Antipneumocystis activity of 17C91, a prodrug of atovaquone.

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a common pathogen associated with nosocomial pneumonia and is an increasing threat for severe community-acquired pneumonia. We have now investigated the role of interleukin-12 (IL-12) in protective immunity against lung infection with MRSA. The importance of IL-12 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nguyen QT,Furuya Y,Roberts S,Metzger DW

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three percent 5-ethyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) in an aqueous cream base was compared with 5% acyclovir (ACV) in polyethylene glycol ointment and 3% EdU in 95% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) for efficacy in the topical treatment of an experimental dorsal cutaneous herpes simplex virus type 1 infection in guinea pigs. Topical A...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Spruance SL,Freeman DJ,Sheth NV

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymyxin B (PMB) binds to and neutralizes endotoxin, but its systemic clinical utility is limited by neuro- and nephrotoxicity. PMX622 is a covalent conjugate of PMB and Dextran-70 designed to retain the ability of PMB to neutralize endotoxin and to retain the favorable colloidal, pharmacokinetic, and metabolic prope...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lake P,DeLeo J,Cerasoli F,Logdberg L,Weetall M,Handley D

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While it is well-known that adjunctive corticosteroid use improves the outcome of moderate-to-severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), there are limited data on its efficacy in non-HIV-infected patients with PcP. Patients undergoing fiber-optic bronchoscopy wit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moon SM,Kim T,Sung H,Kim MN,Kim SH,Choi SH,Jeong JY,Woo JH,Kim YS,Lee SO

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echinocandins are a preferred therapy for invasive candidiasis due to their potency and broad spectrum. Resistance, especially in Candida glabrata, is an emerging threat to their use. Pharmacodynamic (PD) studies examining reduced susceptibility secondary to fks mutations in C. glabrata are lacking. The current study ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lepak A,Castanheira M,Diekema D,Pfaller M,Andes D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recovery of gentamicin from renal cortical tissue (assayed by fluorescence polarization immunoassay) was highest (P less than 0.05) when using a sodium hydroxide (NaOH) digestion procedure without homogenization (90.0 +/- 5.4%), followed by homogenization with NaOH digestion (85.8 +/- 7.7%) and homogenization with tri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brown SA,Sugimoto K,Smith GG,Garry FB

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agar and broth microdilution MICs of RP 74501-RP 74502, a mixture of streptogramin antimicrobial agents that inhibited 90% of 22 Legionella strains tested, were 0.64 and 0.08 microgram/ml, respectively; respective erythromycin values were 1.0 and 0.12 microgram/ml. RP 74501-RP 74502 at 1 microgram/ml was more active t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Edelstein PH,Edelstein MA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The site of localization of [(3)H]gentamicin within mouse kidney is shown to be the proximal renal tubule by coincidence of the radioactivity, as visualized by autoradiography, and the mucopolysaccharide-rich microvilli characteristic of proximal convoluted tubules, as visualized by histochemical staining. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kuhar MJ,Mak LL,Lietman PS

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1989 and 1990, a large number of ampicillin-resistant strains of Enterococcus faecium were isolated from infected patients treated at intensive care units in Berlin, Germany. Twenty-five clinical isolates, including five different biotypes as classified by acid production from various sugars and a wide range of sus...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Klare I,Rodloff AC,Wagner J,Witte W,Hakenbeck R

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determinations of doxycycline 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50) for 620 isolates from northwest Thailand were performed via the isotopic method, and the data were analyzed by the Bayesian method and distributed into two populations (mean IC50s of 13.15 μM and 31.60 μM). There was no significant difference between t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gaillard T,Sriprawat K,Briolant S,Wangsing C,Wurtz N,Baragatti M,Lavina M,Pascual A,Nosten F,Pradines B

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of WY-49605 (SUN5555) (WY) was compared with those of cefaclor, cefixime, and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid against 2,958 consecutive clinical isolates from five medical centers and 402 respiratory pathogens from 18 other facilities. Most members of the family Enterobacteriaceae were inhibited by W...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sewell D,Barry A,Allen S,Fuchs P,McLaughlin J,Pfaller M

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:We have quantified the biological cost of VanA-type glycopeptide resistance due to the acquisition of the resistance operon by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from Enterococcus sp. Exponential growths of recipient strain HIP11713, its transconjugant VRSA-1, VRSA-5, and VRSA-6 were compared in the ab...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Foucault ML,Courvalin P,Grillot-Courvalin C

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed and validated a high-performance liquid chromatography method coupled with a mass detector to quantify itraconazole, voriconazole, and posaconazole using quinoxaline as the internal standard. The method involves protein precipitation with acetonitrile. Mean accuracy (percent deviation from the true v...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Baietto L,D'Avolio A,Ventimiglia G,De Rosa FG,Siccardi M,Simiele M,Sciandra M,Di Perri G

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest species of malaria parasites, is dependent on glycolysis for the generation of ATP during the pathogenic red blood cell stage. Hexokinase (HK) catalyzes the first step in glycolysis, transferring the γ-phosphoryl group of ATP to glucose to yield glucose-6-phosphate. Here, we descri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Davis MI,Patrick SL,Blanding WM,Dwivedi V,Suryadi J,Golden JE,Coussens NP,Lee OW,Shen M,Boxer MB,Hall MD,Sharlow ER,Drew ME,Morris JC

