ClyJ Is a Novel Pneumococcal Chimeric Lysin with a Cysteine- and Histidine-Dependent Amidohydrolase/Peptidase Catalytic Domain.

abstract：:A total of 104 carbapenemase (serine- and metallo-beta-lactamase [MbetaL])-producing strains of the Enterobacteriaceae family collected from 2000 to 2005 in medical centers distributed worldwide were tested against tigecycline and 25 comparators by reference broth microdilution methods. The most frequent carbapenemase...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Castanheira M,Sader HS,Deshpande LM,Fritsche TR,Jones RN

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We and others recently identified copper resistance as important for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Here, we introduce a high-throughput screening assay for agents that induce a copper hypersensitivity phenotype in M. tuberculosis and demonstrate that such copper-boosting compounds are effective against repl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Speer A,Shrestha TB,Bossmann SH,Basaraba RJ,Harber GJ,Michalek SM,Niederweis M,Kutsch O,Wolschendorf F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus infections are associated with high mortality rates and high treatment costs. Limited available antifungals and increasing antifungal resistance highlight an urgent need for new antifungals. Thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) is essential for maintaining redox homeostasis and presents as a promising ta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marshall AC,Kidd SE,Lamont-Friedrich SJ,Arentz G,Hoffmann P,Coad BR,Bruning JB

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of the highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus produces genetic variations that can lead to changes in antiviral susceptibility and in receptor-binding specificity. In countries where the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus is endemic or causes regular epidemics, the surveillance of these changes is important fo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Naughtin M,Dyason JC,Mardy S,Sorn S,von Itzstein M,Buchy P

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NS3/4A protease from hepatitis C virus (HCV) plays a key role in viral replication. We report a system for monitoring the activity of this enzyme in single living mammalian cells. We constructed a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) probe that consists of an enhanced cyan fluorescent protein-citrine fusi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sabariegos R,Picazo F,Domingo B,Franco S,Martinez MA,Llopis J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematogenous Candida meningoencephalitis (HCME) is a serious infection in premature neonates. Anidulafungin is an echinocandin antifungal agent with potent activity against Candida spp., but its efficacy and optimal regimens for human neonates with HCME are not known. A well-validated rabbit model of HCME was used to ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Warn PA,Livermore J,Howard S,Felton TW,Sharp A,Gregson L,Goodwin J,Petraitiene R,Petraitis V,Cohen-Wolkowiez M,Walsh TJ,Benjamin DK Jr,Hope WW

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doravirine is a novel nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor in development for use with other antiretroviral therapies to treat human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. Doravirine metabolism predominantly occurs via cytochrome P450 3A with <10% of elimination occurring via the renal pathway. As s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ankrom W,Yee KL,Sanchez RI,Adedoyin A,Fan L,Marbury T,Preston RA,Iwamoto M,Khalilieh SG

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the influences of different pH levels and three different buffers on flucytosine activity against 12 isolates of Candida albicans in two synthetic media, yeast nitrogen base (YNB) and synthetic amino acid medium-fungal (SAAMF), using broth dilution techniques and measuring the endpoints of visual MICs and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Calhoun DL,Galgiani JN

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:WCK 5222 consists of cefepime combined with zidebactam, a bicyclo-acyl hydrazide β-lactam enhancer antibiotic with a dual action involving binding to Gram-negative bacterial PBP2 and β-lactamase inhibition. We evaluated the in vitro activity of cefepime-zidebactam against 7,876 contemporary (2015) clinical isolates of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sader HS,Castanheira M,Huband M,Jones RN,Flamm RK

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:No studies have investigated whether discontinuation of ethambutol (EMB) based on the susceptibility to isoniazid and rifampin as determined by the GenoType MTBDRplus assay would be appropriate. We aimed to determine the feasibility of discontinuing EMB before the end of intensive phase treatment based on the result o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jo KW,Kim M,Kim YJ,Lee HK,Kim HK,Jeon D,Lyu J,Park HK,Mok J,Kim JS,Heo EY,Choi SB,Yim JJ,Shim TS

更新日期：2019-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimum inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations of four antibiotics and their combinations were determined for 38 strains of enterococci by a microtitration tube dilution technique. The drugs were ampicillin, vancomycin, gentamicin, and streptomycin; the combinations were ampicillin-gentamicin, ampicillin-streptomy...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Harwick HJ,Kalmanson GM,Guze LB

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report patient-to-patient transmission of Enterobacter hormaechei isolates with reduced susceptibility to ceftazidime-avibactam due to production of KPC-40, a variant of KPC-3 with a two-amino-acid insertion in the Ω-loop region (L167_E168dup). The index patient had received a prolonged course of ceftazidime-avibac...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Munoz-Price LS,Reeme AE,Buchan BW,Mettus RT,Mustapha MM,Van Tyne D,Shields RK,Doi Y

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent preventive treatment in infants with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTi-SP) reduces malaria episodes by 20 to 59% across Africa. This protective efficacy, however, may be affected by the high frequency of malnutrition in African infants. We analyzed the impact of malnutrition as defined by anthropometry on t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Danquah I,Dietz E,Zanger P,Reither K,Ziniel P,Bienzle U,Mockenhaupt FP

