Structural Insights into Inhibition of the Acinetobacter-Derived Cephalosporinase ADC-7 by Ceftazidime and Its Boronic Acid Transition State Analog.

abstract：:With the rapid spread of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative pathogens, biofilm-associated infections are increasingly harder to treat and combination therapy with colistin has become one of the most efficient therapeutic strategies. Our study aimed to evaluate the potential for the synergy of colistin combined ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tan JH,Vidaillac C,Yam JKH,Chua SL,Givskov M,Yang L

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:R plasmids identified in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated in our laboratories were classified by their incompatibility characters by using intraspecies conjugation in P. aeruginosa. The fertility factor, FP2, was compatible with R plasmids belonging to all groups, and was classified in a new group. From these d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sagai H,Hasuda K,Iyobe S,Bryan LE,Holloway BW,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequencing of trimethoprim-resistant Escherichia coli clinical isolates identified a member of the trimethoprim-resistant type II dihydrofolate reductase gene family (dfrB). The dfrB4 gene was located within a class I integron flanked by multiple resistance genes. This arrangement was previously reported ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Toulouse JL,Edens TJ,Alejaldre L,Manges AR,Pelletier JN

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Lactamase identification by colony hybridization with 32P-labeled DNA probes for TEM-1, SHV-1, OXA-1, OXA-2, PSE-1, PSE-2, and PSE-4 was compared with isoelectric focusing in 122 clinical isolates making a variety of enzyme types. All strains producing a probe-type enzyme gave a positive hybridization reaction. C...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huovinen S,Huovinén P,Jacoby GA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungus Saprochaete capitata causes opportunistic human infections, mainly in immunocompromised patients with hematological malignancies. The best therapy for this severe infection is still unknown. We evaluated the in vitro killing activity and the in vivo efficacy of posaconazole at 5, 10, or 20 mg/kg twice a day...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Thomson P,Guarro J,Mayayo E,Capilla J

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Pharmacodynamic parameters have become increasingly important for the determination of the optimal dosing schedules of antibiotics. In this study, the postantibiotic effects (PAEs), the postantibiotic sub-MIC effects (PA SMEs), and the sub-MIC effects (SMEs) of roxithromycin, clarithromycin, and azithromycin on refere...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Odenholt-Tornqvist I,Löwdin E,Cars O

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant increases in the MIC(90)s of linezolid in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were seen between the baseline period of 2001 to 2003 (0.5 microg/ml) and 2004 (2 microg/ml). The MICs were 4 microg/ml in three strains. Both fluoroquinolones (except levofloxacin) and kanamycin were found to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huang TS,Liu YC,Sy CL,Chen YS,Tu HZ,Chen BC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus infections are associated with high mortality rates and high treatment costs. Limited available antifungals and increasing antifungal resistance highlight an urgent need for new antifungals. Thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) is essential for maintaining redox homeostasis and presents as a promising ta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marshall AC,Kidd SE,Lamont-Friedrich SJ,Arentz G,Hoffmann P,Coad BR,Bruning JB

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis has been relatively slow to acquire resistance to penicillin. We previously reported an increase in the incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) strains with decreased susceptibility to penicillin (DSP) in Ontario. Our objectives were to evaluate trends in IMD with DSP, to identify case...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brown EM,Fisman DN,Drews SJ,Dolman S,Rawte P,Brown S,Jamieson F

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The K70E mutation in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) has become more prevalent in clinical samples, particularly in isolates derived from patients for whom triple-nucleoside regimens that include tenofovir (TNV), abacavir, and lamivudine (3TC) failed. To elucidate the molecular m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sluis-Cremer N,Sheen CW,Zelina S,Torres PS,Parikh UM,Mellors JW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic options for severe infections caused by strains of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA) and coagulase-negative staphylococci (ORSE) are very limited. With the increasing resistance of such strains to aminoglycosides, rifampin, and currently available quinolone agents, as well as the recent docu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bayer AS,Li C,Ing M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial activities of amphotericin B, itraconazole, and miconazole against 101 filamentous fungi from patients with cystic fibrosis were tested by a reproducible microdilution method. Itraconazole was very active against Aspergillus species and Scedosporium species (MIC at which 90% of the isolates were inhi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hennequin C,Benailly N,Silly C,Sorin M,Scheinmann P,Lenoir G,Gaillard JL,Berche P

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GES-1 is a class A extended-spectrum β-lactamase conferring resistance to penicillins, narrow- and expanded-spectrum cephalosporins, and ceftazidime. However, GES-1 poorly hydrolyzes aztreonam and cephamycins and exhibits very low k(cat) values for carbapenems. Twenty-two GES variants have been discovered thus far, di...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Delbrück H,Bogaerts P,Kupper MB,Rezende de Castro R,Bennink S,Glupczynski Y,Galleni M,Hoffmann KM,Bebrone C

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 1-cyclopropyl-8-methoxy-quinazoline-2,4-diones was synthesized and evaluated for lowering the ratio of the antimicrobial MIC in gyrase resistance mutants to that in the gyr(+) (wild type) using isogenic strains of Escherichia coli. Dione features that lowered this ratio were a 3-amino group and C-7 ring st...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： German N,Malik M,Rosen JD,Drlica K,Kerns RJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 201 critically ill patients were studied during 267 courses of gentamicin or tobramycin treatment (139 gentamicin courses and 128 tobramycin courses). Of these 267 courses, pharmacokinetic and clinical data were obtained for 240 (120 gentamicin and 120 tobramycin). The data collected for pharmacokinetic ana...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Schentag JJ,Plaut ME,Cerra FB

