In vitro activity of ciprofloxacin against aerobic gram-negative bacteria.

abstract：:Many potent antiviral drugs have been developed against HIV-1, and their combined action is usually successful in achieving durable virus suppression in infected individuals. This success is based on two effects: additive or even synergistic virus inhibition and an increase in the genetic threshold for development of ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhao N,Wang G,Das AT,Berkhout B

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure-activity relations of myxinidin, a peptide derived from epidermal mucus of hagfish, Myxine glutinosa L., were investigated. Analysis of key residues allowed us to design new peptides with increased efficiency. Antimicrobial activity of native and modified peptides demonstrated the key role of uncharged r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cantisani M,Leone M,Mignogna E,Kampanaraki K,Falanga A,Morelli G,Galdiero M,Galdiero S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of penicillin G to a stable L-form from Staphylococcus aureus followed saturation-type kinetics with saturation achieved at 0.75 nmol/ml, the same as with its parent strain. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Suginaka H

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P128 is an antistaphylococcal protein, comprising a cell wall-degrading enzymatic region and a Staphylococcus-specific binding region, which possesses specific and potent bactericidal activity against sensitive and drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus To explore P128's ability to kill S. aureus in a range o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nair S,Desai S,Poonacha N,Vipra A,Sharma U

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with chronic hepatitis B were treated with 8-day courses of leukocyte (alpha) interferon (5 X 10(6) U/day) and with 8-day courses of recombinant fibroblast (betaser) interferon at dosages of 5 X 10(6), 35 X 10(6), and 105 X 10(6) U/day. Inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication as evidenced by a decrea...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Eisenberg M,Rosno S,Garcia G,Konrad MW,Gregory PB,Robinson WS,Merigan TC

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of twelve recently synthesized 6-substituted derivatives of 9-beta-d-ribofuranosylpurine 3',5'-cyclic phosphate (RPcMP) were evaluated for in vitro antiviral activity, using inhibition of viral cytopathogenic effect as the primary parameter for evaluation. Inhibition of the development of intra- and extracell...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sidwell RW,Huffman JH,Allen LB,Meyer RB Jr,Shuman DA,Simon LN,Robins RK

更新日期：1974-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time course of plasma drug levels and urinary recovery for two lipopeptide antifungal antibiotics, L-671,329 and cilofungin, were measured in male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and in female DBA/2 mice. The antibiotics were administered intravenously at 10 mg/kg of body weight in phosphate-buffered saline-26% po...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sundelof JG,Hajdu R,Cleare WJ,Onishi J,Kropp H

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifungal activities of amphotericin B and two triazoles, Sch 39304 and fluconazole, were tested against Histoplasma capsulatum. In this study Sch 39304 compared favorably with amphotericin B in treating histoplasmosis in normal and leukopenic mice, whereas fluconazole was much less active. The differences in the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kobayashi GS,Travis SJ,Rinaldi MG,Medoff G

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to isoniazid induced the expression of several secreted proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and immunoblot analyses indicated that two of the prominent isonicotinic acid hydrazide-inducible polypeptides were members of the antigen 85 complex, recently demonstrated...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Garbe TR,Hibler NS,Deretic V

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An axenic amastigote culture system was utilized to directly assess the stage-specific antileishmanial effects of antimony on amastigotes of Leishmania donovani devoid of the macrophage host cell. Pentostam, which contains antimony in the form of sodium stibogluconate and the preservative chlorocresol, was used. Cell ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ephros M,Waldman E,Zilberstein D

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tuberculosis (TB) drug discovery pipeline is fueled by compounds identified in whole-cell screens against the causative agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phenotypic screening enables the selection of molecules that inhibit essential cellular functions in live, intact bacilli grown under a chosen in vitro condition...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Naran K,Moosa A,Barry CE 3rd,Boshoff HI,Mizrahi V,Warner DF

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates of the same strain, identified in Poland, produced either TEM-47 or TEM-68, which differed by the Arg275Leu substitution. They harbored a few virulence factors, including an iron-chelating factor and capsule overproduction, suggesting that these factors were sufficient to enhance the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Robin F,Hennequin C,Gniadkowski M,Beyrouthy R,Empel J,Gibold L,Bonnet R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Lactam antibiotics that inhibit penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) have been widely used in the treatment of bacterial infections. However, the molecular basis underlying the different inhibitory potencies of β-lactams against specific PBPs is not fully understood. Here, we present the crystal structures of penicill...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jeong JH,Cha HJ,Kim YG

更新日期：2018-08-27 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：:We report on the cloning of the gene smeT, which encodes the transcriptional regulator of the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia efflux pump SmeDEF. SmeT belongs to the TetR and AcrR family of transcriptional regulators. The smeT gene is located upstream from the structural operon of the pump genes smeDEF and is divergently...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sánchez P,Alonso A,Martinez JL

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial efflux system encoded by the operon mef(E)-mel on the mobile genetic element MEGA in Streptococcus pneumoniae and other Gram-positive bacteria is inducible by macrolide antibiotics and antimicrobial peptides. Induction may affect the clinical response to the use of macrolides. We developed mef(E) rep...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chancey ST,Zhou X,Zähner D,Stephens DS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel beta-lactamase gene, blaOXA-61, from Campylobacter jejuni GC015 was cloned and its nucleotide sequence determined. blaOXA-61 encodes a protein of 257 amino acids in which the active-site STFK tetrad and conserved class D beta-lactamase motifs YGN and KTG were identified. A conserved sequence upstream of blaOXA...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Alfredson DA,Korolik V

