapenem-resistant P. asiatica harboring blaNDM-1 and blaVIM-2, genes encoding metallo-β-lactamase (MBL). These isolates were obtained from urine samples of patients hospitalized in Myanmar. These isol...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tohya M,Tada T,Watanabe S,Kuwahara-Arai K,Zin KN,Zaw NN,Aung MY,Mya S,Zan KN,Kirikae T,Tin HH

更新日期：2019-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the in vitro susceptibilities of three reference strains and 41 recent clinical isolates of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 to 5-ethyl-2'-deoxyuridine. This thymidine analog exerts a type 2-preferential but not a type 2-specific antiviral effect. Utilizing a microtiter assay with BHK-21 cells, we found ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Teh CZ,Sacks SL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ledipasvir (LDV; GS-5885), a component of Harvoni (a fixed-dose combination of LDV with sofosbuvir [SOF]), is approved to treat chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Here, we report key preclinical antiviral properties of LDV, including in vitro potency, in vitro resistance profile, and activity in combination wi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cheng G,Tian Y,Doehle B,Peng B,Corsa A,Lee YJ,Gong R,Yu M,Han B,Xu S,Dvory-Sobol H,Perron M,Xu Y,Mo H,Pagratis N,Link JO,Delaney W

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique group of viridans streptococci has been found in South Africa. These organisms were isolated in close temporal and physical proximity to the isolation of penicillin-resistant pneumococci. The strains were resistant to penicillin, oxacillin, the cephalosporins (all generations), piperacillin, azlocillin, and m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Farber BF,Eliopoulos GM,Ward JI,Ruoff KL,Syriopoulou V,Moellering RC Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There were no significant differences in the pharmacokinetics of micafungin and expression of hepatic multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (ABCC2/Mrp2) between analbuminemic and Sprague-Dawley rats. Micafungin bound strongly to high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and moderately to gamma globulin. These results suggest...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Abe F,Ueyama J,Kawasumi N,Nadai M,Hayashi T,Kato M,Ohnishi M,Saito H,Takeyama N,Hasegawa T

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronidazole is now being used with increasing frequency for various infectious conditions in patients with renal failure. It is commonly administered to septic patients who have developed acute renal failure requiring hemodialysis. The hemodialysis clearances of metronidazole and its metabolites were evaluated in ni...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lau AH,Chang CW,Sabatini S

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a resurgence of interest in aerosolization of antibiotics for treatment of patients with severe pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens. A combination formulation of amikacin-fosfomycin is currently undergoing clinical testing although the exposure-response relationships of these drugs have no...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sime FB,Johnson A,Whalley S,Santoyo-Castelazo A,Montgomery AB,Walters KA,Lipman J,Hope WW,Roberts JA

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the techniques of gap misrepair mutagenesis and site-directed mutagenesis, we have generated two novel quinolone resistance mutations of the Escherichia coli DNA gyrase A protein. DNA sequencing showed these mutations to be Ser-83----Ala and Gln-106----Arg. The mutant proteins were overproduced and purified, and...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hallett P,Maxwell A

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following compounds, which possess anti-R-plasmid activity (Hahn and Ciak, 1976) in decreasing order, were shown by viscometric titration to change systematically the superhelical density of closed circular PM2 deoxyribonucleic acid in the manner of intercalators: ethidium bromide, quinacrine, acridine orange, qui...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Allison RG,Hahn FE

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of gentamicin to control contamination in a tissue culture system for the isolation of Chlamydia was investigated. Gentamicin, at concentrations up to 100 mug/ml, did not appear to inhibit the growth of stock chlamydial strains, as judged by assays for iodine-staining inclusions. When 343 cervical and urethral...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wentworth BB

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiological treatment of Chagas disease remains neglected. The compounds available show several limitations, mainly during the chronic phase. Lychnopholide encapsulated in polymeric nanocapsules (LYC-NC) was efficacious in mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and treated by intravenous administration during the ac...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： de Mello CG,Branquinho RT,Oliveira MT,Milagre MM,Saúde-Guimarães DA,Mosqueira VC,Lana Md

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia species are gram-positive environmental saprophytes, but some cause the infectious disease nocardiosis. The complete genomic sequence of Nocardia farcinica IFM 10152 has been determined, and analyses indicated the presence of two different RNA polymerase beta subunit genes, rpoB and rpoB2, in the genome (J. I...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ishikawa J,Chiba K,Kurita H,Satoh H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefazolin was added to dialysis fluid in nine patients with renal failure undergoing peritoneal dialysis with 2 liters/h per exchange. With 50 mg/liter (three patients), the first measurable mean serum concentration was 3.7 mug/ml (range, 2.4 to 4.9 mug/ml) after three exchanges and was 30.3 mug/ml (range, 13.3 to 44....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kaye D,Wenger N,Agarwal B

