Clinically achievable plasma deferoxamine concentrations are therapeutic in a rat model of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

abstract：:The spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria presents a global health challenge. Efficient surveillance of bacteria harboring antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is a critical aspect to controlling the spread. Increased access to microbial genomic data from many diverse populations informs this surveillance but only whe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kim HL,Rodriguez RD,Morris SK,Zhao S,Donato JJ

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of antibiotic treatment on establishment of intestinal colonization by Candida glabrata in adult mice. Subcutaneous ceftriaxone, piperacillin-tazobactam, clindamycin, and metronidazole promoted increased density of stool colonization, whereas cefepime, levofloxacin, and aztreonam did not. These ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pultz NJ,Stiefel U,Ghannoum M,Helfand MS,Donskey CJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several major differences between the penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of highly penicillin-resistant and -susceptible strains of pneumococci. The highest-molecular-size PBP 1a (98 kilodaltons [kDa]) of susceptible pneumococci is not detectable in resistant bacteria. Instead, resistant strains contain a PB...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hakenbeck R,Ellerbrok H,Briese T,Handwerger S,Tomasz A

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mining existing agents that enhance the therapeutic potential of ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors (EBI) is a promising approach to improve Chagas disease chemotherapy. In this study, we evaluated the effect of ravuconazole, an EBI, combined with amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, upon Trypanosoma cruzi experimen...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Machado YA,Bahia MT,Caldas IS,Mazzeti AL,Novaes RD,Vilas Boas BR,Santos LJS,Martins-Filho OA,Marques MJ,Diniz LF

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Broth dilution minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) readings were compared after different incubation periods and with different inoculum concentrations. The purpose was to determine the best conditions for obtaining early results as close as possible to overnight readings. Initially, 76 antibiotic-organism combinat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lampe MF,Aitken CL,Dennis PG,Forsythe PS,Patrick KE,Schoenknecht FD,Sherris JC

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of tosufloxacin (A-61827; T-3262) against 15 clinical isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis and 31 recent clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, including 15 spectinomycin-resistant N. gonorrhoeae and 16 penicillinase-producing N. gonorrhoeae, was determined. Tosufloxacin was compared with doxyc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Segreti J,Hirsch DJ,Harris AA,Kapell KS,Orbach H,Kessler HA

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematogenous Candida meningoencephalitis (HCME) is a serious infection in premature neonates. Anidulafungin is an echinocandin antifungal agent with potent activity against Candida spp., but its efficacy and optimal regimens for human neonates with HCME are not known. A well-validated rabbit model of HCME was used to ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Warn PA,Livermore J,Howard S,Felton TW,Sharp A,Gregson L,Goodwin J,Petraitiene R,Petraitis V,Cohen-Wolkowiez M,Walsh TJ,Benjamin DK Jr,Hope WW

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:Intravenous inoculation of a group A hemolytic streptococcus caused lethal infections in all of eight untreated monkeys. Intramuscular injections of clindamycin-2-phosphate in a daily dose of 25 mg/kg given in equal morning and afternoon doses for 10 days resulted in survival of all of eight monkeys. Similar results w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Carlisle HN,Saslaw S

更新日期：1972-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-l-2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxy-N(4)-hydroxycytidine (l-Hyd4C) was demonstrated to be an effective and highly selective inhibitor of hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in HepG2.2.15 cells (50% effective dose [ED(50)] = 0.03 microM; 50% cytotoxic dose [CD(50)] = 2,500 microM). In the present study, we investigate...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Matthes E,Bünger H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New classes of antiparasitic drugs active against Trypanosoma brucei are needed to combat human African trypanosomiasis. Inhibitors of methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS) have excellent potential to be developed for this purpose (S. Shibata, J. R. Gillespie, A. M. Kelley, A. J. Napuli, Z. Zhang, K. V. Kovzun, R. M. Pefl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ranade RM,Gillespie JR,Shibata S,Verlinde CL,Fan E,Hol WG,Buckner FS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciprofloxacin, clinafloxacin, PD 131628, sparfloxacin, and trovafloxacin were tested against 236 strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, most of which were resistant to other agents. Resistance to multiple antibiotics did not affect the organism's susceptibility to the fluoroquinolones. The fluoroquinolones with in vitro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barry AL,Fuchs PC,Brown SD

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen in catheter-related infections. Modifying catheter material with interpenetrating polymer networks is a novel material technology that allows for impregnation with drugs and subsequent controlled release. Here, we evaluated the potential for combining this system with pl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Klein K,Grønnemose RB,Alm M,Brinch KS,Kolmos HJ,Andersen TE

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the relationship between rifampin MICs and rpoB mutations of 40 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A point mutation in either codon 516, 526, or 531 was found in 13 strains requiring MICs of > or = 64 micrograms/ml, while 21 strains requiring MICs of < or = 1 microgram/ml showed no alteration...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ohno H,Koga H,Kohno S,Tashiro T,Hara K

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of 4,929 unselected clinical isolates of bacteria to cefoxitin and cephalothin was determined by the single-disk method, using a computer-associated electronic zone analyzer to obtain, record, and process measurements of sizes of zones of inhibition. Both cefoxitin and cephalothin were effective aga...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moellering RC Jr,Dray M,Kunz LJ

