Comparative in vitro susceptibility of yeasts to amphotericin B and three methyl ester derivatives.

abstract：:Monotherapy with isoniazid or amikacin or clarithromycin or combinations of two of these drugs showed nil to modest therapeutic activity in beige mice infected with Mycobacterium avium. However, the combination of all three, isoniazid-amikacin-clarithromycin, markedly reduced CFUs in both spleens and lungs after 91 da...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fattorini L,Xiao Y,Mattei M,Li Y,Iona E,Ricci ML,Thoresen OF,Creti R,Orefici G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 is one of the most important pathogens in the family of Picornaviridae that can cause severe complications in the postpoliovirus era, such as encephalitis, pulmonary edema, and even death. Pyridyl imidazolidinone is a novel class of potent and selective human enterovirus 71 inhibitor. Pyridyl imidazolid...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shih SR,Tsai MC,Tseng SN,Won KF,Shia KS,Li WT,Chern JH,Chen GW,Lee CC,Lee YC,Peng KC,Chao YS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility to 14 antimicrobial agents and the mechanisms of aminopenicillin resistance were studied in 197 clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae--109 isolated in 2007 (study group) and 88 isolated in 1997 (control group). Community antibiotic consumption trends were also examined. H. influenzae strains w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： García-Cobos S,Campos J,Cercenado E,Román F,Lázaro E,Pérez-Vázquez M,de Abajo F,Oteo J

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates, especially those involving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America recommend the vancomycin 24-h area under the concentration-time curve to MIC ratio (AUC24/MIC) of >400 as the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tseng SH,Lim CP,Chen Q,Tang CC,Kong ST,Ho PC

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent preventive treatment in infants with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTi-SP) reduces malaria episodes by 20 to 59% across Africa. This protective efficacy, however, may be affected by the high frequency of malnutrition in African infants. We analyzed the impact of malnutrition as defined by anthropometry on t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Danquah I,Dietz E,Zanger P,Reither K,Ziniel P,Bienzle U,Mockenhaupt FP

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to evaluate the results of single-day doxycycline therapy for Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF). This is a prospective cohort study of cases with confirmed MSF treated with the single-day doxycycline regimen in a teaching hospital from 1990 to 2015. Patients received two oral doses of 20...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Espejo E,Andrés M,Garcia MC,Fajardo A,Pérez J,Bella F

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of NXL103 against 108 strains of Haemophilus influenzae was tested using Haemophilus test media (HTM) obtained from various sources. With the exception of those obtained with stored HTM, MICs did not differ significantly, with MIC(50) and MIC(90) values of 0.5 and 0.5 to 1 microg/ml, respectively, in each...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pankuch GA,Hoellman D,Bryskier A,Lowther J,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstream infection (BSI) due to multidrug-resistant Klebsiella is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of in-hospital mortality among patients with BSI due to ceftazidime-resistant (CAZ-R) Klebsiella pneumoniae at a tertiary care medical center. Pat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Anderson DJ,Engemann JJ,Harrell LJ,Carmeli Y,Reller LB,Kaye KS

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:The effect of antichagasic benznidazole (BZL; 100 mg/kg body weight/day, 3 consecutive days, intraperitoneally) on biotransformation systems and ABC transporters was evaluated in rats. Expression of cytochrome P-450 (CYP3A), UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT1A), glutathione S-transferases (alpha glutathione S-transfera...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Perdomo VG,Rigalli JP,Villanueva SS,Ruiz ML,Luquita MG,Echenique CG,Catania VA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For 177 gram-negative isolates, the MICs for ciprofloxacin ranged from 0.02 microgram/ml (Escherichia coli) to 0.31 microgram/ml (Pseudomonas aeruginosa). In time-kill curves, ciprofloxacin at 8 X the MIC almost completely killed 10(6) CFU of P. aeruginosa by 24 h. Ciprofloxacin at 4 X the MIC allowed bacterial regrow...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rudin JE,Norden CW,Shinners EM

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Lactamase was purified from a strain of Legionella gormanii. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was 25,000, and its isoelectric point was 10.5. The enzyme hydrolyzed oxyiminocephalosporins, cephamycins, penicillins, and imipenem. The enzyme activity was inhibited by EDTA, Hg2+, and Cu2+, but not by clavu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fujii T,Sato K,Miyata K,Inoue M,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among yeast strains of human origin belonging to the genera Candida, Cryptococcus, Torulopsis, and Rhodotorula which were examined for killer and sensitive characteristics with killer and sensitive strains of Cryptococcus, Hansenula, Kluyveromyces, Pichia, Saccharomyces, and Torulopsis as screening organisms, a high i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Middelbeek EJ,Hermans JM,Stumm C,Muytjens HL

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from the airways of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are sensitive to antibiotics in susceptibility testing, but eradication of the infection is difficult. The main reason is the biofilm formation in the airways of patients with CF. The pharmacokinetics (PKs) and pharmacodynamics...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hengzhuang W,Wu H,Ciofu O,Song Z,Høiby N

