Effect of mannitol infusions into the internal carotid artery on entry of two antibiotics into the cerebrospinal fluid and brains of normal rabbits.

abstract：:The aim of this analysis was to identify therapeutic micafungin regimens for children that produce the same micafungin exposures known to be effective for the prevention and treatment of Candida infections in adults. Pediatric pharmacokinetic data from 229 patients between the ages of 4 months and <17 years were obtai...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hope WW,Kaibara A,Roy M,Arrieta A,Azie N,Kovanda LL,Benjamin DK Jr

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA gyrase is a bacterial enzyme which catalyzes the ATP-dependent negative supercoiling of DNA. It is the accepted target of quinolones. The enzyme from Citrobacter freundii IID976 was purified by affinity chromatography on novobiocin-Sepharose and heparin-Sepharose. It had two subunits, designated A and B, which clo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aoyama H,Sato K,Fujii T,Fujimaki K,Inoue M,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posaconazole (POS) is a new antifungal agent for prevention and therapy of mycoses in immunocompromised patients. Variable POS pharmacokinetics after oral dosing may influence efficacy: a trough threshold of 0.5 μg/ml has been recently proposed. Measurement of POS plasma concentrations by complex chromatographic techn...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rochat B,Pascual A,Pesse B,Lamoth F,Sanglard D,Decosterd LA,Bille J,Marchetti O

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse model of cystitis caused by uropathogenic Escherichia coli was used to study the distribution of gallium in bladder tissue following oral administration of gallium maltolate during urinary tract infection. The median concentration of gallium in homogenized bladder tissue from infected mice was 1.93 μg/g after ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ball KR,Sampieri F,Chirino M,Hamilton DL,Blyth RI,Sham TK,Dowling PM,Thompson J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human pathogen Giardia lamblia is an anaerobic protozoan parasite that causes giardiasis, one of the most common diarrheal diseases worldwide. Although several drugs are available for the treatment of giardiasis, drug resistance has been reported and is likely to increase, and recurrent infections are common. The ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen CZ,Kulakova L,Southall N,Marugan JJ,Galkin A,Austin CP,Herzberg O,Zheng W

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of subclasses mefA and mefE of the mefA gene among 116 M-phenotype streptococci was as follows: pneumococci (38 strains had mefE and 4 mefA), viridans streptococci (49 mefE and 1 mefA), and Streptococcus pyogenes (24 mefA). Spain(9V)-3-14 and England(14)-9 clones of serotype 14 were dominant among pne...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ardanuy C,Tubau F,Liñares J,Domínguez MA,Pallarés R,Martín R,Spanish Pneumococcal Infection Study Network (G03\/103).

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viridin B, a bacteriocin produced by Streptococcus mitis, copurified with the alpha-hemolysin after ammonium sulfate precipitation and gel filtration on Sephadex G-200. The bacteriocin and hemolysin were separated in some instances by ion-exchange chromatography on diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex A-50, but the two substanc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Apelgren LD,Dajani AS

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the exposure-response relationships for efficacy and safety of voriconazole and anidulafungin in adult patients with invasive aspergillosis (IA), a population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) analysis was performed with data from a phase 3, prospective, double-blind, comparative study evaluating vor...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Liu P,Mould DR

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echinocandins are recommended as the first-line drugs for the treatment of systemic candidiasis. Cas5 is a key transcription factor involved in the response to cell wall damage induced by echinocandins. In this study, through a genetic screen, we identified a second transcription factor, Efg1, that is also crucial for...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Xiong K,Su C,Sun Q,Lu Y

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the pharmacokinetics of amphotericin B (AmB) in lung lymph circulation and bronchial-wash fluid after intravenous infusion and inhalation, respectively. For two experiments with awake sheep, we used lung lymph fistulas and tracheotomy. In experiment 1, AmB concentrations in plasma and lung lymph after ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Koizumi T,Kubo K,Kaneki T,Hanaoka M,Hayano T,Miyahara T,Okada K,Fujimoto K,Yamamoto H,Kobayashi T,Sekiguchi M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA sequences of two IncHI2 plasmids, pEC-IMP and pEC-IMPQ, from metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacter cloacae clinical isolates were determined. The two conjugative plasmids are almost identical, but pEC-IMPQ carries an additional segment containing an orf513 (ISCR1), a truncated 3' conserved sequence, an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen YT,Liao TL,Liu YM,Lauderdale TL,Yan JJ,Tsai SF

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The candidacidal activity of nitric oxide (NO) as delivered by a class of compounds termed diazeniumdiolates has been investigated. Diazeniumdiolates are stable agents capable of releasing NO in a biologically usable form at a predicted rate, and three such compounds were examined for activity. One compound, (Z)-1-[N-...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McElhaney-Feser GE,Raulli RE,Cihlar RL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is equipped with the Sec and Tat protein secretion systems, which translocate the xenobiotic transporter MexAB-OprM and the pathogenic factor phospholipase C (PlcH), respectively. When the signal sequence of MexA was replaced with that of PlcH, the hybrid protein was successfully expressed and r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yoneyama H,Akiba K,Hori H,Ando T,Nakae T

