Prophylaxis with enteral antibiotics in ventilated patients: selective decontamination or selective cross-infection?

abstract：:Standard antituberculosis (anti-TB) therapy requires the use of multiple drugs for a minimum of 6 months, with variable outcomes that are influenced by a number of microbiological, pathological, and clinical factors. This is despite the availability of antibiotics that have good activity against Mycobacterium tubercul...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kjellsson MC,Via LE,Goh A,Weiner D,Low KM,Kern S,Pillai G,Barry CE 3rd,Dartois V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for novel antibacterial strategies and the awareness of the importance of quorum sensing (QS) in bacterial infections have stimulated research aimed at identifying QS inhibitors (QSIs). However, clinical application of QSIs identified so far is still distant, likely due to their unsuitability for use in human...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Imperi F,Massai F,Ramachandran Pillai C,Longo F,Zennaro E,Rampioni G,Visca P,Leoni L

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended-infusion ceftolozane-tazobactam treatment at 1.5 g every 8 h was used to treat multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a critically ill patient on continuous venovenous hemofiltration. Serum drug concentrations were measured at 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8 h after the start of infusion. Prefilter levels of ceftolo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Oliver WD,Heil EL,Gonzales JP,Mehrotra S,Robinett K,Saleeb P,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the antifungal susceptibilities of 34 clinical isolates of the dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenckii to 11 drugs using a microdilution method. In general, the type of growth phase (mycelial or yeast) and the temperature of incubation (30 or 35 degrees C) exerted a significant influence on the MICs. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Trilles L,Fernández-Torres B,Dos Santos Lazéra M,Wanke B,de Oliveira Schubach A,de Almeida Paes R,Inza I,Guarro J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the leading pathogens that cause a variety of mucosal and invasive infections. With the increased emergence of multidrug-resistant S. pneumoniae, new antimicrobials with mechanisms of action different from conventional antibiotics are urgently needed. In this study, we identified a p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang H,Gong Y,Zhang H,Etobayeva I,Miernikiewicz P,Luo D,Li X,Zhang X,Dąbrowska K,Nelson DC,He J,Wei H

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii enters host cells via an active, self-driven process to fulfill its need for intracellular replication and survival. Successful host cell invasion is governed by sequential release of secretory proteins from three specialized organelles, including the micronemes, which contribute adhesive proteins ne...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Teo CF,Zhou XW,Bogyo M,Carruthers VB

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis is the etiologic agent of the plague. Reports of Y. pestis strains that are resistant to each of the currently approved first-line and prophylactic treatments point to the urgent need to develop novel antibiotics with activity against the pathogen. We previously reported that Y. pestis strain KIM6+, un...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Steed DB,Liu J,Wasbrough E,Miller L,Halasohoris S,Miller J,Somerville B,Hershfield JR,Romesberg FE

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolide-resistant group A streptococci (MRGAS) have been recovered from many countries worldwide. However, the strain typing information that is available has been insufficient for estimating the total number of macrolide-resistant clones, their geographic distributions, and their evolutionary relationships. In this...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Robinson DA,Sutcliffe JA,Tewodros W,Manoharan A,Bessen DE

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum genes pfcrt and pfmdr1 are selected by amodiaquine treatment in Africa. To examine the importance of these mutations in amodiaquine-treated Asian parasites, we determined pre- and posttreatment genotypes for amodiaquine treatment failures from a clinical trial in Afghanistan. The...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Beshir K,Sutherland CJ,Merinopoulos I,Durrani N,Leslie T,Rowland M,Hallett RL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of the highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus produces genetic variations that can lead to changes in antiviral susceptibility and in receptor-binding specificity. In countries where the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus is endemic or causes regular epidemics, the surveillance of these changes is important fo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Naughtin M,Dyason JC,Mardy S,Sorn S,von Itzstein M,Buchy P

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated the potent in vitro activity of erythromycin against Mycobacterium leprae as determined by its effect on ATP pools and rates of palmitate oxidation and phenolic glycolipid I synthesis. In the present study, the relative in vitro activities of a number of new macrolides with superior pharmaco...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Franzblau SG,Hastings RC

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a severe disease caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis Current chemotherapeutic treatment options based on benzimidazoles are of limited effectiveness, which underlines the need to find new antiechinococcosis drugs. Metformin is an antihyperglycemic and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Loos JA,Dávila VA,Brehm K,Cumino AC

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine in vitro screening of a new synthetic series of 3,5-substituted 2-methylisoxazolidines revealed that three imidazole analogs (PR 967-248, PR 967-234, and PR 969-566) and, to a lesser extent, a triazole analog (PR 988-399) exerted rather potent antifungal activity against three systemic and four dermatophytic c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Palmer GC,Ordy MJ,Simmons RD,Strand JC,Radov LA,Mullen GB,Kinsolving CR,St Georgiev V,Mitchell JT,Allen SD

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative therapeutic effects of vidarabine (9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyladenine), cyclaradine (the adenosine deaminase-resistant carbocyclic analog of vidarabine), and cyclaradine-5'-methoxyacetate in the parenteral treatment of systemic herpes simplex virus type 1 infections in Swiss mice were determined. Among cont...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shannon WM,Westbrook L,Arnett G,Daluge S,Lee H,Vince R

