Activities of oral antibiotics on Providencia strains isolated from institutionalized elderly patients with urinary tract infections.

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of piperacillin were examined after single intravenous doses to three groups of male patients with creatinine clearances of greater than or equal to 60 (group I), greater than or equal to 20 but less than 60 (group II), and less than 20 (group III) ml/min per 1.73 m2. Each of 32 patients received ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Welling PG,Craig WA,Bundtzen RW,Kwok FW,Gerber AU,Madsen PO

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemisinin and its derivatives are important new antimalarials which are now used widely in Southeast Asia. Clinically relevant artemisinin resistance has not yet been reported but is likely to occur. In order to understand how the malaria parasite might become resistant to this drug, we studied artemisinin resistanc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Walker DJ,Pitsch JL,Peng MM,Robinson BL,Peters W,Bhisutthibhan J,Meshnick SR

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparative in vitro activity of SMT19969, a novel, narrow-spectrum, nonabsorbable agent, was studied against 50 ribotype-defined Clostridium difficile strains, 174 Gram-positive and 136 Gram-negative intestinal anaerobes, and 40 Gram-positive aerobes. SMT19969 was one dilution more active against C. difficile iso...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goldstein EJ,Citron DM,Tyrrell KL,Merriam CV

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avibactam is a new non-β-lactam β-lactamase inhibitor that shows promising restoration of ceftazidime activity against microorganisms producing Ambler class A extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and carbapenemases such as KPCs, class C β-lactamases (AmpC), and some class D enzymes. To determine optimal dosing combi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Berkhout J,Melchers MJ,van Mil AC,Seyedmousavi S,Lagarde CM,Schuck VJ,Nichols WW,Mouton JW

更新日期：2015-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Racial differences in antiretroviral treatment responses remain incompletely explained and may be a consequence of differential pharmacokinetics (PK) associated with race. Raltegravir, an inhibitor of HIV-1 integrase, is commonly used in the treatment of HIV-infected patients, many of whom are African-American. Howeve...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wohl DA,Dumond JB,Blevins S,Pittard D,Ragan D,Wang R,Massengale K,Walsh K,Floris-Moore M,Eron JJ Jr,Richardson A,Hudgens MG,Kashuba AD

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During HIV-1 reverse transcription, there are increasing opportunities for nucleos(t)ide (NRTI) or nonnucleoside (NNRTI) reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors to stop elongation of the nascent viral DNA (vDNA). In addition, RT inhibitors appear to influence the kinetics of vDNA synthesis differently. While cell-free k...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Abram ME,Tsiang M,White KL,Callebaut C,Miller MD

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human fungal pathogen Candida albicans releases a large glycofragment of the Msb2 surface protein (Msb2*) into the growth environment, which protects against the action of human antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) LL-37 and histatin-5. Quantitation of Msb2*/LL-37 interactions by microscale thermophoresis revealed high-a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Swidergall M,Ernst AM,Ernst JF

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important determinant of nephrotoxicity, which is the major complication of long-term amphotericin B treatment, is dysfunction of distal tubular epithelial cells. The underlying cause for this rather selective damage to the cells is unknown. In the present investigation, it was shown that kidney epithelial cells we...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Walev I,Bhakdi S

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many potent antiviral drugs have been developed against HIV-1, and their combined action is usually successful in achieving durable virus suppression in infected individuals. This success is based on two effects: additive or even synergistic virus inhibition and an increase in the genetic threshold for development of ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhao N,Wang G,Das AT,Berkhout B

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) can be mechanistically classified into carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) and non-carbapenemase-producing carbapenem nonsusceptible Enterobacteriaceae (NCPCRE). We sought to investigate the effect of antecedent carbapenem exposure as a risk factor for NCPCRE ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marimuthu K,Ng OT,Cherng BPZ,Fong RKC,Pada SK,De PP,Ooi ST,Smitasin N,Thoon KC,Krishnan PU,Ang MLT,Chan DSG,Kwa ALH,Deepak RN,Chan YK,Chan YFZ,Huan X,Zaw Linn K,Tee NWS,Tan TY,Koh TH,Lin RTP,Hsu LY,Sengupta

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypocrellins A and B were evaluated for in vitro antimicrobial and antileishmanial activities. Hypocrellin A exhibited promising activity against Candida albicans and moderate activity against Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Mycobacterium intracellulare. Hypocrellin ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ma G,Khan SI,Jacob MR,Tekwani BL,Li Z,Pasco DS,Walker LA,Khan IA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the activity of voriconazole against 400 clinical strains of Aspergillus from the pre-voriconazole (1999 to 2002) and post-voriconazole (2003 to 2007) periods. Although the mean MICs of strains from the post-voriconazole period were slightly higher (0.39 versus 0.57 microg/ml; P < 0.001), all strains were s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Guinea J,Recio S,Peláez T,Torres-Narbona M,Bouza E

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the antibiotic susceptibilities of 1,785 enterococcal bloodstream isolates collected over 25 years. Antibiotic resistance emerged at a greater rate in Enterococcus faecium than in other enterococcal species, and E. faecium isolates became proportionally more common over time. Our findings confirm the pat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Murdoch DR,Mirrett S,Harrell LJ,Monahan JS,Reller LB

