Tilorone, a Broad-Spectrum Antiviral for Emerging Viruses.

abstract：:One hundred clinical isolates resistant to ceftazidime and/or cefotaxime were examined for susceptibility to cefepime. The most frequently encountered ceftazidime-cefotaxime-resistant strains belonged to the genera Enterobacter, Pseudomonas, and Citrobacter. Among these strains, 92% were resistant to cefoperazone, 91%...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fung-Tomc J,Dougherty TJ,DeOrio FJ,Simich-Jacobson V,Kessler RE

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is a serious complication of infection by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. Shiga toxin type 2 (Stx2) is responsible for the renal toxicity that can follow intestinal infection and hemorrhagic colitis due to E. coli. A chimeric mouse-human antibody, designated c alpha Stx2, that h...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dowling TC,Chavaillaz PA,Young DG,Melton-Celsa A,O'Brien A,Thuning-Roberson C,Edelman R,Tacket CO

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anidulafungin is an echinocandin with activity against Candida species and Aspergillus species. Adult dosages under study are 50 mg/day for esophageal candidiasis and 100 mg/day for invasive candidiasis and aspergillosis. Little is known, however, about the safety and pharmacokinetics of anidulafungin in children. A m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Benjamin DK Jr,Driscoll T,Seibel NL,Gonzalez CE,Roden MM,Kilaru R,Clark K,Dowell JA,Schranz J,Walsh TJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysostaphin is an endopeptidase that kills Staphylococcus aureus, a predominant organism in catheter-related infections. Lysostaphin-coated catheters prevented catheter colonization by several strains of S. aureus, and activity was maintained for at least 4 days. Prophylactic use of lysostaphin in catheters may help p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shah A,Mond J,Walsh S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolide-resistant group A streptococci (MRGAS) have been recovered from many countries worldwide. However, the strain typing information that is available has been insufficient for estimating the total number of macrolide-resistant clones, their geographic distributions, and their evolutionary relationships. In this...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Robinson DA,Sutcliffe JA,Tewodros W,Manoharan A,Bessen DE

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the time-kill curve method, the combination of N-formimidoyl thienamycin and gentamicin showed synergism against 47 of 48 strains of enterococci, whereas the combination of N-formimidoyl thienamycin and tobramycin was synergistic against 46 strains. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Watanakunakorn C,Tisone JC

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and distribution in tissue of several novel triazole antifungal agents were studied in different animal species in order to select an appropriate lead compound. The purpose of the study was also to determine species differences in pharmacokinetics for SYN azoles to select the most appropriate spec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Khan JK,Montaseri H,Poglod M,Bu HZ,Zuo Z,Salama SM,Daneshtalab M,Micetich RG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports, for the first time, the presence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Moreover, this is the first report of the NDM-1 presence in the Balkan region. Cosmid gene libraries of carbapenem-nonsusceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates MMA83 and MMA533 were scre...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jovcic B,Lepsanovic Z,Suljagic V,Rackov G,Begovic J,Topisirovic L,Kojic M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-pseudomonas activities of azlocillin and mezlocillin were compared with that of ticarcillin. We measured the minimal inhibitory and minimal bactericidal concentrations of the three drugs against 20 different strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and found significantly lower values for azlocillin than for the oth...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coppens L,Klastersky J

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implant-associated infections (IAIs) are a dreaded complication mainly caused by biofilm-forming staphylococci. Implant surfaces preventing microbial colonization would be desirable. We examined the preventive effect of a silver-coated titanium-aluminum-niobium (TiAlNb) alloy. The surface elicited a strong, inoculum-d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kuehl R,Brunetto PS,Woischnig AK,Varisco M,Rajacic Z,Vosbeck J,Terracciano L,Fromm KM,Khanna N

更新日期：2016-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitazoxanide (NTZ), a drug currently being tested in human clinical trials for efficacy against chronic cryptosporidiosis, was assessed in cell culture and in two animal models. The inhibitory activity of NTZ was compared with that of paromomycin (PRM), a drug that is partially effective against Cryptosporidium parvum...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Theodos CM,Griffiths JK,D'Onfro J,Fairfield A,Tzipori S

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AG205 was identified from high-throughput screening as a potent inhibitor of FabK, the enoyl-ACP reductase in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Specific inhibition of lipid biosynthesis in a macromolecular biosynthesis assay and identification of an Ala141Ser substitution in FabK from spontaneous AG205-resistant mutants indic...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Takahata S,Iida M,Osaki Y,Saito J,Kitagawa H,Ozawa T,Yoshida T,Hoshiko S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarticular mucormycosis cases are quite rare and challenging infections that are mostly due to direct inoculation during traumatic injury among immunocompetent patients. Classic management includes a combination of aggressive surgical debridement, which may lead to amputation, and long-term systemic liposomal amph...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Parize P,Mamez AC,Garcia-Hermoso D,Dumaine V,Poirée S,Kauffmann-Lacroix C,Jullien V,Lortholary O,Lanternier F

更新日期：2018-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilm formation is an important virulence factor that allows bacteria to resist host responses and antibacterial agents. The aim of the study was to assess the in vitro activities of several antimicrobials alone or in combination against two Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a novel pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Parra-Ruiz J,Vidaillac C,Rose WE,Rybak MJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized, prospective, double-blind, double-dummy, multicenter study investigated the efficacy and safety of 10 days of oral therapy with grepafloxacin at 400 mg once daily, grepafloxacin at 600 mg once daily, or ciprofloxacin at 500 mg twice daily in 624 patients with acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic bron...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chodosh S,Lakshminarayan S,Swarz H,Breisch S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the techniques of gap misrepair mutagenesis and site-directed mutagenesis, we have generated two novel quinolone resistance mutations of the Escherichia coli DNA gyrase A protein. DNA sequencing showed these mutations to be Ser-83----Ala and Gln-106----Arg. The mutant proteins were overproduced and purified, and...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hallett P,Maxwell A

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 4,226 Spanish clinical isolates of Candida spp. were analyzed to assess resistance to voriconazole according to breakpoints established by the European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (where susceptibility [S] to voriconazole corresponds to a MIC of ≤ 0.12 mg/liter). Resistance was uncomm...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cuenca-Estrella M,Gomez-Lopez A,Cuesta I,Zaragoza O,Mellado E,Rodriguez-Tudela JL,Antifungal Subcommittee of European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing.