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis isolates occasionally display resistance in vitro to echinocandins and cause breakthrough infections to echinocandins. The degree of the in vivo cross-resistance among echinocandins and the fitness loss associated with caspofungin (CAS) resistance of C. parapsilosis are not well studied. We compar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dimopoulou D,Hamilos G,Tzardi M,Lewis RE,Samonis G,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 20 serious infections were treated with piperacillin. These infections included bacteremias (5), pneumonias (5), urinary tract infections (5), soft tissue infections (3), septic arthritis (1), and osteomyelitis (1). The most common bacterial pathogen was Pseudomonas aeruginosa, accounting for eight infectio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Simon GL,Snydman DR,Tally FP,Gorbach SL

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian cathelicidins are a class of innate antimicrobial peptides isolated from leukocytes and epithelial cells that aid host defense against bacterial infections. Synthetic analogs of cathelicidins offer the promise of potent broad-spectrum antimicrobial efficacy. We developed a combined lung infection and ex vivo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bartlett KH,McCray PB Jr,Thorne PS

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciprofloxacin, a fluorinated 4-quinolone, is useful for the clinical treatment of infections due to its antibacterial properties and also modulates the immune response of monocytes isolated from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. In the present study, we found that ciprofloxacin induced the production of prosta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Takahashi HK,Iwagaki H,Xue D,Katsuno G,Sugita S,Mizuno K,Mori S,Saito S,Yoshino T,Tanaka N,Nishibori M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of the neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) level can be used to detect acute kidney injury (AKI) earlier than determination of the serum creatinine (SCr) level in settings such as cardiac surgery, contrast nephropathy, and intensive care units. We hypothesized that urine NGAL (UrNGAL) would...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rocha PN,Macedo MN,Kobayashi CD,Moreno L,Guimarães LH,Machado PR,Badaró R,Carvalho EM,Glesby MJ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance of biofilm-grown bacteria contributes to chronic infections, such as marginal and periapical periodontitis, which are strongly associated with Porphyromonas gingivalis. Concurrent azithromycin (AZM) administration and mechanical debridement improve the clinical parameters of periodontal tissue in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maezono H,Noiri Y,Asahi Y,Yamaguchi M,Yamamoto R,Izutani N,Azakami H,Ebisu S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal approach for empirical antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock remains controversial. A retrospective cohort study was conducted in the intensive care units of a university hospital. The data from 760 patients with severe sepsis or septic shock associated with Gram-negative bacte...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Micek ST,Welch EC,Khan J,Pervez M,Doherty JA,Reichley RM,Kollef MH

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We adopted an in vitro infective endocarditis model (IVIEM) to compare the efficacy of vancomycin (VAN), arbekacin (ABK), and gentamicin (GEN) alone or in combination. Using two strains of clinically isolated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, one GEN susceptible (GS171) and one GEN resistant (GR153), fibrin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lee DG,Chun HS,Yim DS,Choi SM,Choi JH,Yoo JH,Shin WS,Kang MW

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nalidixic acid-resistant derivatives of Neisseria gonorrhoeae WR302 were identified and categorized into two classes on the basis of their susceptibilities to this antimicrobial agent. The MIC of nalidixic acid for the derivative strain MUG116 was fourfold greater than that for its isogenic parental strain WR302 (2 ve...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Stein DC,Danaher RJ,Cook TM

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RBX11160 (OZ277) is a fully synthetic peroxidic antimalarial in clinical development. To study the possible mechanisms of action of RBX11160, we have examined its ability to inhibit PfATP6, a sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase and proposed target for semisynthetic peroxidic artemisinin derivatives. RBX11160 inhibit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Uhlemann AC,Wittlin S,Matile H,Bustamante LY,Krishna S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MICs of ofloxacin, sparfloxacin, clarithromycin, azithromycin, and fusidic acid for clinical isolates of Mycobacterium kansasii were determined by the radiometric (BACTEC) method. All drugs except azithromycin elicited MICs for 90% of the strains tested that were lower than previously reported achievable maximum c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Witzig RS,Franzblau SG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7.7-kilobase BamHI fragment was cloned from the transconjugant of a clinical isolate of Escherichia coli containing a 120-kilobase multiresistance IncC plasmid. The recombinant plasmid conferred resistance to kanamycin, gentamicin, tobramycin, sulfamethoxazole, and trimethoprim. This clone was used to generate a ser...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Groot Obbink DJ,Ritchie LJ,Cameron FH,Mattick JS,Ackerman VP

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The candidacidal activity of nitric oxide (NO) as delivered by a class of compounds termed diazeniumdiolates has been investigated. Diazeniumdiolates are stable agents capable of releasing NO in a biologically usable form at a predicted rate, and three such compounds were examined for activity. One compound, (Z)-1-[N-...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McElhaney-Feser GE,Raulli RE,Cihlar RL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacodynamic effects of metronidazole on Trichomonas vaginalis have been poorly characterized. The present in vitro study was performed to characterize the relationship between killing of trichomonads and metronidazole exposure (metronidazole concentration and time of exposure). Five laboratory strains and five...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nix DE,Tyrrell R,Müller M

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：:Three structural analogs of 5-ethyl-1-benzyloxymethyl-6-(phenylthio)uracil (E-BPU) inhibited human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication without cytotoxicity in vitro and were more potent than azidothymidine and were as potent as E-BPU. The target of these compounds is HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Reverse ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Piras G,Dutschman GE,Im GJ,Pan BC,Chu SH,Cheng YC

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00