Mode of antibiotic action of 4-hydroxy-3-nitrosobenzaldehyde from Streptomyces viridans.

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：:Minocycline and valproic acid are potential adjuvant therapies for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated cognitive impairment. The purpose of this study was to determine whether minocycline alone or in combination with valproic acid affected atazanavir plasma concentrations. Twelve adult HIV-i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： DiCenzo R,Peterson DR,Cruttenden K,Mariuz P,Rezk NL,Hochreiter J,Gelbard H,Schifitto G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of linezolid and temporin A in the prevention of prosthetic graft infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis with intermediate resistance to glycopeptides was investigated in a subcutaneous rat pouch model. Linezolid and temporin A, alone or combined, greatly reduced the bacterial n...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Giacometti A,Cirioni O,Ghiselli R,Orlando F,D'Amato G,Kamysz W,Mocchegiani F,Sisti V,Silvestri C,Łukasiak J,Rocchi M,Saba V,Scalise G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treating malaria in HIV-coinfected individuals should consider potential drug-drug interactions. Artemether-lumefantrine is the most widely recommended treatment for uncomplicated malaria globally. Lumefantrine is metabolized by CYP3A4, an enzyme that commonly used antiretrovirals often induce or inhibit. A population...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Francis J,Barnes KI,Workman L,Kredo T,Vestergaard LS,Hoglund RM,Byakika-Kibwika P,Lamorde M,Walimbwa SI,Chijioke-Nwauche I,Sutherland CJ,Merry C,Scarsi KK,Nyagonde N,Lemnge MM,Khoo SH,Bygbjerg IC,Parikh S,Aweeka FT,

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of cefdinir were investigated in six hemodialysis patients. For the present study, two tests were carried out, one with 4 h of hemodialysis and the other without hemodialysis. Cefdinir was given orally to each patient in a dose of 100 mg, and blood was collected serially for 48 h after dosing in t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hishida A,Ohishi K,Nagashima S,Kanamaru M,Obara M,Kitada A

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

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：:The effect of monocytopenia and granulocytopenia on the outgrowth of Staphylococcus aureus as well as on antibiotic efficacy was studied in an experimental thigh infection in mice. Pretreatment with etoposide reduced monocyte numbers in blood to 14% and those of granulocytes to 54% at the time of infection. Monocytope...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Calame W,van der Waals R,Mattie H,van Furth R

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S. aureus combats cell wall antibiotic stress by altered gene expression mediated by various environmental signal sensors. In this study, we examined the transcriptional regulation of trfA, a gene related to mecA of Bacillus subtilis encoding an adaptor protein implicated in multiple roles, notably, proteolysis and ge...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jousselin A,Kelley WL,Barras C,Lew DP,Renzoni A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SM-7338, a new carbapenem antibiotic, was demonstrated to have potent antibacterial activity against a broad spectrum of aerobes, including Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic streptococci, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria spp., members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp., a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Edwards JR,Turner PJ,Wannop C,Withnell ES,Grindey AJ,Nairn K

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four large staphylococcal plasmids ranging in size from 31 to 82 kbp have been shown to mediate tetracycline resistance via an integrated copy of the tet(K)-encoding plasmid pT181 which was flanked by copies of the insertion element IS257. In two cases, IS257 elements interrupted the repC reading frame of pT181 and an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Werckenthin C,Schwarz S,Roberts MC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An NDM-1 carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate was recovered from a patient hospitalized in France after a previous hospitalization in Serbia. Genetic studies revealed that the blaNDM-1 gene was surrounded by insertion sequence ISAba125 and a truncated bleomycin resistance gene. This blaNDM-1 region w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Janvier F,Jeannot K,Tessé S,Robert-Nicoud M,Delacour H,Rapp C,Mérens A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillin-binding protein 5 (PBP5) is one of the most abundant PBPs in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Although its main function is that of a cell wall dd-carboxypeptidase, it possesses sufficient β-lactamase activity to contribute to the ability of P. aeruginosa to resist the antibiotic activity of the β-lactams. The study...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Smith JD,Kumarasiri M,Zhang W,Hesek D,Lee M,Toth M,Vakulenko S,Fisher JF,Mobashery S,Chen Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae were tested for tolerance (MBC/MIC greater than or equal to 32) to ampicillin and cefotaxime by broth dilution tests. Of 200 strains, 9 were tolerant to ampicillin, and 10 were tolerant to cefotaxime. Tolerant organisms were identified in both systemic and nonsys...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bergeron MG,Lavoie GY

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene coding for aminoglycoside 2'-N-acetyltransferase Ia [AAC(2')-Ia] from Providencia stuartii was amplified by PCR and cloned. The resulting construct, pACKF2, was transferred into Escherichia coli for overexpression of AAC(2')-Ia as a fusion protein with an N-terminal hexa-His tag. The fusion protein was isolat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Franklin K,Clarke AJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacogenetics of antimalarial agents are poorly known, although the application of pharmacogenetics might be critical in optimizing treatment. This population pharmacokinetic-pharmacogenetic study aimed at assessing the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in cytochrome P450 isoenzyme genes (CYP, n...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Staehli Hodel EM,Csajka C,Ariey F,Guidi M,Kabanywanyi AM,Duong S,Decosterd LA,Olliaro P,Beck HP,Genton B