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole and fractionated latex of Asclepias syriaca was tested for antimicrobial or growth-promoting activity with 16 genera and species of bacteria. Latex and extracted fractions (distilled water, acetic acid, sodium bicarbonate, sulfuric acid, and ethyl ether) possessed no detectable antimicrobial activity. Comparison...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McCay S,Mahlberg P

更新日期：1973-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident glucosidases I and II sequentially trim the three terminal glucose moieties on the N-linked glycans attached to nascent glycoproteins. These reactions are the first steps of N-linked glycan processing and are essential for proper folding and function of many glycoproteins. Because m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhao X,Guo F,Comunale MA,Mehta A,Sehgal M,Jain P,Cuconati A,Lin H,Block TM,Chang J,Guo JT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:R plasmids from chloramphenicol-resistant salmonella from Ontario are shown to belong to the H(2) incompatibility subgroup and to mediate a broad-spectrum, phage inhibition function. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Taylor DE,Grant RB

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended-spectrum class C β-lactamases have evolved to rapidly inactivate expanded-spectrum cephalosporins, a class of antibiotics designed to be resistant to hydrolysis by β-lactamase enzymes. To better understand the mechanism by which Acinetobacter-derived cephalosporinase-7 (ADC-7), a chromosomal AmpC enzyme, hydr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Curtis BN,Smolen KA,Barlow SJ,Caselli E,Prati F,Taracila MA,Bonomo RA,Wallar BJ,Powers RA

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:New classes of antiparasitic drugs active against Trypanosoma brucei are needed to combat human African trypanosomiasis. Inhibitors of methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS) have excellent potential to be developed for this purpose (S. Shibata, J. R. Gillespie, A. M. Kelley, A. J. Napuli, Z. Zhang, K. V. Kovzun, R. M. Pefl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ranade RM,Gillespie JR,Shibata S,Verlinde CL,Fan E,Hol WG,Buckner FS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABT-492 is a novel quinolone with potent activity against gram-positive, gram-negative, and atypical pathogens, making this compound an ideal candidate for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. We therefore compared the in vitro pharmacodynamic activity of ABT-492 to that of levofloxacin, an antibiotic common...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gunderson SM,Hayes RA,Quinn JP,Danziger LH

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance, novel strategies are required for combatting resistant pathogens. Combination therapy, in which multiple drugs are used to treat an infection, has proven highly successful in the treatment of cancer and HIV. However, this practice has proven challenging for t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Adamowicz EM,Harcombe WR

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:lacZ fusion strains were constructed using the promoters of five cell wall stress stimulon genes: pbp2, tcaA, vraSR, sgtB, and lytR. All fusion strains were induced only in the presence of cell wall-active antibiotics, suggesting the potential of these strains for use in high-throughput screening for new cell wall-act...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Steidl R,Pearson S,Stephenson RE,Ledala N,Sitthisak S,Wilkinson BJ,Jayaswal RK

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an obligate aerobe, Mycobacterium tuberculosis uses its electron transport chain (ETC) to produce energy via oxidative phosphorylation. This pathway has recently garnered a lot of attention and is a target for several new antimycobacterials. We tested the respiratory adaptation of M. tuberculosis to phenoxyalkylben...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Berube BJ,Parish T

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:At least four broad-spectrum efflux pumps (Mex) are involved in elevated intrinsic antibiotic resistance as well as in acquired multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Substrate specificity of the Mex pumps has been shown to be determined by the cytoplasmic membrane component (MexB, MexD, MexF, and MexY) of th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aires JR,Pechère JC,Van Delden C,Köhler T

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide phosphonates cidofovir (CDV) and cyclic cidofovir (cCDV) are potent antiviral compounds when administered parenterally but are not well absorbed orally. These compounds have been reported to have activity against orthopoxvirus replication in vitro and in animal models when administered parenterally or b...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kern ER,Hartline C,Harden E,Keith K,Rodriguez N,Beadle JR,Hostetler KY

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobramycin-resistant burn wound isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae, together with Escherichia coli K-12 transconjugants from these two strains, were examined for plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). All the resistant strains contained a common, high-molecular-weight, covalently closed circular ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Elwell LP,Inamine JM,Minshew BH

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a new class of drugs for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis was demonstrated. 566C80, a hydroxynaphthoquinone, administered orally in a dose of greater than or equal to 100 mg/kg of body weight per day prophylactically prevented P. carinii pneumonitis in 90% or more of rats, while all untreated control a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hughes WT,Gray VL,Gutteridge WE,Latter VS,Pudney M

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of 3 g of ticarcillin and 200 mg of clavulanic acid was administered intravenously to six healthy male volunteers, after which the concentrations of these agents in serum and blister fluid were measured. The ratio of the two drugs in serum varied from 15:1 (ticarcillin-clavulanic acid) at the time of adm...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bennett S,Wise R,Weston D,Dent J

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Lactamase production was investigated in cultures of 25 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates isolated at a hospital in Durban, South Africa, in 1994 and 1996. Twenty of these isolates gave ceftazidime MIC/ceftazidime plus clavulanate MIC ratios of >/=8, implying production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs), ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Essack SY,Hall LM,Pillay DG,McFadyen ML,Livermore DM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00