Evolution of Carbapenem-Resistant Serotype K1 Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae by Acquisition of bla VIM-1-Bearing Plasmid.

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：:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of acute lower respiratory tract infections in young children and other high-risk populations. RSV nucleoprotein (N) is essential for virus assembly and replication as part of the viral ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex. RSV604 was a putative N inhibitor in phase 2 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Challa S,Scott AD,Yuzhakov O,Zhou Y,Tiong-Yip CL,Gao N,Thresher J,Yu Q

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:A global sample of group A streptococci (GAS) revealed > or =80 separate acquisitions of tetracycline resistance. Of 244 clones, 38 and 25% displayed resistance to tetracycline and erythromycin, respectively; a relatively high proportion (15%) were resistant to both classes of drugs. tet(M) displayed a highly signific...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ayer V,Tewodros W,Manoharan A,Skariah S,Luo F,Bessen DE

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morganocin 174-induced lethality was characterized by one-hit kinetics. Although it induced simultaneous inhibition of deoxyribonucleic acid, ribonucleic acid, and protein syntheses, the most striking effect of morganocin was a rapid reduction of intracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate to less than 10% of the initial ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Williams JA,Krizsanovich-Williams K

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently become apparent that inflammatory reactions including nitric oxide (NO) release contribute to the outcome of pulmonary infections. To investigate the effect of N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), a NO synthase inhibitor, on the pathogenesis of pneumococcal pneumonia, we inoculated CD(1) Swiss mice wit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bergeron Y,Ouellet N,Simard M,Olivier M,Bergeron MG

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic diseases are of enormous public health significance in developing countries-a situation compounded by the toxicity of and resistance to many current chemotherapeutics. We investigated a focused library of 18 structurally diverse bis-acridine compounds for in vitro bioactivity against seven protozoan and one ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Caffrey CR,Steverding D,Swenerton RK,Kelly B,Walshe D,Debnath A,Zhou YM,Doyle PS,Fafarman AT,Zorn JA,Land KM,Beauchene J,Schreiber K,Moll H,Ponte-Sucre A,Schirmeister T,Saravanamuthu A,Fairlamb AH,Cohen FE,McKerrow

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 3,5-dioxopyrazolidines was identified as novel inhibitors of UDP-N-acetylenolpyruvylglucosamine reductase (MurB). Compounds 1 to 3, which are 1,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-3,5-dioxopyrazolidine-4-carboxamides, inhibited Escherichia coli MurB, Staphyloccocus aureus MurB, and E. coli MurA with 50% inhibitory conce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang Y,Severin A,Chopra R,Krishnamurthy G,Singh G,Hu W,Keeney D,Svenson K,Petersen PJ,Labthavikul P,Shlaes DM,Rasmussen BA,Failli AA,Shumsky JS,Kutterer KM,Gilbert A,Mansour TS

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibility to linezolid shown by nine Greek isolates of Coxiella burnetii derived from patients with acute Q fever was investigated. MICs of linezolid were compared with those of pefloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, trovafloxacin, doxycycline, and clarithromycin using the shell vial assay. MICs of li...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gikas A,Spyridaki I,Scoulica E,Psaroulaki A,Tselentis Y

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of Escherichia coli by isonicotinic acid hydrazide (isoniazid) is a function of the initial cell concentration, concentration of antibiotic, and chemical composition of the medium. An initial concentration of 5 x 10(5) cells/ml in a minimal medium is inhibited by 1 mM isoniazid. The E. coli cells are protec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tritz GJ

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugative transfer of R plasmids R64 and R64drd-11 has been compared in vitro and in vivo without selective pressure by antibiotics in a simplified experimental system; the ecosystem was the bowel of germfree chickens, with the host bacteria almost isogenic, and the plasmids differing only in their conjugative trans...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sansonetti P,Lafont JP,Jaffé-Brachet A,Guillot JF,Chaslus-Dancla E

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibiotic bleomycin stimulates deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis in toluene-treated Escherichia coli cells. The increase in synthesis is linear with bleomycin concentration. Bleomycin-stimulated DNA synthesis is independent of replication and dependent on DNA polymerase I. Replication is spared as the DNA pol...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ross SL,Moses RE

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meropenem is a broad-spectrum carbapenem antibacterial agent. In order to optimize levels in plasma relative to the MICs, the ideal dose level and dosage regimen need to be determined. The pharmacokinetics of meropenem were studied in two groups, each comprising eight healthy volunteers who received the following dose...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Krueger WA,Bulitta J,Kinzig-Schippers M,Landersdorfer C,Holzgrabe U,Naber KG,Drusano GL,Sörgel F

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four large staphylococcal plasmids ranging in size from 31 to 82 kbp have been shown to mediate tetracycline resistance via an integrated copy of the tet(K)-encoding plasmid pT181 which was flanked by copies of the insertion element IS257. In two cases, IS257 elements interrupted the repC reading frame of pT181 and an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Werckenthin C,Schwarz S,Roberts MC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of hospital-acquired infectious diarrhea. LFF571 is a novel inhibitor of the prokaryotic translation elongation factor Tu and is active against a range of bacterial species, including C. difficile. This first-in-human study investigated the safety and pharmacokinetics of sing...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ting LS,Praestgaard J,Grunenberg N,Yang JC,Leeds JA,Pertel P