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The density of the biofilm layer produced on a plastic surface by 23 clinical isolates and 1 reference strain of slime-positive, coagulase-negative staphylococci was measured following growth in subinhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs) of cefamandole or vancomycin ranging from 2 to 0.008 micrograms/ml. All strains were...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dunne WM Jr

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An agar dilution method was employed to test the susceptibility of 12 strains of Coccidioides immitis to polymyxin B (PB). After 3 days of incubation, eight strains were markedly inhibited by 5.0 mug of PB per ml and four strains did not grow. PB at 10 mug/ml inhibited the growth of all strains through 20 days of incu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Collins MS,Pappagianis D

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of a clinical isolate of Staphylococcus aureus specifically resistant to oral cephalosporins were compared with those of a susceptible strain. In the resistant strain, PBP3 (75,000 molecular weight) was missing or had substantially (greater than 100-fold) reduced affinity for pen...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Georgopapadakou NH,Smith SA,Bonner DP

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibiotic tolerances of bacterial persisters have been attributed to transient dormancy. While persisters have been observed to be growth inhibited prior to antibiotic exposure, we sought to determine whether such a trait was essential to the phenotype. Furthermore, we sought to provide direct experimental eviden...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Orman MA,Brynildsen MP

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PER-2 was the first detected and the second most prevalent extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in clinical pathogens isolated in Argentina and was also reported only in other South American countries. Citrobacter freundii 33587 was isolated in 1999 in Buenos Aires and was resistant to all tested beta-lactams except cepha...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Power P,Di Conza J,Rodríguez MM,Ghiglione B,Ayala JA,Casellas JM,Radice M,Gutkind G

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel gene cassette, aacA43, was identified in the aadB-aacA43-oxa10-smr2 cassette array in a class 1 integron. Like related aminoglycoside-(6')-acetyltransferases, AacA43 confers clinically relevant resistance to kanamycin, tobramycin, and some less-used aminoglycosides but not to gentamicin. Although transferable ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Partridge SR,Thomas LC,Ginn AN,Wiklendt AM,Kyme P,Iredell JR

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae have been implicated in the development of chronic diseases, such as atherosclerosis and asthma. Although azithromycin, clarithromycin, and levofloxacin are frequently used for the treatment of respiratory C. pneumoniae infections, little is known about the dose and dura...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kutlin A,Roblin PM,Hammerschlag MR

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occidiofungin is a cyclic glyco-lipopeptide produced by Burkholderia contaminans. MICs against Candida species were between 0.5 and 2.0 μg/ml. Occidiofungin retains its in vitro potency in the presence of 5% and 50% human serum with a minimal lethal concentration (MLC) of 2 and 4 μg/ml, respectively. Time-kill and pos...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ellis D,Gosai J,Emrick C,Heintz R,Romans L,Gordon D,Lu SE,Austin F,Smith L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VX-787 is a novel inhibitor of influenza virus replication that blocks the PB2 cap-snatching activity of the influenza viral polymerase complex. Viral genetics and X-ray crystallography studies provide support for the idea that VX-787 occupies the 7-methyl GTP (m(7)GTP) cap-binding site of PB2. VX-787 binds the cap-bi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Byrn RA,Jones SM,Bennett HB,Bral C,Clark MP,Jacobs MD,Kwong AD,Ledeboer MW,Leeman JR,McNeil CF,Murcko MA,Nezami A,Perola E,Rijnbrand R,Saxena K,Tsai AW,Zhou Y,Charifson PS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel 6-substituted acyclouridine derivatives 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-phenylthiothymine (HEPT), 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(3-methylphenylthio)thymine (HEPT-M), 6-cyclohexylthio-1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy) methyl]thymine (HEPT-H), and 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-phenylthio-2- thiothymine (HEPT-S) have proved t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Baba M,De Clercq E,Iida S,Tanaka H,Nitta I,Ubasawa M,Takashima H,Sekiya K,Umezu K,Nakashima H

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of eight contact lens solutions on a Mastigina sp., which was associated with the infected eye of a patient, were studied. The solutions which killed the organism promptly were those which are used for gas-permeable and hard contact lenses. Some solutions for soft contact lenses were more effective than ot...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Niszl IA,Markus MB,van Deventer JM

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：: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：:Three hundred ninety-four patients, aged 6 months to 12 years, entered a multicenter, randomized, controlled, investigator-blind study comparing cefdinir, 7 mg/kg of body weight twice a day, with cephalexin, 10 mg/kg four times a day, each given for 10 days. The most common infections treated were impetigo and seconda...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tack KJ,Keyserling CH,McCarty J,Hedrick JA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive, precise microbiological assay was developed for the determination of tissue distribution of dl-alanosine, a new antitumor agent. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pittillo RF,Woolley C

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00