Attributable Cost and Length of Stay Associated with Nosocomial Gram-Negative Bacterial Cultures.

abstract：:Here, we report that the genetic structure of Tn1331 remained conserved in Argentina from 1989 to 2013 (72 of 73 isolates), with the exception being the plasmid-borne Tn1331-like transposon Tn6238 containing a new aac(6')-Ib-cr allele recovered from a colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolate. A bioinf...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Quiroga MP,Orman B,Errecalde L,Kaufman S,Centrón D

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical foscarnet (PFA) and acyclovir (ACV) were compared in the dorsal cutaneous guinea pig model of herpes simplex virus type 1 infection. The relative order of efficacy was PFA cream greater than ACV cream greater than ACV ointment. In vitro studies demonstrated that PFA and ACV formulated in cream vehicles penetra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Spruance SL,Freeman DJ,Sheth NV

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a significant acute and chronic respiratory pathogen. While vancomycin is effective against MRSA, its relatively poor penetration into lung secretions and dose-limiting renal toxicity make it less effective in the respiratory setting. As inhaled administrat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Waterer G,Lord J,Hofmann T,Jouhikainen T

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:9-[2-(Boranophosphonomethoxy)ethyl]adenine diphosphate (BH(3)-PMEApp) and (R)-9-[2-(boranophosphonomethoxy)propyl]adenine diphosphate (BH(3)-PMPApp), described here, represent the first nucleoside phosphonates modified on their alpha-phosphates that act as efficient substrates for the human immunodeficiency virus type...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Frangeul A,Barral K,Alvarez K,Canard B

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatotoxicity induced by antituberculosis drugs is a serious adverse reaction with significant morbidity and even, rarely, mortality. This form of toxicity potentially impacts the treatment outcome of tuberculosis in some patients. Covering only first-line antituberculosis drugs, this review addresses whether and how...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yew WW,Chang KC,Chan DP

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-nine clinical isolates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii were obtained from 12 hospitals in 7 prefectures throughout Japan. Molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed the clonal spread of A. baumannii sequence type 208 (ST208) and ST455 isolates harboring the armA gene and ST512 harboring the armA and...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tada T,Miyoshi-Akiyama T,Shimada K,Shimojima M,Kirikae T

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR was used to amplify a 238-bp region from Helicobacter pylori which corresponded to the quinolone resistance-determining region in Escherichia coli. The gyrA gene of H. pylori was cloned and sequenced. An open reading frame of 2,478 nucleotides coded for a polypeptide of 826 amino acids with a calculated molecular ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moore RA,Beckthold B,Wong S,Kureishi A,Bryan LE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequences for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia serial isolates from a bacteremic patient before and after development of levofloxacin resistance were assembled de novo and differed by one single-nucleotide variant in smeT, a repressor for multidrug efflux operon smeDEF. Along with sequenced isolates from five...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pak TR,Altman DR,Attie O,Sebra R,Hamula CL,Lewis M,Deikus G,Newman LC,Fang G,Hand J,Patel G,Wallach F,Schadt EE,Huprikar S,van Bakel H,Kasarskis A,Bashir A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifolate activity and the transport characteristics of isoaminopterin (IA) in HeLa cells were studied and compared with those of methotrexate (MTX). Both IA and MTX inhibited the incorporation of [2-(14)C]deoxyuridine into HeLa cell DNA by 50% at a concentration of 0.09 muM by 8 h postaddition of the compounds. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rosemond-Hornbeak H,Nair MG

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic activity of ciprofloxacin, enoxacin, and ofloxacin was evaluated in guinea pigs with acute and chronic experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Intratracheal instillations of P. aeruginosa resulted in fatal pneumonia in all untreated animals within 36 h. Among treatment groups (80 mg/kg [body wei...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kemmerich B,Small GJ,Pennington JE

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that high-dose lipid amphotericin preparations are not more efficacious than lower doses in aspergillosis. We studied toxicity, drug concentrations and localization, and quantitative infection concurrently, using a 4-day model of central nervous system (CNS) aspergillosis to assess early event...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clemons KV,Schwartz JA,Stevens DA

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triazoles are first-line agents for treating aspergillosis. The prevalence of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus is increasing, and cross-resistance is a growing concern. In this study, the susceptibilities of 40 A. fumigatus clinical isolates were tested by using the CLSI method with amphotericin B, itraconazo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gregson L,Goodwin J,Johnson A,McEntee L,Moore CB,Richardson M,Hope WW,Howard SJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Candida albicans CDR1 and CDR2 genes code for highly homologous ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters which are overexpressed in azole-resistant clinical isolates and which confer resistance to multiple drugs by actively transporting their substrates out of the cells. These transporters are formed by two homolog...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gauthier C,Weber S,Alarco AM,Alqawi O,Daoud R,Georges E,Raymond M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporangiomycin and micrococcin inhibit the binding of aminoacyl-transfer ribonucleic acid into the ribosomal A site in intact bacterial protoplasts. They also prevent the assembly of [ribosome-elongation factor G-guanine nucleotide] complexes in vitro and compete with [(35)S]thiostrepton for ribosomal binding sites. W...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cundliffe E,Dixon PD

