Amikacin levels in bronchial secretions of 10 pneumonia patients with respiratory support treated once daily versus twice daily.

abstract：:The activities of the purine acyclic nucleoside 9-(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl)guanine (DHPG) against two human and five animal strains of cytomegalovirus were compared with those of acyclovir. DHPG was significantly more active than acyclovir against all but one (mouse cytomegalovirus) of the strains tested, with 5...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Freitas VR,Smee DF,Chernow M,Boehme R,Matthews TR

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronidazole (MDZ) and related 5-nitroimidazoles are the recommended drugs for treatment of trichomoniasis, a sexually transmitted disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. However, novel treatment options are needed, as recent reports have claimed resistance to these drugs in T. vaginalis isola...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mallo N,Lamas J,Leiro JM

更新日期：2013-06-01 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 management of long-term central venous catheter (LTCVC) infections by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in cancer patient is a challenge. The objectives of this study were to analyze outcomes in cancer patients with LTCVC-associated infection, identify risks for unfavorable outcomes, and determine the impact of M...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Freire MP,Pierrotti LC,Zerati AE,Benites L,da Motta-Leal Filho JM,Ibrahim KY,Araujo PH,Abdala E

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Our mutagenesis study has investigated all amino acid mutations in the penicillin-binding domain of PBP 1A from Hungarian pneumococcal isolate 3191 to determine the importance of every mutation in the development of penicillin and cefotaxime resistance. Our data reveal that mutations at amino acid positions 574 to 577...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Smith AM,Klugman KP

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified the carbapenemase gene blaOXA-499, a variant of blaOXA-143, from a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter pittii for the first time. OXA-499 shared 93.1% amino acid identity with OXA-143, and the gene was located on the chromosome. By cloning the OXA-499-encoding gene into the pWH1266 vector and transforming ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： D'Souza R,Pinto NA,Higgins PG,Hwang I,Yong D,Choi J,Lee K,Chong Y

更新日期：2017-04-24 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：:We previously reported the isolation of a laboratory-derived Staphylococcus aureus mutant, 523k, that has constitutive low-level resistance to vancomycin (MIC = 5 micrograms/ml) and teicoplanin (MIC = 5 micrograms/ml) and elaborates a ca. 39-kDa cytoplasmic protein that was not detected in the parent strain 523 (MIC =...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Milewski WM,Boyle-Vavra S,Moreira B,Ebert CC,Daum RS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-nine clinical isolates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii were obtained from 12 hospitals in 7 prefectures throughout Japan. Molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed the clonal spread of A. baumannii sequence type 208 (ST208) and ST455 isolates harboring the armA gene and ST512 harboring the armA and...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tada T,Miyoshi-Akiyama T,Shimada K,Shimojima M,Kirikae T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Infectious Diseases Society of America advocates trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (SXT) as initial therapy for females with acute uncomplicated bacterial cystitis in settings where the prevalence of SXT resistance does not exceed 10 to 20%. To determine trends in the activities of SXT, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Karlowsky JA,Kelly LJ,Thornsberry C,Jones ME,Sahm DF

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ajoene (4,5,9-trithiadodeca-1,6,11-triene 9-oxide), a product initially isolated from extracts of garlic (Allium sativum), was tested for its antimalarial activity in vivo in a well-characterized murine model. A single ajoene dose of 50 mg/kg, on the day of infection, suppressed the development of parasitemia; there w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Perez HA,De la Rosa M,Apitz R

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) of antimicrobial dosage regimens during drug development to derive predicted target attainment values is frequently used to choose the optimal dose for the treatment of patients in phase 2 and 3 studies. A criticism is that pharmacokinetic (PK) parameter estimates and variability in health...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Muller AE,Schmitt-Hoffmann AH,Punt N,Mouton JW

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet microbicidal proteins (PMPs), small cationic peptides released at sites of endovascular damage, kill common bloodstream pathogens in vitro. Our group previously showed that in vitro resistance of clinical staphylococcal and viridans group streptococcal bacteremic strains to PMPs correlated with the diagnosis ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bayer AS,Cheng D,Yeaman MR,Corey GR,McClelland RS,Harrel LJ,Fowler VG Jr

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a multiplex real-time SYBR green-based PCR assay for rapid detection of tet(X) and its variants, including tet(X1) and tet(X2) and high-level tigecycline resistance genes tet(X3), tet(X4), and tet(X5). We showed that the real-time PCR assay developed had high linearity (R2 ≥ 0.996), sensitivity (low detec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fu Y,Liu D,Song H,Liu Z,Jiang H,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Colistin is increasingly being utilized against Gram-negative pathogens, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, resistant to all other antibiotics. Since limited data exist regarding killing by colistin at different initial inocula (CFUo), we evaluated killing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by colistin at several CFUo and devel...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bulitta JB,Yang JC,Yohonn L,Ly NS,Brown SV,D'Hondt RE,Jusko WJ,Forrest A,Tsuji BT

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorhexidine (Hibiscrub; ICI) is generally accepted to be effective as an antiseptic hand wash for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), but there is dispute whether the chlorhexidine MIC for methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains is higher than that for MSSA strains and, indeed, whether it is...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cookson BD,Bolton MC,Platt JH