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five strains of Pasteurella multocida from humans and animals were tested for susceptibility to five cephalosporins by a broth dilution method. Cefcanel showed high activity against all isolates (MIC and MBC, less than or equal to 0.64 micrograms/ml). The corresponding figure for cefaclor and cefuroxime was 2.5...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Holst E,Rollof J,Miörner H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal diseases are generally difficult to treat and often fatal. The therapeutic agents available to treat fungi are limited, and there is a critical need for new agents to combat these deadly infections. Antifungal compound development has been hindered by the challenge of creating agents that are highly ac...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rank LA,Walsh NM,Liu R,Lim FY,Bok JW,Huang M,Keller NP,Gellman SH,Hull CM

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Surotomycin (formerly called CB-183,315) is a novel, orally administered cyclic lipopeptide antibacterial in development for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) that has potent activity against vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) but limited activity against Gram-negative bacilli, including Bacte...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Deshpande A,Hurless K,Cadnum JL,Chesnel L,Gao L,Chan L,Kundrapu S,Polinkovsky A,Donskey CJ

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed the contribution of different efflux components to glutathione-mediated abrogation of ciprofloxacin's activity in Escherichia coli and the underlying potential mechanism(s) behind this phenomenon. The results indicated that glutathione increased the total active efflux, thereby partially contributing ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goswami M,Subramanian M,Kumar R,Jass J,Jawali N

更新日期：2016-06-20 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：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) produces two polyproteins, Pr55(Gag) and Pr160(Gag-Pol), that are cleaved into mature functional subunits by the virally encoded protease. Drugs that inhibit this protease are an important part of anti-HIV therapy. We studied the ordered accumulation of Gag and Gag-Pol proce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Speck RR,Flexner C,Tian CJ,Yu XF

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophylactic administration of a nontoxic dose of 9-[[2-benzyloxyl-1-(benzyloxymethyl)ethoxy]methyl]-6-chlo roguanine (BIOLF-70) to mice reduced the number of myocarditic lesions induced by coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3). BIOLF-70 exhibited minimal antiviral activity against CVB3 in HeLa cells and murine neonatal skin fibro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gauntt CJ,Arizpe HM,Kung JT,Ogilvie KK,Cheriyan UO

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of gemifloxacin against Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis was compared to those of 11 other agents. All quinolones were very active (MICs,

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Davies TA,Kelly LM,Hoellman DB,Ednie LM,Clark CL,Bajaksouzian S,Jacobs MR,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma hominis was highly susceptible to two new quinolones, with MICs for 90% of isolates tested of 0.004 micrograms/ml for WIN 57273 and 0.063 micrograms/ml for sparfloxacin, which were activities much greater than the 1 microgram/ml found for ofloxacin and tetracycline. Although Ureaplasma urealyticum was less ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kenny GE,Cartwright FD

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Titanium (Ti) is a promising candidate biomaterial for an artificial corneal skirt. Antimicrobial peptide (AMP) immobilization may improve the bactericidal effect of the Ti substrate. In this study, we tested the bactericidal efficacy of a functionalized Ti surface in a rabbit keratitis model. A corneal stromal pocket...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tan XW,Goh TW,Saraswathi P,Nyein CL,Setiawan M,Riau A,Lakshminarayanan R,Liu S,Tan D,Beuerman RW,Mehta JS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida krusei ATCC 6258 was tested by eight laboratories using 96-well plates containing checkerboard pairwise combinations of amphotericin B (AMB), posaconazole (PSC), caspofungin (CSP), and voriconazole (VRC). The methodology led to reproducible results across the laboratories. All drug combinations yielded MICs lo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chaturvedi V,Ramani R,Ghannoum MA,Killian SB,Holliday N,Knapp C,Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Messer SA,Pfaller MA,Iqbal NJ,Arthington-Skaggs BA,Vazquez JA,Sein T,Rex JH,Walsh TJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on tetracycline transport into Staphylococcus aureus identified a high-affinity, saturable uptake system for the antibiotic (Km, 4.76 microM) (B.L. Hutchings, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 174:734-738, 1969). However, the earlier results could not be confirmed using conditions that permitted energy-dependent...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chopra I,Ismail S,Oliva B

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:9-[2-(Boranophosphonomethoxy)ethyl]adenine diphosphate (BH(3)-PMEApp) and (R)-9-[2-(boranophosphonomethoxy)propyl]adenine diphosphate (BH(3)-PMPApp), described here, represent the first nucleoside phosphonates modified on their alpha-phosphates that act as efficient substrates for the human immunodeficiency virus type...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Frangeul A,Barral K,Alvarez K,Canard B

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open, dose-finding study, a 100% cure rate was observed in patients suffering from uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis who were treated with a single oral dose of either 1.2 g (n = 10), 0.8 g (n = 11), or 0.4 g (n = 10) of cefetamet pivoxil. The MICs of cefetamet for all gonococcal strains ranged from 0.001 to 0...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tio TT,Sindhunata IR,Wagenvoort JH,Michel MF,Stolz E

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00