The renal membrane dipeptidase (dehydropeptidase I) inhibitor, cilastatin, inhibits the bacterial metallo-beta-lactamase enzyme CphA.

abstract：:Six tetraoxanes had 50% inhibitory concentrations in the range of 10 to 100 ng/ml against Plasmodium falciparum, whereas the corresponding hexaoxonanes had minimal antimalarial activity. The lack of iron-mediated reactivity of the hexaoxonanes may explain their low activity compared to the tetraoxanes, the latter of w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dong Y,Creek D,Chollet J,Matile H,Charman SA,Wittlin S,Wood JK,Vennerstrom JL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ga(3+) is a semimetal element that competes for the iron-binding sites of transporters and enzymes. We investigated the activity of gallium maltolate (GaM), an organic gallium salt with high solubility, against laboratory and clinical strains of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), methicillin-resista...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Baldoni D,Steinhuber A,Zimmerli W,Trampuz A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of protein binding on the activity of teicoplanin against Staphylococcus aureus was evaluated. Bactericidal rates of teicoplanin in cation-supplemented Mueller-Hinton broth (SMHB) and in a 1:1 mixture of pooled human serum and cation-supplemented Mueller-Hinton broth (PHS-SMHB) were compared with those of v...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bailey EM,Rybak MJ,Kaatz GW

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to describe the blood plasma (BP) and seminal plasma (SP) pharmacokinetics of tenofovir (TFV) in HIV-1-infected men, to assess the role of genetic polymorphism in the variability of TFV transfer into the male genital tract, and to evaluate the impact of TFV SP exposure on seminal plasma HIV...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Valade E,Bouazza N,Lui G,Illamola SM,Benaboud S,Treluyer JM,Cobat A,Foissac F,De Sousa Mendes M,Chenevier-Gobeaux C,Suzan-Monti M,Rouzioux C,Assoumou L,Viard JP,Urien S,Ghosn J,Hirt D

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:How HIV-1 resistant to small-molecule CCR5 antagonists uses the coreceptor for entry has been studied in a limited number of isolates. We characterized dependence on the N terminus (NT) and the second extracellular loop (ECL2) of CCR5 of three vicriviroc (VCV)-resistant clinical isolates broadly cross-resistant to oth...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Henrich TJ,Lewine NR,Lee SH,Rao SS,Berro R,Gulick RM,Moore JP,Tsibris AM,Kuritzkes DR

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data for a total of 164 bloodstream infection cases due to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) from 2013 to 2017 were retrospectively collected from 36 tertiary hospitals in 19 provinces in China to evaluate the outcomes and risk factors for mortality by univariable and multivariable analysis. The most frequ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang X,Wang Q,Cao B,Sun S,Zhang Y,Gu B,Li B,Liao K,Zhao F,Jin L,Jin C,Yang C,Pei F,Zhang Z,Wang H

更新日期：2018-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenpropimorph was shown to inhibit the accumulation of the pyrimidine bases uracil and cytosine from the growth media in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Uracil prototrophs of S. cerevisiae were more resistant to the growth-inhibitory effects of fenpropimorph than were uracil auxotrophs. High concentrations of uracil rescued...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Crowley JH,Lorenz RT,Parks LW

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastocystis is an enteric parasite with extensive global prevalence. Studies have linked infection with this protist with a variety of gastrointestinal disorders, including irritable bowel syndrome. Due to the polymorphic nature of Blastocystis, studies on the parasite could be complicated, as results can be easily m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yason JA,Koh KARP,Tan KSW

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A vancomycin-resistant, anaerobic, gram-positive coccus containing the vanD and vanG-like genes (strain CCRI-16110) was isolated from a human fecal specimen during a hospital surveillance program to detect carriers of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Comparison of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain CCRI-16110 with ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Domingo MC,Huletsky A,Giroux R,Picard FJ,Bergeron MG

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:To identify the polymyxin receptor molecules in the membranes of living microorganisms, fusion of intact Acholeplasma laidlawii B with lipid vesicles was investigated according to the procedure of Grant and McConnell (1973). The naturally polymyxin-resistant A. laidlawii B was treated with phospholipid vesicles prepar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Teuber M,Bader J

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrazinamide (PZA) has important sterilizing activity in tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy. We describe trends, risk factors, and molecular epidemiology associated with PZA-resistant (PZA(r)) Mycobacterium tuberculosis in New York City (NYC). From 2001 to 2008, all incident culture-positive TB cases reported by the NYC D...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Verdugo D,Fallows D,Ahuja S,Schluger N,Kreiswirth B,Mathema B

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the bla1 and bla2 genes in an archetypal Bacillus anthracis strain is insufficient for penicillin resistance. In a penicillin-resistant clinical isolate, both genes are highly transcribed, but bla1 is the major contributor to high-level resistance to ampicillin. Differential expression of the bla genes i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen Y,Tenover FC,Koehler TM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant clinical isolate Klebsiella pneumoniae BM4686 was highly resistant to 4,6-disubstituted 2-deoxystreptamines and to fortimicin. Resistance was due to the presence, on the 40-kb non-self-transferable plasmid pIP849, of the rmtF gene which was cotranscribed with the upstream aac(6')-Ib gene. The deduc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Galimand M,Courvalin P,Lambert T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have discovered a remarkable synergistic antimalarial interaction between rufigallol and the structurally similar compound exifone. The synergistic effects were produced in chloroquine-susceptible and chloroquine-resistant clones of Plasmodium falciparum. The degree of potentiation as estimated by standard isobolar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Winter RW,Cornell KA,Johnson LL,Ignatushchenko M,Hinrichs DJ,Riscoe MK

