Comparative studies of interferon and three antiviral agents on neurotropic and oncogenic herpesviruses.

abstract：:A remarkably high rate of adverse events is associated with the use of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. We examined the efficacies of sulfonamides alone in the prevention of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis, with the assumption that at least some of the adve...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hughes WT,Killmar J

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal inhibitory concentrations of carbenicillin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, gentamicin, tobramycin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were determined for rough, smooth, and mucoid Pseudomonas sp. isolates from sputa collected from 40 cystic fibrosis patients. Ninety-four percent of the minimal inhibitory concen...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maybury BA,Blessing-Moore J,deWit SA,Lewiston NJ,Yeager AS

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within wounds, microorganisms predominantly exist as biofilms. Biofilms are associated with chronic infections and represent a tremendous clinical challenge. As antibiotics are often ineffective against biofilms, use of dispersal agents as adjunctive, topical therapies for the treatment of wound infections involving b...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sanchez CJ Jr,Akers KS,Romano DR,Woodbury RL,Hardy SK,Murray CK,Wenke JC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tiacumicins B and C are members of a novel group of 18-membered macrolide antibiotics with in vitro activity against Clostridium difficile. The MICs against 15 strains of C. difficile were 0.12 to 0.25 microgram/ml for tiacumicin B, 0.25 to 1 microgram/ml for tiacumicin C, and 0.5 to 1 microgram/ml for vancomycin. The...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Swanson RN,Hardy DJ,Shipkowitz NL,Hanson CW,Ramer NC,Fernandes PB,Clement JJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SM-8668 (Sch 39304) is a new oral antifungal agent which we evaluated in comparison with fluconazole in various fungal infection models. The prophylactic effect of SM-8668 was excellent against systemic candidiasis, aspergillosis, and cryptococcosis in mice. The 50% effective dose for SM-8668 was assessed at 10 days a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tanio T,Ichise K,Nakajima T,Okuda T

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-two strains of Yersinia pestis recovered over a 21-year period were evaluated for susceptibility to traditional and newer antimicrobial agents. In vitro resistance was noted only against rifampin and imipenem (approximately 20% of strains). The most active compounds (MIC at which 90% of the isolates tested are ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wong JD,Barash JR,Sandfort RF,Janda JM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant cause of mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU) is multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria, such as MDR Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB) and Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-Kp). The aim of the present study was to compare the clinical features, therapy, and o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Russo A,Giuliano S,Ceccarelli G,Alessandri F,Giordano A,Brunetti G,Venditti M

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 113 patients were randomly allocated to receive either ticarcillin plus clavulanic acid (total dose, 20.8 g) or clindamycin (total dose, 2.4 g) plus amikacin (total dose, 1 g) as perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis for major head and neck surgery. The two groups were similar in age, prior antineoplastic...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gerard M,Meunier F,Dor P,Andry G,Chantrain G,Van der Auwera P,Daneau D,Klastersky J

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, the majority of pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) discussions have focused on PK/PD relationships evaluated at steady-state drug concentrations. However, a concern with reliance upon steady-state drug concentrations is that it ignores events occurring while the pathogen is exposed to intermittent subopt...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Martinez MN,Papich MG,Drusano GL

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethambutol [(S,S')-2,2'-(ethylenediimino)di-1-butanol; EMB], is a first-line drug used to treat tuberculosis. To gain insight into the molecular basis of EMB resistance, we characterized the 10-kb embCAB locus in 16 EMB-resistant and 3 EMB-susceptible genetically distinct Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from divers...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sreevatsan S,Stockbauer KE,Pan X,Kreiswirth BN,Moghazeh SL,Jacobs WR Jr,Telenti A,Musser JM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibility of Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium chelonei to cefmetazole was studied by the agar dilution method. At a concentration of 16 micrograms/ml or lower, 44 isolates (96%) of M. fortuitum and 8 isolates (40%) of M. chelonei were inhibited. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Casal MJ,Rodriguez FC,Benavente MC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinazoline-2,4-diones, such as PD 0305970, are new DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV (topo IV) inhibitors with potent activity against gram-positive pathogens, including quinolone-resistant isolates. The mechanistic basis of dione activity vis-à-vis quinolones is not understood. We present evidence for Streptococcus pn...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pan XS,Gould KA,Fisher LM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-nucleotide polymorphism-based cluster grouping (SCG) classification system for Mycobacterium tuberculosis was used to examine antibiotic resistance type and resistance mutations in relationship to specific evolutionary lineages. Drug resistance and resistance mutations were seen across all SCGs. SCG-2 had hig...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brimacombe M,Hazbon M,Motiwala AS,Alland D

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small unilamellar amphotericin B liposomes can reduce the toxicity of amphotericin B. In this study, we compared the physical, antifungal, pharmocokinetic, and toxic properties of two liposomal amphotericin B products, AmBisome and Anfogen, that have the same chemical composition but are manufactured differently. In v...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Olson JA,Adler-Moore JP,Jensen GM,Schwartz J,Dignani MC,Proffitt RT

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foscarnet is widely used for the treatment of acyclovir-resistant herpesvirus infections, and foscarnet-resistant herpesvirus infections are a serious concern in immunocompromised patients. Twenty-seven single-plaque isolates of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) resistant to foscarnet were selected from foscarnet- a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Saijo M,Suzutani T,Morikawa S,Kurane I