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the sequence upstream from qnrB (but not qnrA or qnrS) is a LexA binding site. qnrB was shown to be under SOS control by demonstrating that quinolone susceptibility decreased with increasing temperature in a strain with a recA441(Ts) allele, whereas qnrB expression increased in response to ciprofloxacin or mitomyci...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang M,Jacoby GA,Mills DM,Hooper DC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus faecium has emerged as a major opportunistic pathogen for 2 decades with the spread of hospital-adapted multidrug-resistant clones. As members of the intestinal microbiota, they are subjected to numerous bacterial stresses, including antibiotics at subinhibitory concentrations (SICs). Since fluoroquinolon...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sinel C,Cacaci M,Meignen P,Guérin F,Davies BW,Sanguinetti M,Giard JC,Cattoir V

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The killing of Candida albicans by a series of amphiphilic quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) with different hydrocarbon chain lengths was closely related to the binding of the compounds to the cells and damage of the cell membranes. The membrane damage was measured as the level of release of the UV-absorbing materi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ahlström B,Chelminska-Bertilsson M,Thompson RA,Edebo L

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1989 and 1990, a large number of ampicillin-resistant strains of Enterococcus faecium were isolated from infected patients treated at intensive care units in Berlin, Germany. Twenty-five clinical isolates, including five different biotypes as classified by acid production from various sugars and a wide range of sus...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Klare I,Rodloff AC,Wagner J,Witte W,Hakenbeck R

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MICs and MBCs of the new difluorinated quinolone drug sparfloxacin against type strains belonging to 21 species of mycobacteria were screened. The MICs and MBCs were within the range of 0.1 to 2.0 and 0.1 to 4.0 micrograms/ml, respectively (with an MBC/MIC ratio of 1 to 2), and against 18 of the 21 species tested,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rastogi N,Labrousse V,Goh KS,De Sousa JP

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe outcomes of patients with infections with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) who received ertapenem-containing double-carbapenem therapy (ECDCT). Clinical success was observed in 7/18 (39%) patients overall: bloodstream infections, 3/7 (43%); pneumonia, 1/5 (20%); intraabdominal infections, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cprek JB,Gallagher JC

更新日期：2015-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The abilities of the H+-ATPase inhibitor N, N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and the antibiotic ionophore nigericin to enhance the bactericidal effect of subinhibitory concentrations of gentamicin in two strains of Staphylococcus aureus were studied. Each compound significantly increased both gentamicin uptake and killing....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mandel LJ,Eisenberg ES,Simkin NJ,Miller MH

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystathionine gamma-lyase (EC 4.4.1.1) was purified from Streptomyces cattleya, an actinomycete which produces the unusual beta-lactam antibiotic thienamycin. The enzyme displays broad substrate specificity and is similar to gamma-lyases purified from other microorganisms. That the gamma-lyase functions in vivo to pro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Williamson JM,Meyer R,Inamine E

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria control is hindered by the evolution and spread of resistance to antimalarials, necessitating multiple changes to drug policies over time. A comprehensive antimalarial drug resistance surveillance program is vital for detecting the potential emergence of resistance to antimalarials, including current artemisin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lucchi NW,Komino F,Okoth SA,Goldman I,Onyona P,Wiegand RE,Juma E,Shi YP,Barnwell JW,Udhayakumar V,Kariuki S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to characterize the impact of 3 types of variation on the Standardized Antimicrobial Administration Ratio (SAAR) utilizing local National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) data. SAAR and antimicrobial days per 1,000 days present (AD/1000DP) were compiled monthly for Northwestern Memorial Hospital from...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Avedissian SN,Rhodes NJ,Liu J,Aljefri D,Postelnick MJ,Sutton SH,Zembower TR,Martin D,Pais G,Cruce CE,Scheetz MH

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of penetration of quinolones through the bacterial outer membrane was studied with lipopolysaccharide-deficient and porin-deficient mutants. The data indicated that the lipopolysaccharide layer might form a permeability barrier for hydrophobic quinolones such as nalidixic acid but not for hydrophilic qui...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hirai K,Aoyama H,Irikura T,Iyobe S,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronidazole is now being used with increasing frequency for various infectious conditions in patients with renal failure. It is commonly administered to septic patients who have developed acute renal failure requiring hemodialysis. The hemodialysis clearances of metronidazole and its metabolites were evaluated in ni...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lau AH,Chang CW,Sabatini S

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella suis histidinol dehydrogenase (HDH) can be efficiently targeted by substrate analogues. The growth of this pathogen in minimal medium was inhibited and the multiplication in human macrophages was totally abolished in the presence of the drugs. These effects have been shown to be correlated with the previously...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Joseph P,Abdo MR,Boigegrain RA,Montero JL,Winum JY,Köhler S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00