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The postantibiotic effect (PAE) (10 times the MIC of quinolones, 5 times the MIC of macrolides) and postantibiotic sub-MIC effect (PAE-SME) at 0.125, 0.25, and 0.5 times the MIC were determined for levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, erythromycin, azithromycin, and clarithromycin against 20 pneumococci. Quinolone ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Spangler SK,Lin G,Jacobs MR,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piperacillin and vancomycin were used as initial empirical therapy for 211 febrile episodes in cancer patients. The response rate in 95 episodes of documented infection was 72%. The response of bacteremias, soft tissue infections, and pneumonias was 78, 71, and 38%, respectively. The response in infections caused by g...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jadeja L,Bolivar R,Fainstein V,Keating M,McCredie K,Hay M,Bodey GP

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All known DNA ligases catalyze the formation of a phosphodiester linkage between adjacent termini in double-stranded DNA via very similar mechanisms. The ligase family can, however, be divided into two classes: eubacterial ligases, which require NAD(+) as a cofactor, and other ligases, from viruses, archaea, and eukar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ciarrocchi G,MacPhee DG,Deady LW,Tilley L

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heteroresistant (methicillin-resistant) and nonheteroresistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus were tested for their susceptibility to penicillinase-resistant penicillins at incubation temperatures of 37, 35, and 30 C. Susceptibilities were determined by agar dilution and by the standard Kirby-Bauer agar diffusion te...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Thornsberry C,Caruthers JQ,Baker CN

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) can be mechanistically classified into carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) and non-carbapenemase-producing carbapenem nonsusceptible Enterobacteriaceae (NCPCRE). We sought to investigate the effect of antecedent carbapenem exposure as a risk factor for NCPCRE ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marimuthu K,Ng OT,Cherng BPZ,Fong RKC,Pada SK,De PP,Ooi ST,Smitasin N,Thoon KC,Krishnan PU,Ang MLT,Chan DSG,Kwa ALH,Deepak RN,Chan YK,Chan YFZ,Huan X,Zaw Linn K,Tee NWS,Tan TY,Koh TH,Lin RTP,Hsu LY,Sengupta

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV), a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitoes, was an almost neglected pathogen until its introduction in the Americas in 2015 and its subsequent explosive spread throughout the continent, where it has infected millions of people. The virus has caused social and sanitary alarm, mainly due to its associatio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Saiz JC,Martín-Acebes MA

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial susceptibility to a new organic acid related to nalidixic acid and oxolinic acid was tested. The in vitro susceptibility pattern of the new compound was found to be very similar to that of nalidixic acid. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gilis PM,Haemers A,Pattyn SR

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MICs of daptomycin, linezolid, and vancomycin against 212 isolates, including Listeria monocytogenes and Pediococcus, Leuconostoc, Rhodococcus, and Nocardia spp., were determined by the broth microdilution method; daptomycin MICs were also determined by the Etest. Except with those for Leuconostoc spp., daptomycin Ete...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huang YT,Liao CH,Teng LJ,Hsueh PR

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefamandole has a broader spectrum and greater potency than the other cephalosporins. It includes Haemophilus influenzae, most strains of Enterobacter, and many strains of indole-positive Proteus and Bacteroides, with a lower minimal inhibitory concentration for Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, etc. Concentrations of dru...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Griffith RS,Black HR,Brier GL,Wolny JD

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a serious problematic pathogen due to the ever-increasing presence of antibiotic resistance, demonstrating a need for novel, broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapeutic options. Antimicrobial nanoemulsions are emulsified mixtures of detergent, oil, and water (droplet size, 100 to 80...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hwang YY,Ramalingam K,Bienek DR,Lee V,You T,Alvarez R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibilities of 11 strains of Chlamydia pneumoniae to azithromycin, clarithromycin, erythromycin, L-oflaxacin, and doxycycline were determined. Clarithromycin was the most active agent tested, with an MIC for 90% of strains and minimal chlamydiacidal concentration for 90% of strains of 0.03 microns/ml...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hammerschlag MR,Qumei KK,Roblin PM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the structures of quinolones and their anti-Mycobacterium avium activities has been previously derived by using the Multiple Computer-Automated Structure Evaluation program. A number of substructural constraints required to overcome the resistance of most of the strains have been identified. N...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Klopman G,Li JY,Wang S,Pearson AJ,Chang K,Jacobs MR,Bajaksouzian S,Ellner JJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae to fluoroquinolones is caused predominantly by amino acid substitutions at positions Ser79 of ParC and Ser81 of GyrA to either Phe or Tyr encoded in the quinolone resistance-determining regions of the parC topoisomerase IV and gyrA DNA gyrase genes. Analysis of highly resistant c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Korzheva N,Davies TA,Goldschmidt R

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azoles are widely used antifungals; however, their efficacy is compromised by fungistatic activity and selection of resistant strains during treatment. Recent studies demonstrated roles for the protein kinase C and calcium signaling pathways in modulating azole activity. Here we explored a role for the signaling pathw...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jain P,Akula I,Edlind T

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies indicated that inhibition of efflux pumps augments tuberculosis therapy. In this study, we used timcodar (formerly VX-853) to determine if this efflux pump inhibitor could increase the potency of antituberculosis (anti-TB) drugs against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in in vitro and in vivo combination st...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Grossman TH,Shoen CM,Jones SM,Jones PL,Cynamon MH,Locher CP

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although guidelines recommend amikacin (AMK) inhalation therapy for difficult-to-treat nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD), data are limited regarding the safety and clinical efficacy of this salvage therapy. We retrospectively evaluated the treatment outcomes of 77 patients with refractory NTM-LD cause...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jhun BW,Yang B,Moon SM,Lee H,Park HY,Jeon K,Kwon OJ,Ahn J,Moon IJ,Shin SJ,Daley CL,Koh WJ

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00