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inhibitor-based characterization system which allowed the identification of beta-lactamases after isoelectric focusing on polyacrylamide gels was developed. This system, using potassium clavulanate and oxacillin, distinguished type I chromosomally mediated enzymes from other beta-lactamases of gram-negative bacteri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sanders CC,Sanders WE Jr,Moland ES

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bactericidal activity of clindamycin, chloramphenicol, and gentamicin alone and of gentamicin plus clindamycin and gentamicin plus chloramphenicol was studied on 8 strains of Escherichia coli and 10 strains of Bacteroides fragilis isolated from clinical material. Gentamicin did not interfere with the activity of c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Klastersky J,Husson M

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftaroline is a new cephalosporin with bactericidal activity against resistant Gram-positive organisms, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, as well as common Gram-negative organisms. This study tested the prodrug, ceftaroline fosamil, against...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cottagnoud P,Cottagnoud M,Acosta F,Stucki A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to daptomycin in enterococcal clinical isolates remains rare but is being increasingly reported in the United States and worldwide. There are limited data on the genetic relatedness and microbiological and clinical characteristics of daptomycin-nonsusceptible enterococcal clinical isolates. In this study, w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang G,Kamalakaran S,Dhand A,Huang W,Ojaimi C,Zhuge J,Yee LL,Mayigowda P,Surendraiah PK,Dimitrova N,Fallon JT

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to identify the plasmid-encoded factors contributing to the emergence and spread of epidemic IncI1-Iγ plasmids obtained from Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica isolates from animal and human reservoirs. For this, 251 IncI1-Iγ plasmids carrying various extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Smith H,Bossers A,Harders F,Wu G,Woodford N,Schwarz S,Guerra B,Rodríguez I,van Essen-Zandbergen A,Brouwer M,Mevius D

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibilities of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to 14 antimicrobial combinations were studied by using the checkerboard titration technique. The results, expressed as the range of the fractional inhibitory concentration indices, were as follows: for metronidazole or its hydroxymetabolite combined...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pavicić MJ,van Winkelhoff AJ,de Graaff J

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 100 and 97% of Haemophilus influenzae type b strains from major infections were susceptible, respectively, to levels of rifampin and sulfisoxazole attainable in saliva. It is theoretically feasible to eliminate Haemophilus influenzae from the nasopharynx with these drugs. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bannatyne RM,Cheung R

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with lamivudine ([-]-beta-L-2',3'-dideoxy-3' thiacytidine) or famciclovir may select for viral mutants that are drug resistant due to point mutations in the polymerase gene. Determining whether such HBV mutants are sensitive to new antiviral agents is th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chin R,Shaw T,Torresi J,Sozzi V,Trautwein C,Bock T,Manns M,Isom H,Furman P,Locarnini S

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combinations of caspofungin and posaconazole were evaluated by fractional inhibitory concentration index against 119 Candida glabrata isolates. Synergy was seen in 18% of all isolates and in 4% of fluconazole-resistant isolates at 48 h without evidence of antagonism. This antifungal combination may have utility agains...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Oliveira ER,Fothergill AW,Kirkpatrick WR,Coco BJ,Patterson TF,Redding SW

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice treated with antibiotics early or late after active infection had resolved were examined for chlamydial DNA in endocervical swabs. The early eradication of infection limited oviduct pathology, despite the continued detection of chlamydial DNA by nested PCR. Late antibiotic treatment had no effect on the ability t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Reeves DM,Nagarajan U,O'Connell C,Andrews CW Jr,Darville T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, a periodontopathogen, has been associated with several systemic diseases. Herein, we report the protective effect of human lactoferrin (hLF) during A. actinomycetemcomitans bacteremia in lactoferrin knockout (LFKO(-/-)) mice. The prophylactic, concurrent, and therapeutic intraven...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Velusamy SK,Poojary R,Ardeshna R,Alabdulmohsen W,Fine DH,Velliyagounder K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unbound drug hypothesis states that only unbound drug concentrations are active and available for clearance, and highly variable results regarding unbound vancomycin fractions have been reported in the literature. We have determined the unbound vancomycin fractions in four different patient groups by a liquid chro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Oyaert M,Spriet I,Allegaert K,Smits A,Vanstraelen K,Peersman N,Wauters J,Verhaegen J,Vermeersch P,Pauwels S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook this study to investigate whether treatment with a higher dose of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) led to greater clinical resolution in patients with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A prospective, observational cohort with neste...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cadena J,Nair S,Henao-Martinez AF,Jorgensen JH,Patterson JE,Sreeramoju PV

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is inherently resistant to a variety of antibiotics including aminoglycosides, macrolides, polymyxins, and beta-lactam antibiotics. Despite resistance to many beta-lactams, ceftazidime and beta-lactamase inhibitor-beta-lactam combinations are commonly used...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tribuddharat C,Moore RA,Baker P,Woods DE

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the impact of low-level resistance to fluoroquinolones on the bactericidal activity of ciprofloxacin in a murine model of urinary tract infection. The susceptible Escherichia coli strain CFT073 (ciprofloxacin MIC [CIP MIC] of 0.008 microg/ml) was compared to its transconjugants harboring qnrA1 or qnrS1...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Allou N,Cambau E,Massias L,Chau F,Fantin B

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00