Role of beta-lactamase in in vivo development of ceftazidime resistance in experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditis.

abstract：:The emergence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates displaying resistance to antimicrobial agents is a major public health concern and a serious issue related to the occurrence of further untreatable gonorrhea infections. A retrospective analysis on 1,430 N. gonorrhoeae isolates, collected from 2003 through 2012, for anti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Carannante A,Renna G,Dal Conte I,Ghisetti V,Matteelli A,Prignano G,Impara G,Cusini M,D'Antuono A,Vocale C,Antonetti R,Gaino M,Busetti M,Latino MA,Mencacci A,Bonanno C,Cava MC,Giraldi C,Stefanelli P

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed, synthesized, and characterized a novel nucleoside analog, (1S,3S,5S)-3-(2-amino-6-oxo-1,6-dihydro-9H-purin-9-yl)-5-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylene-cyclopentanecarbonitrile, or 4'-cyano-methylenecarbocyclic-2'-deoxyguanosine (CMCdG), and evaluated its anti-hepatitis B virus (anti-HBV) activity, safet...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Higashi-Kuwata N,Hayashi S,Das D,Kohgo S,Murakami S,Hattori SI,Imoto S,Venzon DJ,Singh K,Sarafianos SG,Tanaka Y,Mitsuya H

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinazoline-2,4-diones, such as PD 0305970, are new DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV (topo IV) inhibitors with potent activity against gram-positive pathogens, including quinolone-resistant isolates. The mechanistic basis of dione activity vis-à-vis quinolones is not understood. We present evidence for Streptococcus pn...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pan XS,Gould KA,Fisher LM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relationship between susceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics and variation in the major outer membrane protein P2 (OmpP2; also called porin) of persistent nonencapsulated Haemophilus influenzae isolated from cystic fibrosis patients. Nine OmpP2 variants were selected from two distinct H. influenz...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Regelink AG,Dahan D,Möller LV,Coulton JW,Eijk P,Van Ulsen P,Dankert J,Van Alphen L

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to daptomycin in enterococcal clinical isolates remains rare but is being increasingly reported in the United States and worldwide. There are limited data on the genetic relatedness and microbiological and clinical characteristics of daptomycin-nonsusceptible enterococcal clinical isolates. In this study, w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang G,Kamalakaran S,Dhand A,Huang W,Ojaimi C,Zhuge J,Yee LL,Mayigowda P,Surendraiah PK,Dimitrova N,Fallon JT

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-seven patients were treated with moxalactam in a noncomparative trial of hospitalized patients; 32 had endometritis or chorioamnionitis, 12 had skin and soft tissue infections, 5 had osteomyelitis, 5 had pneumonia, 5 had urinary tract infections, 4 had arthritis, 2 had sepsis from an unknown source, 1 had endoca...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marier RL,Faro S,Sanders CV,Williams W,Derks F,Janney A,Aldridge K

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) does not infect or replicate in nonhuman cells and tissues, there are few animal models currently available for evaluation of antiviral therapies for these infections. In the present studies, we utilized two different models in which severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice were i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kern ER,Hartline CB,Rybak RJ,Drach JC,Townsend LB,Biron KK,Bidanset DJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracycline-resistant isolates of Pasteurella multocida and Pasteurella haemolytica obtained from various locations in the United States and Canada were studied to determine the distribution of the tet(H) gene. Of the 31 isolates examined, 25 were found to contain the tet(H) gene. Chromosomal or plasmid DNA obtained ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hansen LM,Blanchard PC,Hirsh DC

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung infections caused by Mycobacterium abscessus are emerging as a global threat to individuals with cystic fibrosis and to other patient groups. Recent evidence for human-to-human transmission worsens the situation. M. abscessus is an intrinsically multidrug-resistant pathogen showing resistance to even standard ant...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aziz DB,Low JL,Wu ML,Gengenbacher M,Teo JWP,Dartois V,Dick T

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred ninety-four patients, aged 6 months to 12 years, entered a multicenter, randomized, controlled, investigator-blind study comparing cefdinir, 7 mg/kg of body weight twice a day, with cephalexin, 10 mg/kg four times a day, each given for 10 days. The most common infections treated were impetigo and seconda...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tack KJ,Keyserling CH,McCarty J,Hedrick JA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose dependence of mezlocillin pharmacokinetics was examined in relation to renal function after intravenous doses of 1 and 5 g in 16 subjects with various degrees of renal impairment. Dose and time-average model-independent physiological parameters were calculated from plasma concentration and urinary excretion d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mangione A,Boudinot FD,Schultz RM,Jusko WJ

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disinfectant-tolerant Listeria monocytogenes biofilms can colonize surfaces that come into contact with food, leading to contamination and, potentially, food-borne illnesses. To better understand the process of L. monocytogenes biofilm formation and dispersal, we screened 1,120 off-patent FDA-approved drugs and identi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nguyen UT,Harvey H,Hogan AJ,Afonso AC,Wright GD,Burrows LL

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth-inhibitory properties of a 5-nitrothiazole series were evaluated against Trypanosoma brucei. A subset of related compounds displayed the greatest potency toward the parasite while exhibiting little cytotoxic effect on mammalian cells, with this antiparasitic activity dependent on expression of a type I nitr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： O'Shea IP,Shahed M,Aguilera-Venegas B,Wilkinson SR

