Bioavailability of oral trimetrexate in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to test the hypothesis that treatment of schistosomiasis mansoni with praziquantel can alter significantly the immune response of patients and generate a reversal of the level of fibrosis. Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) samples were collected from, and abdominal ultraso...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Martins-Leite P,Gazzinelli G,Alves-Oliveira LF,Gazzinelli A,Malaquias LC,Correa-Oliveira R,Teixeira-Carvalho A,Silveira AM

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies were conducted to better define the mechanism of action of polyethylene hexamethylene biguanide (PEHMB) (designated herein as NB325), which was shown in previous studies to inhibit infection by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Fluorescence-activated flow cytometric analyses of activ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Thakkar N,Pirrone V,Passic S,Zhu W,Kholodovych V,Welsh W,Rando RF,Labib ME,Wigdahl B,Krebs FC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial efficacy in orthopedic device infections is diminished because of bacterial biofilms which express tolerance to antibiotics. Recently, the use of high doses of levofloxacin with rifampin has been recommended for staphylococcal infections. In the present study, we evaluated the efficacy of levofloxacin at...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Murillo O,Doménech A,Garcia A,Tubau F,Cabellos C,Gudiol F,Ariza J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria (CP-GNB) have increasingly spread worldwide, and different families of carbapenemases have been identified in various bacterial species. Here, we report the identification of five VIM metallo-β-lactamase-producing Alcaligenes faecalis isolates associated with a small outb...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Al Laham N,Chavda KD,Cienfuegos-Gallet AV,Kreiswirth BN,Chen L

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefamandole pharmacokinetics were investigated in 24 adult males with stable renal function and creatinine clearances of 0 to 139 ml/min. After intramuscular injection of 1.0 g of cefamandole, peak plasma concentrations were achieved between 1 and 2 h. Maximum plasma concentration and drug half-life increased as creat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Czerwinski AW,Pederson JA

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen derivatives of the Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 strain in which putative drug efflux pumps were genetically inactivated were constructed and characterized. The results indicate that two linked genes encoding the ABC-type transporters SP2073 and SP2075 function together to confer intrinsic resistance to a se...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Robertson GT,Doyle TB,Lynch AS

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Ser-235 in the catalytic mechanism of the TEM-1 beta-lactamase has been explored by the study of a mutant enzyme in which Ser-235 has been substituted by alanine (Ala-235 mutant enzyme). A comparative kinetic analysis of both the wild-type and the Ala-235 TEM-1 enzymes revealed little effect of this substi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Imtiaz U,Manavathu EK,Lerner SA,Mobashery S

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of daptomycin, a cyclic lipopeptide, and eight other agents were determined against 338 strains of gram-positive anaerobic bacteria and corynebacteria by the NCCLS reference agar dilution method with supplemented brucella agar for the anaerobes and Mueller-Hinton agar for the corynebacteria. The daptomy...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goldstein EJ,Citron DM,Merriam CV,Warren YA,Tyrrell KL,Fernandez HT

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant (Metr) Staphylococcus aureus from five different geographical origins were tested for their susceptibility to 12 non-beta-lactam antibiotics by the broth microdilution technique recommended by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. Coumermycin a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aldridge KE,Janney A,Sanders CV

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAPs) play important roles in host immune defenses. Plectasin is a defensin-like CAP isolated from the saprophytic fungus Pseudoplectania nigrella. NZ2114 is a novel variant of plectasin with potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria. In this study, we investigated (i) the in vivo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Xiong YQ,Hady WA,Deslandes A,Rey A,Fraisse L,Kristensen HH,Yeaman MR,Bayer AS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone concentrations of seven antimicrobial agents were determined after parenteral administration. Antibiotics were administered in large doses at customary intervals for 12 to 20 h before total hip or knee replacement; anticipated levels of each drug were achieved in the serum. Methicillin, carbenicillin, and clindam...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Smilack JD,Flittie WH,Williams TW Jr

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection is one of the most important causes of titanium implant failure in vivo A developing prophylactic method involves the immobilization of antibiotics, especially vancomycin, onto the surface of the titanium implant. However, these methods have a limited effect in curbing multiple bacterial infections due to an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nie B,Long T,Ao H,Zhou J,Tang T,Yue B

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of gentamicin was compared with its therapeutic efficacy in rabbits with Streptococcus faecalis endocarditis. The test strain was resistant to gentamicin as measured by MICs and MBCs determined in Mueller-Hinton broth alone or in broth supplemented with 50% rabbit serum. Gentamicin also failed to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sullam PM,Täuber MG,Hackbarth CJ,Sande MA

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating data have brought the nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors (NNRTIs) into the forefront of antiretroviral therapy. Among the emerging compounds in this class, a particularly attractive one is efavirenz (Sustiva), recently approved for clinical use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maga G,Ubiali D,Salvetti R,Pregnolato M,Spadari S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility tests using 7 antimicrobial agents (carbenicillin, chloramphenicol, clindamycin, penicillin, cephalothin, metronidazole, and tetracycline) were run against 35 anaerobes including Bacteroides fragilis (17), other gram-negative bacilli (7), clostridia (5), peptococci (4), and eubacteria (2). Results in tr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rosenblatt JE,Murray PR,Sonnenwirth AC,Joyce JL