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cycloheximide (up to 0.4 g/liter) was significantly more inhibitory to the growth of three isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus at 23 C than at 37 or 45 C. Preincubation of the media for 7 days at 45 C did not alter the inhibitory effect of the cycloheximide at 23 C. Neither mutation nor adaptation in the fungus seems to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Berger CL,Merz WG,Silva-Hutner M

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial protein synthesis is the target for numerous natural and synthetic antibacterial agents. We have developed a poly(U) mRNA-directed aminoacylation/translation protein synthesis system composed of phenyl-tRNA synthetases, ribosomes, and ribosomal factors from Escherichia coli. This system, utilizing purified c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ribble W,Hill WE,Ochsner UA,Jarvis TC,Guiles JW,Janjic N,Bullard JM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determinants encoding resistance to antibiotics, except penicillin, of 5 of 21 Streptococcus anginosus clinical isolates that we examined transferred by conjugation into Enterococcus faecalis and into 1 to 5 streptococcal recipients at frequencies of 10(-6) to 10(-8) transconjugants per donor. No R plasmids were detec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clermont D,Horaud T

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of five antibiotics (netilmicin, ceftriaxone, cefepime, fleroxacin, and ciprofloxacin) on capsular polysaccharide distribution and on opsonophagocytosis by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes of unencapsulated and encapsulated Escherichia coli strains was studied. Unencapsulated E. coli strains were readi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Raponi G,Keller N,Overbeek BP,Rozenberg-Arska M,van Kessel KP,Verhoef J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are endemic in health care settings. These organisms colonize the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to infection which is associated with increased mortality. There is no treatment for VRE colonization. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Doron S,Hibberd PL,Goldin B,Thorpe C,McDermott L,Snydman DR

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients (patients A and B) infected with Salmonella typhimurium failed ciprofloxacin therapy, and the posttherapy isolates had reduced susceptibilities to quinolones; 6 of 11 isolates from patient B were also cross-resistant to chemically unrelated agents. No transferable resistance, chloramphenicol-acetylating e...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Piddock LJ,Griggs DJ,Hall MC,Jin YF

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Michaelis-Menten inhibitory constants (Kis) and the concentrations required for 50% inhibition of the Plasmodium falciparum dihydropteroate synthetase were determined for six sulfa drugs. These drugs inhibited the in vitro growth of P. falciparum (50% lethal concentration) at concentrations of 30 to 500 nM; these ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhang Y,Meshnick SR

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：:Acyclovir, known as an antiherpetic agent, showed an inhibitory effect on the propagation of pseudorabies virus in BHK-21 cells. The antiviral effect of acyclovir was observed by plaque reduction, as well as by the inhibition of the virus-stimulated uptake of thymidine by BHK-21 cells. Amphotericin B potentiated the a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Malewicz B,Momsen M,Jenkin HM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cell culture-derived interferon was shown to inhibit human cytomegalovirus in vitro. A prototype strain, Davis, and six clinical isolates of cytomegalovirus were tested. All six isolates showed uniform susceptibility to interferon, exceeding that of the Davis strain by two- to fourfold. The latter virus was foun...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Postic B,Dowling JN

更新日期：1977-04-01 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：:Nosocomial pneumonia and sepsis, as well as severe diffuse peritonitis, must be treated early in order to prevent complications such as septic shock and organ dysfunctions. With the availability of new broad-spectrum and highly bactericidal antibiotics, the need of combining beta-lactams with aminoglycosides for the t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cometta A,Baumgartner JD,Lew D,Zimmerli W,Pittet D,Chopart P,Schaad U,Herter C,Eggimann P,Huber O

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here the in vitro activities of azithromycin, clarithromycin, minocycline, or tigecycline alone and in combination with amphotericin B, itraconazole, terbinafine, voriconazole, anidulafungin, caspofungin, or micafungin against 30 isolates of the oomycete Pythium insidiosum. The assays were based on the CLS...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jesus FP,Ferreiro L,Loreto ÉS,Pilotto MB,Ludwig A,Bizzi K,Tondolo JS,Zanette RA,Alves SH,Santurio JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftaroline fosamil is a cephalosporin with activity against Gram-positive pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The objective of this study was to characterize the dose-response relationship of ceftaroline fosamil against S. aureus in an immunocompromised murine pneumonia model, as ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bhalodi AA,Crandon JL,Biek D,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many risk factors associated with aminoglycoside nephrotoxicity have been identified in humans and experimental animals. They include an initial high rate of creatinine clearance, high initial peak levels in serum, age, sex, duration of therapy, liver disease, and renal infection. The concomitant administration of ste...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Beauchamp D,Pettigrew M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystathionine gamma-lyase (EC 4.4.1.1) was purified from Streptomyces cattleya, an actinomycete which produces the unusual beta-lactam antibiotic thienamycin. The enzyme displays broad substrate specificity and is similar to gamma-lyases purified from other microorganisms. That the gamma-lyase functions in vivo to pro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Williamson JM,Meyer R,Inamine E

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00