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opportunistic apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii damages fetuses in utero and threatens immunocompromised individuals. The toxicity associated with standard antitoxoplasmal therapies, which target the folate pathway, underscores the importance of examining alternative pharmacological strategies. Parasitic pro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sullivan WJ Jr,Dixon SE,Li C,Striepen B,Queener SF

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alalevonadifloxacin (WCK 2349) is a novel l-alanine ester prodrug of levonadifloxacin that is being developed as an oral fluoroquinolone antibiotic. The primary objective of this study was to determine and compare plasma, epithelial lining fluid (ELF), and alveolar macrophage (AM) concentrations of levonadifloxacin fo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rodvold KA,Gotfried MH,Chugh R,Gupta M,Yeole R,Patel A,Bhatia A

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted antisense and gene replacement mutagenesis experiments demonstrate that only the murA1 gene and not the murA2 gene is required for the normal cellular growth of Bacillus anthracis. Antisense-based modulation of murA1 gene expression hypersensitizes cells to the MurA-specific antibiotic fosfomycin despite the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kedar GC,Brown-Driver V,Reyes DR,Hilgers MT,Stidham MA,Shaw KJ,Finn J,Haselbeck RJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1,3)Beta-D-glucan synthase (EC 2.4.1.34. UDP-glucose: 1,3-beta-D-glucan 3-beta-glucosyltransferase) uses UDP-glucose as substrate and catalyzes the polymerization of glucose ([1,3]-beta-linkages) to form the major carbohydrate component of the fungal cell wall. We have optimized in vitro assay conditions for (1,3)bet...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maligie MA,Selitrennikoff CP

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reverse-phase, high-pressure liquid chromatographic method for the rapid and quantitative determination of ketoconazole has been developed. Drug levels from 0.5 to 10 microgram/ml can be determined in either yeast nitrogen base medium or human serum by using an octadecylsilane column. A retention time of 4.9 +/- 0.1...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Andrews FA,Peterson LR,Beggs WH,Crankshaw D,Sarosi GA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV), a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitoes, was an almost neglected pathogen until its introduction in the Americas in 2015 and its subsequent explosive spread throughout the continent, where it has infected millions of people. The virus has caused social and sanitary alarm, mainly due to its associatio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Saiz JC,Martín-Acebes MA

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Presently, therapy of eumycetoma in Sudan is still based on surgery combined with prolonged ketoconazole therapy. This usually results in a poor clinical outcome. To determine if posaconazole and terbinafine could offer better therapeutic alternatives, the in vitro susceptibilities of 34 Madurella mycetomatis strains ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： van Belkum A,Fahal AH,van de Sande WW

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of the pradimicin derivative BMS 181184 was evaluated in a model of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in persistently neutropenic rabbits and compared with that of amphotericin B deoxycholate. BMS 181184 at total daily doses of 50 and 150 mg/kg of body weight was at least as effective as amphotericin B at ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gonzalez CE,Groll AH,Giri N,Shetty D,Al-Mohsen I,Sein T,Feuerstein E,Bacher J,Piscitelli S,Walsh TJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two classification schemes for beta-lactamases are currently in use. The molecular classification is based on the amino acid sequence and divides beta-lactamases into class A, C, and D enzymes which utilize serine for beta-lactam hydrolysis and class B metalloenzymes which require divalent zinc ions for substrate hydr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bush K,Jacoby GA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes nosocomial infections worldwide. This microbe's propensity to form biofilms allows it to persist and to survive on clinical abiotic surfaces for long periods. In fact, A. baumannii biofilm formation and its multidrug-resistant nature severely compromise ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Krishnamoorthy S,Shah BP,Lee HH,Martinez LR

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The exogenous control of hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication can be mediated through the inhibition of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) activity of NS5B. Small-molecule inhibitors of NS5B include nucleoside and nonnucleoside analogs. Here, we report the discovery of a novel class of HCV polymerase nonnucleoside...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nyanguile O,Pauwels F,Van den Broeck W,Boutton CW,Quirynen L,Ivens T,van der Helm L,Vandercruyssen G,Mostmans W,Delouvroy F,Dehertogh P,Cummings MD,Bonfanti JF,Simmen KA,Raboisson P

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of cefprozil were determined with 12 volunteers (8 received cefprozil and 4 received a placebo) after oral administration of 500 mg every 12 h over an 8-day period in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled design. Concentrations in serum and urine were measured by high-pressure liquid chro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lode H,Müller C,Borner K,Nord CE,Koeppe P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiviral effects of selenazofurin (2-beta-D-ribofuranosylselenazole-4-carboxamide, selenazole), ribavirin (1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide), and 3-deazaguanosine (6-amino-1-beta-D-ribofuranosylimidazo-[4.5-C]pyridin-4(5H)-one) were investigated separately and in various combinations in an in v...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kirsi JJ,McKernan PA,Burns NJ 3rd,North JA,Murray BK,Robins RK

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequencing of trimethoprim-resistant Escherichia coli clinical isolates identified a member of the trimethoprim-resistant type II dihydrofolate reductase gene family (dfrB). The dfrB4 gene was located within a class I integron flanked by multiple resistance genes. This arrangement was previously reported ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Toulouse JL,Edens TJ,Alejaldre L,Manges AR,Pelletier JN

更新日期：2017-04-24 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