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of trifluorothymidine (5-trifluoromethyl-2'-deoxyuridine, F3dThd) on the replication of three mouse cell lines, LM929, Ltk- (and LM929 derivative devoid of cytosolic deoxythymidine [dThd] kinase activity), and Ltk- c139 (a Ltk- derivative which expresses herpes simplex virus type 1-specified dThd kinase su...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wigdahl BL,Parkhurst JR

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of gatifloxacin therapy (15 mg/kg every 5 h [q5h]) was compared with that of meropenem (75 mg/kg q5h) and cefotaxime (75 mg/kg q5h) therapy in experimental meningitis caused by a beta-lactamase-producing strain of Escherichia coli. Gatifloxacin therapy was more rapidly bactericidal than cefotaxime bu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lutsar I,Friedland IR,Jafri HS,Wubbel L,Ng W,Ghaffar F,McCracken GH Jr

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida auris is an emerging pathogen that can cause virulent central-line-associated bloodstream infections. Catheter salvage through the eradication of biofilms is a desirable therapeutic option. We compared taurolidine and minocycline-EDTA-ethanol (MEE) catheter lock solutions in vitro for the eradication of biofil...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Reitzel RA,Rosenblatt J,Gerges BZ,Vargas-Cruz N,Raad II

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Atazanavir (Reyataz; ATV) is a well-tolerated protease inhibitor (PI) that is indicated as a once-daily treatment for HIV infections. These features of ATV, combined with its virologic potency, make it particularly desirable for the treatment of HIV-infected pediatric patients. The objective of this study was to use a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hong Y,Kowalski KG,Zhang J,Zhu L,Horga M,Bertz R,Pfister M,Roy A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism(s) of daptomycin (DAP) resistance (DAPr) is incompletely defined. Thickened cell walls (CWs) acting as either a mechanical barrier or an affinity trap for DAP have been purported to be a major contributor to the DAPr phenotype. To this end, we studied an isogenic set of methicillin-resistant Staphylococc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang SJ,Nast CC,Mishra NN,Yeaman MR,Fey PD,Bayer AS

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AG1343, a potent inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease (Ki = 2 nM), was designed by protein structure-based drug design techniques. AG1343 has potent antiviral activity (95% effective dose = 0.04 microgram/ml) against a number of HIV-1 strains in acute and chronic models of infection. As pa...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shetty BV,Kosa MB,Khalil DA,Webber S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven clinical isolates of Shigella sonnei with reduced susceptibilities to fluoroquinolones (sparfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and ofloxacin) were obtained. The MICs of fluoroquinolones against these S. sonnei strains were 16 to 32 times higher than those obtained against typical strains that are highly susceptible to the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Horiuchi S,Inagaki Y,Yamamoto N,Okamura N,Imagawa Y,Nakaya R

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present population pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) study modeled the effects of covariates including drug adherence and the coadministration of protease inhibitors (PIs) on the pharmacokinetics of efavirenz (EFV) and the relationship between EFV exposure and virological failure in patients who failed...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pfister M,Labbé L,Hammer SM,Mellors J,Bennett KK,Rosenkranz S,Sheiner LB,Adult AIDS Clinical Trial Group Study 398.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of the new triazole, ravuconazole (BMS-207147), were compared to those of fluconazole and itraconazole against 541 clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans. Isolates were obtained from cerebrospinal fluid (396), blood (116), and miscellaneous clinical specimens (29). Overall, ravuconazole (...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yamazumi T,Pfaller MA,Messer SA,Houston A,Hollis RJ,Jones RN

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the nitroaromatic agents used in medicine function as prodrugs and must undergo activation before exerting their toxic effects. In most cases, this is catalyzed by flavin mononucleotide (FMN)-dependent type I nitroreductases (NTRs), a class of enzyme absent from higher eukaryotes but expressed by bacteria and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Voak AA,Seifert K,Helsby NA,Wilkinson SR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of an IS440-sul3 platform with Tn21 class 1 integrons carried by IncI1 plasmids encoding extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs; mainly SHV-12 and CTX-M-14) among worldwide Escherichia coli clones of phylogroups A (ST10, ST23, and ST46), B1 (ST155, ST351, and ST359), and D/B2 (ST131) is reported. An in ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Curiao T,Cantón R,Garcillán-Barcia MP,de la Cruz F,Baquero F,Coque TM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a multidrug-resistant pathogen that poses a significant risk to global health today. We have developed a promising new FtsZ-targeting agent (TXA707) with potent activity against MRSA isolates resistant to current standard-of-care antibiotics. We present here result...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ferrer-González E,Kaul M,Parhi AK,LaVoie EJ,Pilch DS

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The spread of antibiotic resistance among Gram-negative bacteria is a serious clinical threat, and infections with these organisms are a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Traditional novel drug development inevitably leads to the emergence of new resistant strains, rendering the new drugs ineffective. Therefore, r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Soren O,Brinch KS,Patel D,Liu Y,Liu A,Coates A,Hu Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical use of the neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI) oseltamivir is associated with the emergence of drug resistance resulting from subtype-specific neuraminidase (NA) mutations. The influenza A/Texas/12/2007 (H3N2) virus isolated from an oseltamivir-treated immunocompromised patient exhibited reduced susceptibility ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Okomo-Adhiambo M,Demmler-Harrison GJ,Deyde VM,Sheu TG,Xu X,Klimov AI,Gubareva LV

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to (i) construct a population pharmacokinetic (PK) model able to describe vancomycin (VAN) concentrations in serum in pediatric patients, (ii) determine VAN PK parameters in this population, and (iii) validate the predictive ability of this model in a naive pediatric population. Data ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lamarre P,Lebel D,Ducharme MP

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00