Development of a Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of Tigecycline Resistance Gene tet(X) Variants from Bacterial, Fecal, and Environmental Samples.

abstract：:Acanthamoeba keratitis is a severe ocular infection secondary to accidental macro- or microscopic trauma of the cornea. Starting in 1985, a dramatic increase of this infection was recorded along with the spread of contact lens use. This protozoal disease is difficult to treat because of the scarcity of efficacious top...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gatti S,Cevini C,Bruno A,Penso G,Rama P,Scaglia M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxycycline is an alternative antibiotic drug for the treatment of syphilis, but data on its efficacy, especially data on its efficacy against late latent syphilis, are limited. A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of doxycycline for the treatment of patients with different stages of syphi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dai T,Qu R,Liu J,Zhou P,Wang Q

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Berberine, a quaternary alkaloid, and several of its derivatives were tested for efficacy against Leishmania donovani and Leishmania braziliensis panamensis in golden hamsters. Tetrahydroberberine was less toxic and more potent than berberine against L. donovani but was not as potent as meglumine antimonate (Glucantim...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vennerstrom JL,Lovelace JK,Waits VB,Hanson WL,Klayman DL

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meropenem-vaborbactam is a new agent with the potential to treat carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections. We describe the in vitro activity of meropenem-vaborbactam against representative CRE genotypes and laboratory-engineered Escherichia coli isolates harboring mutant blaKPC genes associated with ce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wilson WR,Kline EG,Jones CE,Morder KT,Mettus RT,Doi Y,Nguyen MH,Clancy CJ,Shields RK

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:SDZ MRL 953, a new synthetic monosaccharidic lipid A, was investigated in vitro and in vivo for immunopharmacological activities. In experimental models of microbial infections, the compound was highly protective when it was administered prophylactically either once or three times to myelosuppressed or immunocompetent...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lam C,Schütze E,Hildebrandt J,Aschauer H,Liehl E,Macher I,Stütz P

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria and trypanosomiasis are diseases which afflict millions and for which novel therapies are urgently required. We have tested two well-characterized cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) for antiparasitic activity. One CPP, designated TP10, has broad-spectrum antiparasitic activity against Plasmodium falciparum, both...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Arrighi RB,Ebikeme C,Jiang Y,Ranford-Cartwright L,Barrett MP,Langel U,Faye I

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple antibiotic resistance (mar) locus in Escherichia coli consists of two divergently expressed operons (marC and marRAB), both of which contribute to the Mar phenotype. Overexpression of the marRAB operon protected E. coli against rapid cell killing by fluoroquinolones. Inactivation of the operon in mar muta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goldman JD,White DG,Levy SB

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:9-Deoxy-Delta(9),Delta(12)-13,14-dihydro-prostaglandin D(2) (Delta(12)-PGJ(2)), a natural cyclopentenone metabolite of prostaglandin D(2), is shown to possess therapeutic efficacy against influenza A virus A/PR8/34 (H1N1) infection in vitro and in vivo. The results indicate that the antiviral activity is associated wi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pica F,Palamara AT,Rossi A,De Marco A,Amici C,Santoro MG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A carbapenem-resistant Serratia marcescens strain, 10mdr148, was identified in a Japanese hospital in 2010. The carbapenem resistance of this strain was attributed to the production of a novel metallo-β-lactamase (MBL), named SMB-1 (Serratia metallo-β-lactamase). SMB-1 possessed a zinc binding motif, H(Q)XHXDH (residu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wachino J,Yoshida H,Yamane K,Suzuki S,Matsui M,Yamagishi T,Tsutsui A,Konda T,Shibayama K,Arakawa Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penetration of cefprozil into the middle ear fluid was investigated in patients with chronic otitis media. A total of 89 patients ranging from 7 months to 11 years old participated in the study. The middle ear fluid was removed by ventilation tubes inserted through the tympanic membrane at times ranging from 0.38 to 5...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shyu WC,Haddad J,Reilly J,Khan WN,Campbell DA,Tsai Y,Barbhaiya RH

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mefloquine is widely used in combination with artemisinin derivatives for the treatment of falciparum malaria. Mefloquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum has been related to increased copy numbers of multidrug-resistant gene 1 (pfmdr1). We studied the ex vivo dynamics of pfmdr1 gene amplification in culture-adapte...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Preechapornkul P,Imwong M,Chotivanich K,Pongtavornpinyo W,Dondorp AM,Day NP,White NJ,Pukrittayakamee S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and fifty-seven ampicillin-resistant clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae were tested by disk diffusion and MIC determination for susceptibility to aztreonam, imipenem, and amoxycillin combined with clavulanate. The modal MICs and MICs for 50 and 90% of isolates of all three antimicrobial agents for...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Powell M,Williams JD

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-newborn rhesus macaque model of AIDS can be used to study directly the virulence of viral mutants which are resistant to antiviral drugs. A viral mutant called SIVmac79A6.1, isolated from an SIV-infected macaque after prolonged zidovudine treatment, was found to have a double-ba...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Van Rompay KK,Greenier JL,Marthas ML,Otsyula MG,Tarara RP,Miller CJ,Pedersen NC