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No studies have investigated whether discontinuation of ethambutol (EMB) based on the susceptibility to isoniazid and rifampin as determined by the GenoType MTBDRplus assay would be appropriate. We aimed to determine the feasibility of discontinuing EMB before the end of intensive phase treatment based on the result o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jo KW,Kim M,Kim YJ,Lee HK,Kim HK,Jeon D,Lyu J,Park HK,Mok J,Kim JS,Heo EY,Choi SB,Yim JJ,Shim TS

更新日期：2019-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of human disease, produces a 17-mer autoinducer peptide pheromone (competence-stimulating peptide [CSP]) for the control of competence for genetic transformation. Due to previous work linking CSP to stress phenotypes, we set up an in vivo sepsis model to assay its effect on viru...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Oggioni MR,Iannelli F,Ricci S,Chiavolini D,Parigi R,Trappetti C,Claverys JP,Pozzi G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated in vitro fluoroquinolone-resistant mutants of the Lyme disease agent, Borrelia burgdorferi. Mutations in parC, which encodes a subunit of topoisomerase IV, were associated with loss of susceptibility to sparfloxacin, moxifloxacin, and Bay-Y3118, but not ciprofloxacin. This is the first description of ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Galbraith KM,Ng AC,Eggers BJ,Kuchel CR,Eggers CH,Samuels DS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, two identical copies of a 23S-5S gene cluster, which are separately situated within the Helicobacter pylori UA802 chromosome, were cloned and sequenced. Comparison of the DNA sequence of the H. pylori 23S rRNA gene with known sequences of other bacterial 23S rRNA genes indicated that the H. pylori UA802...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Taylor DE,Ge Z,Purych D,Lo T,Hiratsuka K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae strains have spread worldwide and become a major threat in health care facilities. Transmission of blaKPC, the plasmid-borne KPC gene, can be mediated by clonal spread and horizontal transfer. Here, we report the complete nucleotide sequences of two nov...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen L,Chavda KD,Melano RG,Hong T,Rojtman AD,Jacobs MR,Bonomo RA,Kreiswirth BN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Lactam antibiotics are extremely effective in disrupting the synthesis of the bacterial cell wall in both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. However, they are ineffective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, due to the production of a beta-lactamase enzyme encoded on the chromosome of M. tuberculosis that d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang F,Cassidy C,Sacchettini JC

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analogues based on the insect cecropin-bee melittin hybrid peptide (CEME) were studied and analyzed for activity and salt resistance. The new variants were designed to have an increase in amphipathic alpha-helical content (CP29 and CP26) and in overall positive charge (CP26). The alpha-helicity of these peptides was d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Friedrich C,Scott MG,Karunaratne N,Yan H,Hancock RE

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracycline analogs fell into two classes on the basis of their mode of action. Tetracycline, chlortetracycline, minocycline, doxycycline, and 6-demethyl-6-deoxytetracycline inhibited cell-free translation directed by either Escherichia coli or Bacillus subtilis extracts. A second class of analogs tested, including c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rasmussen B,Noller HF,Daubresse G,Oliva B,Misulovin Z,Rothstein DM,Ellestad GA,Gluzman Y,Tally FP,Chopra I

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study demonstrates the in vitro effectiveness of the macrolide rokitamycin and the phenothiazine compound chlorpromazine against Acanthamoeba castellanii. Growth curve evaluations revealed that both drugs inhibit trophozoite growth in dose- and time-dependent ways. The effects of both drugs when they were ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mattana A,Biancu G,Alberti L,Accardo A,Delogu G,Fiori PL,Cappuccinelli P

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we present the biochemical and biological evaluation of N-arylmethyl-substituted iminoribitol derivatives as potential chemotherapeutic agents against trypanosomiasis. Previously, a library of 52 compounds was designed and synthesized as potent and selective inhibitors of Trypanosoma vivax inosine-adeno...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Berg M,Kohl L,Van der Veken P,Joossens J,Al-Salabi MI,Castagna V,Giannese F,Cos P,Versées W,Steyaert J,Grellier P,Haemers A,Degano M,Maes L,de Koning HP,Augustyns K

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antagonism, determined by isobolograms constructed from data from combinations of ampicillin and chloramphenicol at or below the minimal inhibitory or bactericidal concentrations, was observed against 13 clinical isolates of meningococcus and against one isolate of pneumococcus. Synergy occurred against six strains of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Feldman WE,Zweighaft T

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to β-lactam antibiotics is a frequent problem in Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. This resistance is mainly due to the hyperproduction of chromosomally encoded β-lactamase and biofilm formation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of β-lactamase in th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hengzhuang W,Ciofu O,Yang L,Wu H,Song Z,Oliver A,Høiby N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an obligate aerobe, Mycobacterium tuberculosis uses its electron transport chain (ETC) to produce energy via oxidative phosphorylation. This pathway has recently garnered a lot of attention and is a target for several new antimycobacterials. We tested the respiratory adaptation of M. tuberculosis to phenoxyalkylben...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Berube BJ,Parish T

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of OPC-17116, a new C-5 methyl fluoroquinolone, was compared with the activities of other fluoroquinolones. OPC-17116 inhibited 50% of the members of the family Enterobacteriaceae tested and 90% of Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria species, and Moraxella catarrhalis isolates at less than or equal...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Neu HC,Fang W,Gu JW,Chin NX

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00