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA sequences of two plasmids carrying vanA, pVEF1 (39,626 bp) and pVEF2 (39,714 bp), were determined. Forty-three shared coding sequences were identified, and the only nucleotide difference was an 88-bp indel. A postsegregational killing system was identified. This system possibly explains the persistence of the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sletvold H,Johnsen PJ,Simonsen GS,Aasnaes B,Sundsfjord A,Nielsen KM

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronidazole (MDZ) and related 5-nitroimidazoles are the recommended drugs for treatment of trichomoniasis, a sexually transmitted disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. However, novel treatment options are needed, as recent reports have claimed resistance to these drugs in T. vaginalis isola...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mallo N,Lamas J,Leiro JM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the in vitro activities of anidulafungin, micafungin, and caspofungin against Candida krusei by determining MIC and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) measurements and by the time-kill method. The geometric mean (GM)-MIC/GM-MFC values were 0.1/0.34, 0.25/0.44, and 1/2.29, respectively. The mean times ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cantón E,Pemán J,Valentín A,Espinel-Ingroff A,Gobernado M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned a 4.9-kilobase (kb) HincII fragment which contains a tetracycline resistance determinant (tetM) from the chromosome of Ureaplasma urealyticum. The 4.9-kb HincII fragment contains DNA in addition to the structural gene, is closely related to the previously characterized 5.0-kb fragment from pJI3, and con...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brown JT,Roberts MC

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As drug resistance continues to grow, treatment strategies that turn resistance into a disadvantage for the organism will be increasingly relied upon to treat infections and to lower the rate of multidrug resistance. The majority of work in this area has investigated how resistance evolution toward a single antibiotic...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rodriguez de Evgrafov MC,Faza M,Asimakopoulos K,Sommer MOA

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The current voriconazole dosing recommendation in adolescents is based on limited efficacy and pharmacokinetic data. To confirm the appropriateness of dosing adolescents like adults, a pharmacokinetic study was conducted in 26 immunocompromised adolescents aged 12 to <17 years following intravenous (IV) voriconazole t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Driscoll TA,Frangoul H,Nemecek ER,Murphey DK,Yu LC,Blumer J,Krance RA,Baruch A,Liu P

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) continues to rise in concert with increasing numbers of immune suppression techniques to treat other medical conditions and transplantation. Despite these advances, morbidity and mortality rates remain unacceptably high. One strategy used to optimize outcomes is antifungal pharma...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lepak AJ,Marchillo K,Vanhecker J,Andes DR

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The penetration of cefonicid and cefazolin into cardiac tissue was compared after a single 30-mg/kg dose in 30 patients undergoing aortocoronary artery bypass graft surgery. Samples of the right atrial appendage, pericardial fluid, and serum were obtained at various times and assayed for drug content. The concentratio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dudley MN,Nightingale CH,Drezner AD,Low HB,Quintiliani R

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing incidence and severity of infection by Clostridium difficile have stimulated attempts to develop new antimicrobial therapies. We report here the relative abilities of two antibiotics (metronidazole and vancomycin) in current use for treating C. difficile infection and of a third antimicrobial, surotomyc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bouillaut L,McBride S,Sorg JA,Schmidt DJ,Suarez JM,Tzipori S,Mascio C,Chesnel L,Sonenshein AL

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoroquinolones are antibiotics with central excitatory side effects. These adverse effects presumably result from inhibition of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) binding to GABA(A) receptors. This GABA antagonistic effect is greatly potentiated by the active metabolite of fenbufen, biphenylacetic acid (BPAA). Neverthel...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Smolders I,Gousseau C,Marchand S,Couet W,Ebinger G,Michotte Y

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is an essential chaperone involved in the fungal stress response that can be harnessed as a novel antifungal target for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis. We previously showed that genetic repression of Hsp90 reduced Aspergillus fumigatus virulence and potentiated the effect of the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lamoth F,Juvvadi PR,Soderblom EJ,Moseley MA,Asfaw YG,Steinbach WJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro and in vivo activity of FR-31564 [sodium hydrogen 3-(N-hydroxyformamido)propylphosphate] against gram-positive and -negative aerobic and anaerobic bacteria was investigated and compared with that of fosfomycin, cephalexin, carbenicillin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The in vitro activity of FR-31564...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Neu HC,Kamimura T

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antileprosy effect of rifampin was evaluated by a newly developed rapid in vitro assay wherein 31 human-derived strains and 1 armadillo-derived strain of Mycobacterium leprae were maintained for 2 and 3 weeks, respectively, in murine and human macrophages in the presence of [3H]thymidine. Of these strains, 27 show...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mittal A,Seshadri PS,Prasad HK,Sathish M,Nath I

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moderately penicillin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis was responsible for an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1993. We tested fully susceptible and moderately resistant strains of N. meningitidis against ciprofloxacin, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, chloramphenicol, penicillin, and ri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Blondeau JM,Yaschuk Y

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although ampicillin has been suggested as a useful agent for the treatment of nocardiosis in man, little is known regarding the presence of beta-lactamase in Nocardia or its possible role in determining resistance to ampicillin and the other beta-lactam antibiotics. We have evaluated 55 isolates of Nocardia for suscep...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wallace RJ Jr,Vance P,Weissfeld A,Martin RR

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00