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro susceptibility of 185 penicillin-susceptible and -resistant pneumococci to WY-49605, a new oral penem, was compared with susceptibility to penicillin G, amoxicillin with and without clavulanate, cefixime, cefaclor, cefpodoxime, cefuroxime, and cefdinir. WY-49605 yielded MICs for 50 and 90% of the strains test...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Spangler SK,Jacobs MR,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of linezolid in empirical therapy of suspected bacteremia remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of empirical use of linezolid or glycopeptides in addition to other antibiotics on the 30-day mortality rates in patients with Gram-negative bacteremia. For this purpose, 1,126 patien...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ternavasio-de la Vega HG,Mateos-Díaz AM,Martinez JA,Almela M,Cobos-Trigueros N,Morata L,De-la-Calle C,Sala M,Mensa J,Marcos M,Soriano A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current treatment of chronic hepatitis C is based on pegylated alpha interferon (PEG-IFN-α) and ribavirin. The aim of this study was to identify biological and clinical variables related to IFN therapy that could predict patient outcome. The study enrolled 47 patients treated with PEG-IFN and ribavirin combined th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： François C,Coulouarn C,Descamps V,Castelain S,Brochot E,Baron A,Duchaussoy I,Capron D,Nguyen-Khac E,Duverlie G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated MEDI8852, a human IgG1 monoclonal antibody that binds a highly conserved influenza A hemagglutinin stalk epitope, in outpatients with uncomplicated influenza A infection. A total of 126 subjects aged 18 to 65 years were enrolled during the 2015 to 2016 Northern and 2016 Southern Hemisphere seasons. Subjec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ali SO,Takas T,Nyborg A,Shoemaker K,Kallewaard NL,Chiong R,Dubovsky F,Mallory RM

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyrazinamide (PZA) analog 5-chloropyrazinamide (5-Cl PZA) is active against mycobacterial species, including PZA-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In M. smegmatis, overexpression of the type 1 fatty acid synthase (FAS I) confers resistance to 5-Cl PZA, a potent FAS I inhibitor. Since M. tuberculosis...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Baughn AD,Deng J,Vilchèze C,Riestra A,Welch JT,Jacobs WR Jr,Zimhony O

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tafenoquine is a novel 8-aminoquinoline antimalarial drug recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the radical cure of acute Plasmodium vivax malaria, which is the first new treatment in almost 60 years. A population pharmacokinetic (POP PK) analysis was conducted with tafenoquine exposure ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Thakkar N,Green JA,Koh GCKW,Duparc S,Tenero D,Goyal N

更新日期：2018-10-24 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：:Norfloxacin is a quinolone (pyridonecarboxylic acid derivative) effective against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. We studied the effects of this drug on DNA metabolism in P. aeruginosa. Norfloxacin inhibits DNA replication immediately on its addition to a logarithmically growing culture of P. aeruginosa. It inhibit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Benbrook DM,Miller RV

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the antistaphylococcal activity of daptomycin, vancomycin, oxacillin, gentamicin, and rifampin in human monocyte-derived macrophages. Compared with vancomycin and oxacillin, daptomycin had the most rapid and greatest antibacterial activity, but that of oxacillin was most sustained. The combination of d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Baltch AL,Ritz WJ,Bopp LH,Michelsen PB,Smith RP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effects of azithromycin (AZM), a new 15-membered macrolide antibiotic, on the production of exotoxin A, total protease, elastase, and phospholipase C by Pseudomonas aeruginosa were determined, and the virulence-suppressing effects of AZM were compared with those of erythromycin (EM), roxithromycin (RXM)...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mizukane R,Hirakata Y,Kaku M,Ishii Y,Furuya N,Ishida K,Koga H,Kohno S,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methionine gamma-lyase, the enzyme which catalyzes the single-step conversion of methionine to alpha-ketobutyrate, ammonia, and methanethiol, is highly active in many anaerobic pathogenic microorganisms but has no counterpart in mammals. This study tested the hypothesis that this pathogen-specific enzyme can be exploi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coombs GH,Mottram JC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant bacteria pose a major challenge to the clinical management of infections in resource-poor settings. Although nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) bacteria cause predominantly enteric self-limiting illness in developed countries, NTS is responsible for a huge burden of life-threatening bloodstream infectio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kariuki S,Okoro C,Kiiru J,Njoroge S,Omuse G,Langridge G,Kingsley RA,Dougan G,Revathi G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of fluconazole resistance in three clinical isolates of Candida krusei were investigated. Analysis of sterols of organisms grown in the absence and presence of fluconazole demonstrated that the predominant sterol of C. krusei is ergosterol and that fluconazole inhibits 14alpha-demethylase in this organi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Orozco AS,Higginbotham LM,Hitchcock CA,Parkinson T,Falconer D,Ibrahim AS,Ghannoum MA,Filler SG

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women in the second half of pregnancy, who were infected with genital mycoplasmas and who gave written informed consent, were randomly assigned to receive capsules of identical appearance containing erythromycin estolate, clindamycin hydrochloride, or a placebo for 6 weeks. Levels of serum glutamic oxalacetic transami...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McCormack WM,George H,Donner A,Kodgis LF,Alpert S,Lowe EW,Kass EH

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During HIV-1 reverse transcription, there are increasing opportunities for nucleos(t)ide (NRTI) or nonnucleoside (NNRTI) reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors to stop elongation of the nascent viral DNA (vDNA). In addition, RT inhibitors appear to influence the kinetics of vDNA synthesis differently. While cell-free k...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Abram ME,Tsiang M,White KL,Callebaut C,Miller MD

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the primary etiologic agent responsible for the AIDS pandemic. In this work, we used a chimeric recombinant protein strategy to test the possibility of irreversibly destroying the HIV-1 virion using an agent that simultaneously binds the Env protein and viral membrane. We construc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Contarino M,Bastian AR,Kalyana Sundaram RV,McFadden K,Duffy C,Gangupomu V,Baker M,Abrams C,Chaiken I

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MUC7 12-mer-L exhibits potent in vitro antifungal activity in low-ionic-strength buffers. In this study, we investigated the anticandidal activity and stability of MUC7 12-mer-L and its all-D-amino-acid isomer, along with Hsn5 12-mer (P113) and magainin-II, in human clarified and unclarified saliva in the absence or p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wei GX,Bobek LA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00