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of cidofovir (HPMPC; (S)-1-[3-hydroxy-2-(phosphonylmethoxy)propyl]cytosine) were examined at five dose levels in three phase I/II studies in a total of 42 human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients (with or without asymptomatic cytomegalovirus infection). Levels of cidofovir in serum following...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cundy KC,Petty BG,Flaherty J,Fisher PE,Polis MA,Wachsman M,Lietman PS,Lalezari JP,Hitchcock MJ,Jaffe HS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The host immune response to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is effective against HCMV reactivation from latency, though not sufficient to clear the virus. T cells are primarily responsible for the control of viral reactivation. When the host immune system is compromised, as in transplant recipients with immunosuppression...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Meng W,Tang A,Ye X,Gui X,Li L,Fan X,Schultz RD,Freed DC,Ha S,Wang D,Zhang N,Fu TM,An Z

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA sequences of two plasmids carrying vanA, pVEF1 (39,626 bp) and pVEF2 (39,714 bp), were determined. Forty-three shared coding sequences were identified, and the only nucleotide difference was an 88-bp indel. A postsegregational killing system was identified. This system possibly explains the persistence of the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sletvold H,Johnsen PJ,Simonsen GS,Aasnaes B,Sundsfjord A,Nielsen KM

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha interferon and ribavirin are required in combination to achieve a sustained virological response in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Alpha interferon has direct antiviral activity and also enhances HCV-specific T-cell responses. Ribavirin has little direct activity against HCV but reduces hepa...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barnes E,Salio M,Cerundolo V,Medlin J,Murphy S,Dusheiko G,Klenerman P

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The killing of Candida albicans by a series of amphiphilic quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) with different hydrocarbon chain lengths was closely related to the binding of the compounds to the cells and damage of the cell membranes. The membrane damage was measured as the level of release of the UV-absorbing materi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ahlström B,Chelminska-Bertilsson M,Thompson RA,Edebo L

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure-activity relations of myxinidin, a peptide derived from epidermal mucus of hagfish, Myxine glutinosa L., were investigated. Analysis of key residues allowed us to design new peptides with increased efficiency. Antimicrobial activity of native and modified peptides demonstrated the key role of uncharged r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cantisani M,Leone M,Mignogna E,Kampanaraki K,Falanga A,Morelli G,Galdiero M,Galdiero S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophages have been used for more than a century for (unconventional) therapy of bacterial infections, for half a century as tools in genetic research, for 2 decades as tools for discovery of specific target-binding proteins, and for nearly a decade as tools for vaccination or as gene delivery vehicles. Here we p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yacoby I,Shamis M,Bar H,Shabat D,Benhar I

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatitis C virus (HCV) replicon is a unique system for the development of a high-throughput screen (HTS), since the analysis of inhibitors requires the quantification of a decrease in a steady-state level of HCV RNA. HCV replicon replication is dependent on host cell factors, and any toxic effects may have a sign...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： O'Boyle DR 2nd,Nower PT,Lemm JA,Valera L,Sun JH,Rigat K,Colonno R,Gao M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of daptomycin (DAP)-nonsusceptible (DNS) vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) vertebral osteomyelitis cases complicated by bacteremia treated with high-dose daptomycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Both patients responded rapidly and favorably to this combination. The clinical ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Avery LM,Steed ME,Woodruff AE,Hasan M,Rybak MJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report the first autochthonous cases of infections caused by blaNDM-5 New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli strains recovered from urine and blood specimens of three patients from Algeria between January 2012 and February 2013. The three isolates belong to sequence type 2659 and they coexpr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sassi A,Loucif L,Gupta SK,Dekhil M,Chettibi H,Rolain JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV; genus Alphavirus) is the causative agent of chikungunya fever. CHIKV replication can be inhibited by some broad-spectrum antiviral compounds; in contrast, there is very little information about compounds specifically inhibiting the enzymatic activities of CHIKV replication proteins. These pro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Das PK,Puusepp L,Varghese FS,Utt A,Ahola T,Kananovich DG,Lopp M,Merits A,Karelson M

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Antagonism of antibiotic activity by peritoneal dialysate has been postulated to be a cause of failure of treatment of peritonitis complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. We evaluated by a case-control study whether unexpected treatment failure could be attributed to such antagonism. Bacteria isolated ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ludlam H,Johnston L,Hopkins P

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of sub-MICs of certain antibiotics, namely, penicillin G, tetracycline, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, on the cell surface characteristics and the virulences of two toxigenic isolates of Pasteurella multocida representing capsular types A and D were evaluated. Expression of proteins, in particular, out...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lebrun A,Caya M,Jacques M

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly frequent reports have described the in vivo loss of daptomycin susceptibility in association with clinical treatment failures. The mechanism(s) of daptomycin resistance is not well understood. We studied an isogenic set of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the bloodstream of a daptomycin-treated patient...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jones T,Yeaman MR,Sakoulas G,Yang SJ,Proctor RA,Sahl HG,Schrenzel J,Xiong YQ,Bayer AS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fosmid library from genomic DNA of Streptomyces viridochromogenes DSM 40736 was constructed and screened for the presence of genes known to be involved in the biosynthesis of phosphinothricin tripeptide (PTT). Eight positives were identified, one of which was able to confer PTT biosynthetic capability upon Streptomy...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Blodgett JA,Zhang JK,Metcalf WW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00