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrophilic albumin microspheres are proposed as a new delivery system for amphotericin B (AMB; AMB microspheres). The acute toxicity of AMB microspheres was lower than that of the AMB-deoxycholate (AMB-Doc) reference formulation in hamsters. Lethal doses in healthy and infected animals were improved at least eight ti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sánchez-Brunete JA,Dea MA,Rama S,Bolás F,Alunda JM,Raposo R,Méndez MT,Torrado-Santiago S,Torrado JJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent escalation of occurrences of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been recognized globally and threatens to erode the widespread clinical utility of the carbapenem class of compounds for this prevalent health care-associated pathogen. Here, we compared the in vitro inhibitory activity of ceftazid...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Grupper M,Sutherland C,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MR M. pneumoniae) has been isolated from clinical specimens in Japan since 2000. A comparative study was carried out to determine whether or not macrolides are effective in treating patients infected with MR M. pneumoniae. The clinical courses of 11 patients with MR M. pneumo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Suzuki S,Yamazaki T,Narita M,Okazaki N,Suzuki I,Andoh T,Matsuoka M,Kenri T,Arakawa Y,Sasaki T

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficiencies of two dosage schedules of amikacin (2 x 10 mg/kg of body weight per 24 h and 1 x 20 mg/kg/24 h intramuscularly for 5 days) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis in rabbits were compared. Blood samples were drawn at various times after the first application, and amikacin concentrations in serum were a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Staneva M,Markova B,Atanasova I,Terziivanov D

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of incubation with interferon prior to the stimulation of interferon production (priming) and of sequential treatment with cycloheximide and actinomycin D (superinduction) on the interferon yield from polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I.poly C)-induced diploid human foreskin cell cultures (FS-3 strain) ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Havell EA,Vilcek J

更新日期：1972-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elimination kinetics of cefotetan (YM09330), a new parenteral semisynthetic cephamycin derivative, were studied in eight healthy volunteers and 41 patients with renal insufficiency after the administration of a single 500-mg dose intravenously. Concentrations of cefotetan in serum and urine were determined by both...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ohkawa M,Hirano S,Tokunaga S,Motoi I,Shoda R,Ikeda A,Sugata T,Sawaki M,Shimamura M,Okasho A,Kuroda K

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated fleroxacin, a newer fluoroquinolone, against isolates from sputum from patients with cystic fibrosis. These isolates included rough and mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas cepacia, Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae, and Escherichia coli. Selected isolates were tested by the broth microd...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Akaniro JC,Vidaurre CE,Stutman HR,Marks MI

更新日期：1990-10-01 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：:Two hundred and fifty-seven ampicillin-resistant clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae were tested by disk diffusion and MIC determination for susceptibility to aztreonam, imipenem, and amoxycillin combined with clavulanate. The modal MICs and MICs for 50 and 90% of isolates of all three antimicrobial agents for...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Powell M,Williams JD

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia remains a difficult therapeutic problem. Optimal doses and modes of administration of single agents often do not result in acceptable outcomes. Further, emergence of resistance occurs frequently in this setting with single-agent chemotherapy. The purpose of these experiments was to eva...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Louie A,Liu W,Fikes S,Brown D,Drusano GL

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae (PPNG) strains isolated from 2000 to 2008 were characterized by multilocus sequence typing, multiantigen sequence typing, and plasmid typing. Sequence analysis showed that 8 strains contained a TEM-1 beta-lactamase gene. However, two other genetically distinct PPNG str...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ohnishi M,Ono E,Shimuta K,Watanabe H,Okamura N

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of clarithromycin in a murine model of acute toxoplasmosis was studied. Clarithromycin was administered alone and concurrently with minocycline, and efficacy was assessed by survival rates and sequential determination of parasite burden in blood, brains, and lungs. Limited protection resulted from adminis...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Derouin F,Caroff B,Chau F,Prokocimer P,Pocidalo JJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The steady-state concentrations of meropenem and the β-lactamase inhibitor RPX7009 in plasma, epithelial lining fluid (ELF), and alveolar macrophage (AM) concentrations were obtained in 25 healthy, nonsmoking adult subjects. Subjects received a fixed combination of meropenem (2 g) and RPX7009 (2 g) administered every ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wenzler E,Gotfried MH,Loutit JS,Durso S,Griffith DC,Dudley MN,Rodvold KA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class A carbapenemase KPC-6 produces resistance to a broad range of β-lactam antibiotics. This enzyme hydrolyzes penicillins, the monobactam aztreonam, and carbapenems with similar catalytic efficiencies, ranging from 10(5) to 10(6) M(-1) s(-1). The catalytic efficiencies of KPC-6 against cephems vary to a greater...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lamoureaux TL,Frase H,Antunes NT,Vakulenko SB

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis and scrub typhus are important causes of acute fever in Southeast Asia. Options for empirical therapy include doxycycline and azithromycin, but it is unclear whether their efficacies are equivalent. We conducted a multicenter, open, randomized controlled trial with adult patients presenting with acute fe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Phimda K,Hoontrakul S,Suttinont C,Chareonwat S,Losuwanaluk K,Chueasuwanchai S,Chierakul W,Suwancharoen D,Silpasakorn S,Saisongkorh W,Peacock SJ,Day NP,Suputtamongkol Y

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00