更新日期：2015-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus that demonstrate resistance to itraconazole (ITZ) have been described previously; however, the prevalence and clinical significance of ITZ resistance are not completely understood. In this study we assessed the ITZ susceptibilities of 128 A. fumigatus isolates that caused invasive inf...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Balajee SA,Weaver M,Imhof A,Gribskov J,Marr KA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Oxa-beta-lactam (LY127935) (Shionogi 6059-S) is a new type beta-lactam antibiotic having a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity. It is highly active against ampicillin-resistant strains of Haemophilus influenzae exhibiting minimal inhibitory concentrations as low as 0.06 microgram/ml. This compound also has the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cordera CS,Pekarek RS

更新日期：1980-02-01 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：:Debio-025 is a synthetic cyclosporine with no immunosuppressive capacity but a high inhibitory potency against cyclophilin A (CypA)-associated cis-trans prolyl isomerase (PPIase) activity. A lack of immunosuppressive effects compared to that of cyclosporine was demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo. For three cyclosp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ptak RG,Gallay PA,Jochmans D,Halestrap AP,Ruegg UT,Pallansch LA,Bobardt MD,de Béthune MP,Neyts J,De Clercq E,Dumont JM,Scalfaro P,Besseghir K,Wenger RM,Rosenwirth B

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha interferon and ribavirin are required in combination to achieve a sustained virological response in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Alpha interferon has direct antiviral activity and also enhances HCV-specific T-cell responses. Ribavirin has little direct activity against HCV but reduces hepa...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barnes E,Salio M,Cerundolo V,Medlin J,Murphy S,Dusheiko G,Klenerman P

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of an itraconazole-cyclodextrin solution against Aspergillus fumigatus was assessed in an immunosuppressed, temporarily leukopenic rabbit model of invasive aspergillosis and compared with that of amphotericin B. Oral itraconazole solution at dosages of 20 and 40 mg/kg/day improved survival as compared wit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Patterson TF,Fothergill AW,Rinaldi MG

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient and reproducible procedure was developed for extracting aminoglycosides from renal cortical tissue. It involves a double homogenization and two rinsings with trichloroacetic acid. A higher recovery is obtained compared with that of other previously reported methods. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Giuliano RA,Verpooten GA,Pollet DE,Verbist L,Scharpé SL,De Broe ME

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anidulafungin concentrations were quantified with high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and UV detection of the ascites fluid and pleural effusion of 10 adult critically ill patients. Samples were collected from ascites fluid and from pleural drains or during paracentesis and thoracentesis, respectively. Anidulaf...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Welte R,Eller P,Lorenz I,Joannidis M,Bellmann R

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of WY-49605 (SUN5555) (WY) was compared with those of cefaclor, cefixime, and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid against 2,958 consecutive clinical isolates from five medical centers and 402 respiratory pathogens from 18 other facilities. Most members of the family Enterobacteriaceae were inhibited by W...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sewell D,Barry A,Allen S,Fuchs P,McLaughlin J,Pfaller M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attenuated activity of echinocandin antifungals at high concentrations, known as the "paradoxical effect," is a well-established phenomenon in Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus. In the yeast C. albicans, upregulation of chitin biosynthesis via the protein kinase C (PKC), high-osmolarity glycerol response (HOG...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fortwendel JR,Juvvadi PR,Perfect BZ,Rogg LE,Perfect JR,Steinbach WJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), a neglected tropical disease, is fatal without treatment. Pentamidine, a cationic diamidine, has been used to treat first-stage (hemolymphatic) HAT since the 1940s, but it is ineffective against second-stage (meningoencephalitic, or central nervous system [CNS]) infection. Novel di...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang S,Wenzler T,Miller PN,Wu H,Boykin DW,Brun R,Wang MZ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratia marcescens S-95, which displayed an unusually high degree of resistance to aminoglycosides, including kanamycins and gentamicins, was isolated in 2002 from a patient in Japan. The resistance was mediated by a large plasmid which was nonconjugative but transferable to an Escherichia coli recipient by transform...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Doi Y,Yokoyama K,Yamane K,Wachino J,Shibata N,Yagi T,Shibayama K,Kato H,Arakawa Y

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As opposed to Enterococcus faecalis, which is intrinsically resistant to lincosamides, streptogramins A, and pleuromutilins (LSAP phenotype) by production of the ABC protein Lsa(A), Enterococcus faecium is naturally susceptible. Since this phenotype may be selected for in vivo by quinupristin-dalfopristin (Q-D), the a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Isnard C,Malbruny B,Leclercq R,Cattoir V

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypermutation is a common feature of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from chronically infected cystic fibrosis patients that is linked with antibiotic resistance development. In this work, using a large collection of sequential P. aeruginosa isolates from ICU patients, we found that despite the fact that mutational an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gutiérrez O,Juan C,Pérez JL,Oliver A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards has proposed a reference broth macrodilution method for in vitro antifungal susceptibility testing of yeasts (the M27-P method). This method is cumbersome and time-consuming and includes MIC endpoint determination by visual and subjective inspection of growth in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rodríguez-Tudela JL,Berenguer J,Martínez-Suárez JV,Sanchez R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemisinin-derivative combination therapies (ACT) are highly efficacious against multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Few efficacy data, however, are available for vivax malaria. With high rates of chloroquine (CQ) resistance in both vivax and falciparum malaria in Papua Province, Indonesia, new combina...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tjitra E,Baker J,Suprianto S,Cheng Q,Anstey NM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both ampicillin and cefuroxime therapy of neonates selected drug- and species-dependent beta-lactam resistance patterns in fecal strains of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. This was in contrast to our previous findings that ampicillin, but not cefuroxime, contributed to the emergence of beta-lactam resistance also...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tullus K,Berglund B,Burman LG

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00