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a common pathogen associated with nosocomial pneumonia and is an increasing threat for severe community-acquired pneumonia. We have now investigated the role of interleukin-12 (IL-12) in protective immunity against lung infection with MRSA. The importance of IL-12 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nguyen QT,Furuya Y,Roberts S,Metzger DW

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen clinical isolates of group C streptococci were tested for penicillin tolerance. Sixteen of the strains showed penicillin tolerance with a 32-fold or greater difference between the minimal inhibitory concentration and the minimal bactericidal concentration. Synergism was demonstrated with a combination of pen...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Portnoy D,Prentis J,Richards GK

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of a self-transmissible IncL/M plasmid, pKOI-34, from a Klebsiella oxytoca isolate. pKOI-34 possessed the core structure of an IncL/M plasmid found in Erwinia amylovora, pEL60, with two mobile elements inserted, a transposon carrying the arsenic resistance operon and a Tn...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shimada N,Kayama S,Shigemoto N,Hisatsune J,Kuwahara R,Nishio H,Yamasaki K,Wada Y,Sueda T,Ohge H,Sugai M

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:BMS-207147, Sch 56592, and voriconazole are three new investigational triazoles with broad-spectrum antifungal activity. The in vitro activities of these three agents were compared with those of itraconazole and fluconazole against 1,300 bloodstream isolates of Candida species obtained from over 50 different medical c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pfaller MA,Messer SA,Hollis RJ,Jones RN,Doern GV,Brandt ME,Hajjeh RA

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicenter collection of bacteremic isolates of Escherichia coli (n = 423), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 372), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 300), and Acinetobacter baumannii complex (n = 199) was analyzed for susceptibility. Xpert Carba-R assay and sequencing for mcr genes were performed for carbapenem- or colistin-re...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Liu PY,Lee YL,Lu MC,Shao PL,Lu PL,Chen YH,Cheng SH,Ko WC,Lin CY,Wu TS,Yen MY,Wang LS,Liu CP,Lee WS,Chen YS,Wang FD,Tseng SH,Lin CN,Tang HJ,Chen YH,Sheng WH,Lee CM,Liao MH,Hsueh PR

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Colistin is used to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB). It is administered intravenously in the form of colistin methanesulfonate (CMS), which is hydrolyzed in vivo to the active drug. However, pharmacokinetic data are limited. The aim of the present study was to characteri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Plachouras D,Karvanen M,Friberg LE,Papadomichelakis E,Antoniadou A,Tsangaris I,Karaiskos I,Poulakou G,Kontopidou F,Armaganidis A,Cars O,Giamarellou H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current treatments of disseminated infection caused by the Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare complex (MAC) are generally ineffective. Liposome-mediated delivery of antibiotics to MAC-infected tissues in vivo can enhance the efficacy of the drugs (N. Düzgüneş, V. K. Perumal, L. Kesavalu, J. A. Goldstein, R. J. Debs...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Majumdar S,Flasher D,Friend DS,Nassos P,Yajko D,Hadley WK,Düzgüneş N

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiological treatment of Chagas disease remains neglected. The compounds available show several limitations, mainly during the chronic phase. Lychnopholide encapsulated in polymeric nanocapsules (LYC-NC) was efficacious in mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and treated by intravenous administration during the ac...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： de Mello CG,Branquinho RT,Oliveira MT,Milagre MM,Saúde-Guimarães DA,Mosqueira VC,Lana Md

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Efavirenz-based antiretroviral regimen is preferred during rifampin-containing tuberculosis therapy. However, current pharmacokinetic data are insufficient to guide optimized concurrent dosing. This study aimed to better characterize the effects of rifampin on efavirenz pharmacokinetics. Subjects were randomized to re...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kwara A,Tashima KT,Dumond JB,Poethke P,Kurpewski J,Kashuba AD,Court MH,Greenblatt DJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OPC-20011, a new parenteral 2-oxaisocephem antibiotic, has an oxygen atom at the 2- position of the cephalosporin frame. OPC-20011 had the best antibacterial activities against gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Enterococcus faecalis, and penicillin-resistant Streptoc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Matsumoto M,Tamaoka H,Ishikawa H,Kikuchi M

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-nucleoside analogs are a new class of antiviral and anticancer agents, several of which are currently used in the clinic. The phosphorylation of these agents to the triphosphate form is thought to be important for exertion of their pharmacological activities. 1-(2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-beta-L-arabinofuranosyl)-5-methylur...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hu R,Li L,Degrève B,Dutschman GE,Lam W,Cheng YC

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:Sporadic isolates of carbapenem-resistant KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae were isolated in Tel Aviv Medical Center during 2005 and 2006, parallel to the emergence of the KPC-3-producing K. pneumoniae sequence type 258 (ST 258). We aimed to study the molecular epidemiology of these isolates and to characterize th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Leavitt A,Carmeli Y,Chmelnitsky I,Goren MG,Ofek I,Navon-Venezia S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00