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the in vitro susceptibilities of 54 isolates of Haemophilus ducreyi from Thailand (29 isolates) and San Francisco (25 isolates) to penicillin G, tetracycline, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, ceftriaxone, cefixime, erythromycin, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Isola...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Knapp JS,Back AF,Babst AF,Taylor D,Rice RJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady-state concentrations of telavancin, a novel, bactericidal lipoglycopeptide, were determined in the plasma, pulmonary epithelial lining fluid (ELF), and alveolar macrophages (AMs) of 20 healthy subjects. Telavancin at 10 mg of drug/kg of body weight/day was administered as a 1-h intravenous infusion on three suc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gotfried MH,Shaw JP,Benton BM,Krause KM,Goldberg MR,Kitt MM,Barriere SL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 100 Streptococcus pneumoniae strains with various penicillin G susceptibilities, isolated in Barcelona, Spain, from different pediatric sources during 1983 and the first 4 months of 1984, were tested for susceptibility to tetracycline, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, clindamycin, vancomycin, and rifampin. Th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Latorre C,Juncosa T,Sanfeliu I

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between bacterial biofilms formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and clarithromycin, a macrolide having no anti-P. aeruginosa activity, were investigated. P. aeruginosa incubated for 10 days on membrane filters formed biofilms on the surfaces of the filters. The biofilms were characterized by dense colonizatio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yasuda H,Ajiki Y,Koga T,Kawada H,Yokota T

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of cefotaxime, either alone or combined with an aminoglycoside, was determined against 50 isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, of which 50, 33, and 10 were resistant to gentamicin, tobramycin, and amikacin, respectively. Cefotaxime inhibited 34 isolates at a concentration of 16 microgram/ml and all isolate...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Murray PR

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis strain 168 produces the extremely stable and broad-spectrum lantibiotic sublancin 168. Known sublancin 168-susceptible organisms include important pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus. Nevertheless, since its discovery, the mode of action of sublancin 168 has remained elusive. The present studies...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kouwen TR,Trip EN,Denham EL,Sibbald MJ,Dubois JY,van Dijl JM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical isolate of Enterobacter cloacae, strain NOR-1, exhibited resistance to imipenem and remained susceptible to extended-spectrum cephalosporins. Clavulanic acid partially restored the susceptibility of the strain to imipenem. Two beta-lactamases with isoelectric points (pI) of 6.9 and > 9.2 were detected in st...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nordmann P,Mariotte S,Naas T,Labia R,Nicolas MH

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major facilitator superfamily (MFS) efflux pumps have been shown to be important for bacterial cells to cope with biocides such as chlorhexidine (CHX), a widely used molecule in hospital settings. In this work, we evaluated the role of two genes, smvA and smvR, in CHX resistance in Enterobacter cloacae complex (ECC). ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Guérin F,Gravey F,Plésiat P,Aubourg M,Beyrouthy R,Bonnet R,Cattoir V,Giard JC

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial activities of trovafloxacin, moxifloxacin, sanfetrinem, quinupristin-dalfopristin, and 14 other antimicrobial agents against 218 Bacteroides fragilis group strains were determined. A group of 10 imipenem-resistant strains were also tested. Imipenem, meropenem, and sanfetrinem had the lowest MICs of a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Betriu C,Gómez M,Palau ML,Sánchez A,Picazo JJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspofungin (CAS) is approved for second-line management of proven or probable invasive aspergillosis at a dose of 50 mg once daily (QD). Preclinical and limited clinical data support the concept of the dose-dependent antifungal efficacy of CAS with preservation of its favorable safety profile. Little is known, howeve...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Würthwein G,Cornely OA,Trame MN,Vehreschild JJ,Vehreschild MJ,Farowski F,Müller C,Boos J,Hempel G,Hallek M,Groll AH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the interference of roxithromycin with NADPH oxidase, the key enzymatic system for oxidant production by human neutrophils. Roxithromycin alters the reconstitution of an active enzyme and impairs the translocation to the outer membrane of the cytosolic components p47-phox and p67-phox. Interestingly, i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Abdelghaffar H,Babin-Chevaye C,Labro MT

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:The carbapenem-hydrolyzing class D β-lactamase OXA-253 was identified in an Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolate belonging to sequence type 113 (ST113) in Brazil. OXA-253 shares 93.8% amino acid identity with OXA-143. The blaOXA-253 gene is located on a ca. 20-kb plasmid. The genetic environment of the blaOXA-253 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Girlich D,Damaceno QS,Oliveira AC,Nordmann P

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bacteroides fragilis bacteriocin which inhibits ribonucleic acid (RNA) polymerase activity had a narrow activity spectrum in vivo and only inhibited the growth of certain B. fragilis strains. In vitro the bacteriocin was not specific and inhibited RNA polymerases from widely diverse bacterial genera. RNA polymeras...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mossie KG,Robb FT,Jones DT,Woods DR

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The echinocandins are a class of semisynthetic natural products that target β-1,3-glucan synthase (GS). Their proven clinical efficacy combined with minimal safety issues has made the echinocandins an important asset in the management of fungal infection in a variety of patient populations. However, the echinocandins ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Walker SS,Xu Y,Triantafyllou I,Waldman MF,Mendrick C,Brown N,Mann P,Chau A,Patel R,Bauman N,Norris C,Antonacci B,Gurnani M,Cacciapuoti A,McNicholas PM,Wainhaus S,Herr RJ,Kuang R,Aslanian RG,Ting PC,Black TA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major problem in the treatment of infectious diseases and cancer. Accumulating evidence suggests that the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)-specific inhibitor celecoxib would not only inhibit COX-2 but also help in the reversal of drug resistance in cancers by inhibiting the MDR1 efflux pump. He...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kalle AM,Rizvi A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As opposed to Enterococcus faecalis, which is intrinsically resistant to lincosamides, streptogramins A, and pleuromutilins (LSAP phenotype) by production of the ABC protein Lsa(A), Enterococcus faecium is naturally susceptible. Since this phenotype may be selected for in vivo by quinupristin-dalfopristin (Q-D), the a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Isnard C,Malbruny B,Leclercq R,Cattoir V

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00