Ciprofloxacin interactions with imipenem and amikacin against multiresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae causes common and severe hospital- and community-acquired infections with a high incidence of multidrug resistance. The emergence and spread of beta-lactamase-producing K. pneumoniae strains highlight the need to develop new therapeutic strategies. In this study, we developed antisense peptide nu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kurupati P,Tan KS,Kumarasinghe G,Poh CL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rifampin monotherapy was compared to the combination of linezolid or vancomycin with rifampin in an experimental rat model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) chronic foreign body osteomyelitis. MRSA was inoculated into the proximal tibia, and a titanium wire was implanted. Four weeks after infection...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vergidis P,Rouse MS,Euba G,Karau MJ,Schmidt SM,Mandrekar JN,Steckelberg JM,Patel R

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 8-aminoquinoline tafenoquine showed significant in vitro activity against Leishmania species, including L. donovani amastigotes in macrophages, with 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC(50)s) between 0.1 and 4.0 μM for both pentavalent antimony (SbV)-sensitive and SbV-resistant strains and by oral administration in B...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yardley V,Gamarro F,Croft SL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primaquine is currently the only drug available for radical cure of Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale liver infection stages, but limited safety data exist for children <10 years of age. Detailed daily assessments of side effects in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-normal children treated with 14 days of primaquin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Betuela I,Bassat Q,Kiniboro B,Robinson LJ,Rosanas-Urgell A,Stanisic D,Siba PM,Alonso PL,Mueller I

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a devastating disease of immunocompromised patients. Pharmacodynamic (PD) examination of antifungal drug therapy in IPA is one strategy that may improve outcomes. The current study explored the PD target of posaconazole in an immunocompromised murine model of IPA against 10 A....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

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

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of herpes simplex virus (HSV) inactivation by sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and n-lauroylsarcosine (LS), two anionic surfactants with protein denaturant potency, have been evaluated in cultured cells. Results showed that pretreatment of HSV type 1 (HSV-1) strain F and HSV-2 strain 333 with either surfacta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Piret J,Roy S,Gagnon M,Landry S,Désormeaux A,Omar RF,Bergeron MG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consideration of existing compounds always simplifies and shortens the long and difficult process of discovering new drugs specifically for diseases of developing countries, an approach that may add to the significant potential cost savings. This study focused on improving the biological characteristics of the already...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： El-Feky GS,Mohamed WS,Nasr HE,El-Lakkany NM,Seif El-Din SH,Botros SS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro selection of mutants with decreased susceptibility to ertapenem was performed using Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strains producing either the bla(CTX-M-2), bla(CTX-M-3), bla(CTX-M-9), or bla(CTX-M-15) gene. Frequencies of mutants with decreased susceptibilities to ertapenem were similar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Girlich D,Poirel L,Nordmann P

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The creation of new chemotherapeutic regimens that permit shortening the duration of treatment is a major priority for antituberculosis drug development. In this study, we used the murine model of experimental tuberculosis therapy to determine whether incorporation of the investigational new nitroimidazopyran PA-824 i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nuermberger E,Rosenthal I,Tyagi S,Williams KN,Almeida D,Peloquin CA,Bishai WR,Grosset JH

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:The effects of caspofungin combined with amphotericin B were investigated with Candida glabrata. Although in vitro experiments showed an indifferent interaction, the combination regimen was the only therapeutic approach yielding organ sterilization in a murine candidemia model. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barchiesi F,Spreghini E,Fothergill AW,Arzeni D,Greganti G,Giannini D,Rinaldi MG,Scalise G

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interrelationships between the pharmacokinetics of zidovudine alone and of zidovudine plus clarithromycin were evaluated with 18 volunteers with AIDS who had no infection with Mycobacterium avium complex or clinical evidence of gastroenteritis. Patients received 200 mg of zidovudine orally every 8 h on days 1 to 4...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vance E,Watson-Bitar M,Gustavson L,Kazanjian P

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on the spacing of their positive charges, ionenes, a class of quaternary ammonium polymers, increased the interferon-inducing activity of poly(inosinic acid).poly(cytidylic acid) in mouse L-929 cells, whereas they did not enhance poly(inosinic acid).poly(cytidylic acid) induced interferon production in prima...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clercq ED,Janik B,Sommer RG

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of pNL194, a VIM-1-encoding plasmid, is described in this study. pNL194 (79,307 bp) comprised an IncN-characteristic segment (38,940 bp) and a mosaic structure (40,367 bp) including bla(VIM-1), aacA7, aadA1, aadA2, dfrA1, dfrA12, aphA1, strA, strB, and sul1. Tn1000 or Tn5501 insertion within fi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Miriagou V,Papagiannitsis CC,Kotsakis SD,Loli A,Tzelepi E,Legakis NJ,Tzouvelekis LS