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven bla(IMP-1)-harboring Acinetobacter sp. isolates and one Pseudomonas putida clinical isolate were recovered from hospitalized patients. All isolates possessed a class 1 integron, named In86, carrying the same cassette array [bla(IMP1), aac(6')-31, and aadA1], which was plasmid located in five of the isolates. Thi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mendes RE,Castanheira M,Toleman MA,Sader HS,Jones RN,Walsh TR

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus infections are associated with high mortality rates and high treatment costs. Limited available antifungals and increasing antifungal resistance highlight an urgent need for new antifungals. Thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) is essential for maintaining redox homeostasis and presents as a promising ta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marshall AC,Kidd SE,Lamont-Friedrich SJ,Arentz G,Hoffmann P,Coad BR,Bruning JB

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine patients with uncomplicated gonorrhea were randomized to receive single, oral 50-, 100-, or 200-mg doses of trovafloxacin (CP-99,219), a new quinolone antibiotic. All 31 evaluable patients were cured of infection. Trovafloxacin was well tolerated. The trovafloxacin MICs at which 50 and 90% of 36 Neisseria ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hook EW 3rd,Pinson GB,Blalock CJ,Johnson RB

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates (n = 110) from health care centers in central Indiana (from 2010 to 2013) were tested for susceptibility to combinations of avibactam (4 μg/ml) with ceftazidime, ceftaroline, or aztreonam. MIC50/MIC90 values were 1/2 μg/ml (ceftazidime-avibactam), 0.5/2 μg/ml (ceftar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhang Y,Kashikar A,Brown CA,Denys G,Bush K

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:N(2)-(3,4-Dichlorobenzyl)-7-(2-[1-morpholinyl]ethyl)guanine (MorE-DCBG, 362E) is a synthetic purine that selectively inhibits the replication-specific DNA polymerase of Clostridium difficile. MorE-DCBG and its analogs strongly inhibited the growth of a wide variety of C. difficile strains. When administered orally in ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dvoskin S,Xu WC,Brown NC,Yanachkov IB,Yanachkova M,Wright GE

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the influences of antimicrobial agents on the colonization of the respiratory tract and infection with Enterococcus faecalis in intensive care unit (ICU) patients receiving mechanical respiration for at least 3 days. In a matched-cohort analysis, patients receiving topical antimicrobial prophylaxis (TAP) of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bonten MJ,Gaillard CA,van Tiel FH,van der Geest S,Stobberingh EE

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of a stepwise selection procedure, mutants capable of growing in the presence of relatively high multiplicities of a bacteriocin from Streptococcus mutans GS-5 were obtained from a sensitivie strain of Streptococcus pyogenes. Mutacin-neutralizing activity of cell extracts containing receptor protein was exami...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Franker CK

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of quorum-sensing (QS) systems regulating antibiotic resistance and virulence factors (VFs) has afforded a novel opportunity to prevent bacterial pathogenicity. Dietary molecules have been demonstrated to attenuate QS circuits of bacteria. But, to our knowledge, no study exploring the potential of colost...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Srivastava A,Singh BN,Deepak D,Rawat AK,Singh BR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro susceptibility tests were performed on 84 strains of Clostridium difficile to 11 antimicrobial agents. All isolates were from the stools of patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea or colitis in which there was a cytopathic toxin that was neutralized by Clostridium sordellii antitoxin. Over 95% of the str...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dzink J,Bartlett JG

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with newly diagnosed cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis were treated with an induction regimen of intravenous foscarnet, 60 mg/kg of body weight, administered as a 2-h infusion and repeated every 8 h for 14 days. At the end of induction, 9 of 10 patients had stabilized...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jacobson MA,O'Donnell JJ,Mills J

更新日期：1989-05-01 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：:On the basis of the antiviral action of sulfated polyanions in human immunodeficiency virus and other viral infections, we studied the effect of dextran sulfate and heparin on duck hepatitis B virus infection. These agents do not affect viral uptake and replication in liver cells in vitro or in vivo. Sulfated polyanio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Offensperger WB,Offensperger S,Walter E,Blum HE,Gerok W

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus (DENV) causes disease globally, with an estimated 25 to 100 million new infections per year. At present, no effective vaccine is available, and treatment is supportive. In this study, we identified BP2109, a potent and selective small-molecule inhibitor of the DENV NS2B/NS3 protease, by a high-throughput ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang CC,Hsieh YC,Lee SJ,Wu SH,Liao CL,Tsao CH,Chao YS,Chern JH,Wu CP,Yueh A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba is a free-living amoeba causing a potentially blinding infection of the cornea. Contact lens wearers are most at risk and account for some 95% of cases. Hydrogen peroxide is used for contact lens disinfection due to its broad antimicrobial activity. Lenses must be neutralized before use to avoid pronounce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hughes R,Kilvington S

更新日期：2001-07-01 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

abstract：:The in vitro activities of a new quinolone, WIN 57273, and the combination of piperacillin and tazobactam, a beta-lactamase inhibitor, were compared with those of cefoxitin, ceftizoxime, chloramphenicol, clindamycin, imipenem, metronidazole, and piperacillin for 123 clinical anaerobic isolates. Ceftizoxime and cefoxit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Venezia RA,Yocum DM,Robbiano EM,Echols RM

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between bacterial biofilms formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and clarithromycin, a macrolide having no anti-P. aeruginosa activity, were investigated. P. aeruginosa incubated for 10 days on membrane filters formed biofilms on the surfaces of the filters. The biofilms were characterized by dense colonizatio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yasuda H,Ajiki Y,Koga T,Kawada H,Yokota T

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00