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim of investigating home therapy for enterococcal endocarditis, we compared the efficacy of teicoplanin combined with gentamicin given once a day or in three daily doses (t.i.d.) with the standard treatment, ampicillin plus gentamicin administered t.i.d., for treating experimental enterococcal endocarditis. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： López P,Gavaldà J,Martin MT,Almirante B,Gomis X,Azuaje C,Borrell N,Pou L,Falcó V,Pigrau C,Pahissa A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial efficacy in orthopedic device infections is diminished because of bacterial biofilms which express tolerance to antibiotics. Recently, the use of high doses of levofloxacin with rifampin has been recommended for staphylococcal infections. In the present study, we evaluated the efficacy of levofloxacin at...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Murillo O,Doménech A,Garcia A,Tubau F,Cabellos C,Gudiol F,Ariza J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential alternatives, including linezolid, adjunctive rifampin, and moxifloxacin, were evaluated against vancomycin-tolerant (P9802-020) and vancomycin-susceptible clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in an in vitro pharmacodynamic model. Vancomycin exhibited maximal killing of 2-log(10) CFU/ml against P980...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cha R,Rybak MJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arylimidamides (AIAs) are inspired by diamidine antimicrobials but show superior activity against intracellular parasites. The AIA DB766 {2,5-bis[2-(2-i-propoxy)-4-(2-pyridylimino)aminophenyl]furan hydrochloride} displays outstanding potency against intracellular Leishmania parasites and is effective in murine and ham...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pandharkar T,Zhu X,Mathur R,Jiang J,Schmittgen TD,Shaha C,Werbovetz KA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eravacycline is a fluorocycline antibiotic in phase 3 clinical development for complicated intra-abdominal and urinary tract infections. To support its clinical development, a study was conducted to evaluate the effects of various susceptibility test parameters on the MIC values for aerobic bacteria. The results showe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Grossman TH,Pillar CM,Sahm DF,Sutcliffe JA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hyl(Efm) gene (encoding a putative hyaluronidase) has been found almost exclusively in Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates, and recently, it was shown to be on a plasmid which increased the ability of E. faecium strains to colonize the gastrointestinal tract. In this work, the results of mating experiments betw...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Arias CA,Panesso D,Singh KV,Rice LB,Murray BE

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was directed at characterizing the genetic elements carrying the methylase gene erm(B), encoding ribosome modification-mediated resistance to macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin B (MLS) antibiotics, in Streptococcus pyogenes. In this species, erm(B) is responsible for MLS resistance in constitutively ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brenciani A,Bacciaglia A,Vecchi M,Vitali LA,Varaldo PE,Giovanetti E

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We administered 2 g of ceftazidime intravenously every 8 h to cancer patients for the empiric therapy of febrile episodes. Ceftazidime was administered as monotherapy for patients with granulocyte counts in excess of 1,000/microliter. Febrile, neutropenic patients were randomized to also receive either piperacillin or...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Drusano GL,Joshi J,Forrest A,Ruxer R,Standiford H,Leslie J,Wade J,Schimpff S

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoglycoside resistance in Campylobacter has been routinely monitored in the United States in clinical isolates since 1996 and in retail meats since 2002. Gentamicin resistance first appeared in a single human isolate of Campylobacter coli in 2000 and in a single chicken meat isolate in 2007, after which it increase...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen Y,Mukherjee S,Hoffmann M,Kotewicz ML,Young S,Abbott J,Luo Y,Davidson MK,Allard M,McDermott P,Zhao S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium smegmatis is a fast-growing nonpathogenic species particularly useful in studying basic cellular processes of relevance to pathogenic mycobacteria. This study focused on the D-alanine racemase gene (alrA), which is involved in the synthesis of D-alanine, a basic component of peptidoglycan that forms the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chacon O,Feng Z,Harris NB,Cáceres NE,Adams LG,Barletta RG

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Klebsiella pneumoniae strain resistant to third-generation cephalosporins was isolated in the eastern Netherlands. The strain was found to carry a novel extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, namely, SHV-31. The combination of the two mutations by which SHV-31 differs from SHV-1, namely, L35Q and E240K, had previously on...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mazzariol A,Roelofsen E,Koncan R,Voss A,Cornaglia G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echinocandins are recommended as the first-line drugs for the treatment of systemic candidiasis. Cas5 is a key transcription factor involved in the response to cell wall damage induced by echinocandins. In this study, through a genetic screen, we identified a second transcription factor, Efg1, that is also crucial for...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Xiong K,Su C,Sun Q,Lu Y

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00