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:BAL fluid samples from critically ill patients shared a rate of 29% false-positive galactomannan results. We aimed to determine whether Candida species abundance in BAL fluid causes galactomannan (GM) positivity. A total of 89 Candida culture-positive BAL fluid samples from patients without suspicion of invasive asper...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aigner M,Wanner M,Kreidl P,Lass-Flörl C,Lackner M

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the efficacy of pentamidine (PNT) as prophylaxis or early treatment in acute pulmonary fusariosis in neutropenic mice. PNT-preexposed mice had significantly improved survival and reduced fungal burden compared to amphotericin B-preexposed and untreated mice. PNT-treated mice had increased survival but no di...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lionakis MS,Chamilos G,Lewis RE,Wiederhold NP,Raad II,Samonis G,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:We describe here the in vitro activities of azithromycin, clarithromycin, minocycline, or tigecycline alone and in combination with amphotericin B, itraconazole, terbinafine, voriconazole, anidulafungin, caspofungin, or micafungin against 30 isolates of the oomycete Pythium insidiosum. The assays were based on the CLS...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jesus FP,Ferreiro L,Loreto ÉS,Pilotto MB,Ludwig A,Bizzi K,Tondolo JS,Zanette RA,Alves SH,Santurio JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid-flow cytofluorometric susceptibility test for in vitro amphotericin B testing of yeasts was evaluated and compared to the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) M27-T reference broth macrodilution method. The flow cytofluorometric method is based on the detection of decreased green fluore...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Peyron F,Favel A,Guiraud-Dauriac H,El Mzibri M,Chastin C,Dumenil G,Regli P

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic interaction of planktonic and biofilm cells of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa with tobramycin and piperacillin was investigated in a chemostat system. The results indicated that planktonic and young biofilm cells of the 2-day-old chemostat culture of P. aeruginosa were susceptible to killing by chemostat-co...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Anwar H,Strap JL,Chen K,Costerton JW

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suboptimal doses of amphotericin B in combination with either rifampin or 5-fluorocytosine were better than single-drug therapy in the treatment of disseminated Aspergillus fumigatus infection in mice. Despite the increased effectiveness of combination therapy, none of the therapeutic regimens we used completely eradi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Arroyo J,Medoff G,Kobayashi GS

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that the bacterial load at the infection site could impact considerably on the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) parameters of fluoroquinolones. Using a rat lung infection model, we measured the influence of different marbofloxacin dosage regimens on selection of resistant bacteria after...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kesteman AS,Ferran AA,Perrin-Guyomard A,Laurentie M,Sanders P,Toutain PL,Bousquet-Mélou A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An innovative liposomal formulation of meglumine antimoniate (LMA) was recently reported to promote both long-term parasite suppression and reduction of infectivity to sand flies in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis. However, 5 months after treatment, parasites were still found in the bone marrow of all treated dogs. I...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： da Silva SM,Amorim IF,Ribeiro RR,Azevedo EG,Demicheli C,Melo MN,Tafuri WL,Gontijo NF,Michalick MS,Frézard F

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A self-transferable plasmid of ca. 80 kb, pIP1204, conferred multiple-antibiotic resistance to Klebsiella pneumoniae BM4536, which was isolated from a urinary tract infection. Resistance to beta-lactams was due to the bla(TEM1) and bla(CTX-M) genes, resistance to trimethroprim was due to the dhfrXII gene, resistance t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Galimand M,Courvalin P,Lambert T

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inter- and intralaboratory reproducibility of susceptibility testing requires stable control strains. The Food and Drug Administration diffusion procedure recommends the Seattle strains of Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923) and Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922) for this purpose. It was of interest to determine the present...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coyle MB,Lampe MF,Aitken CL,Feigl P,Sherris JC

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)-Beta-D-1',3'-Dioxolane guanosine (DXG) and 2,6-diaminopurine (DAPD) dioxolanyl nucleoside analogues have been reported to be potent inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). We have recently conducted experiments to more fully characterize their in vitro anti-HIV-1 profiles. Antiviral assays perfo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gu Z,Wainberg MA,Nguyen-Ba N,L'Heureux L,de Muys JM,Bowlin TL,Rando RF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the combined activity of vancomycin and seven beta-lactam antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus clinical strain Mu3, which displays heterogeneous resistance to vancomycin. When combined with vancomycin, four of the seven tested beta-lactams exhibited an additive effect at or near their MICs, while all sh...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aritaka N,Hanaki H,Cui L,Hiramatsu K

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis is one of the most frequent causes of device-associated infections, because it is known to cause biofilms that grow on catheters or other surgical implants. The persistent increasing resistance of S. epidermidis and other coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) has driven the need for newer ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hou Z,Da F,Liu B,Xue X,Xu X,Zhou Y,Li M,Li Z,Ma X,Meng J,Jia M,Wang Y,Luo X

更新日期：2013-10-01 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