β-Lactam Antibiotics with a High Affinity for PBP2 Act Synergistically with the FtsZ-Targeting Agent TXA707 against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

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：:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV; genus Alphavirus) is the causative agent of chikungunya fever. CHIKV replication can be inhibited by some broad-spectrum antiviral compounds; in contrast, there is very little information about compounds specifically inhibiting the enzymatic activities of CHIKV replication proteins. These pro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Das PK,Puusepp L,Varghese FS,Utt A,Ahola T,Kananovich DG,Lopp M,Merits A,Karelson M

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a new rabbit model of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus knee prosthesis infection, we compared the efficacies of sparfloxacin (50 mg/kg of body weight subcutaneously, twice a day) and pefloxacin (50 mg/kg subcutaneously, twice a day). A partial knee replacement was performed with a silicone implant f...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Crémieux AC,Mghir AS,Bleton R,Manteau M,Belmatoug N,Massias L,Garry L,Sales N,Mazière B,Carbon C

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluroquinolone antibiotics have been reported to have antiviral properties against RNA viruses, including hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the present study, five patients with advanced liver disease secondary to chronic HCV received 500 mg daily of oral ciprofloxacin for 30 days. Serum HCV-RNA levels and liver enzyme abno...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kojima H,Kaita KD,Hawkins K,Uhanova J,Minuk GY

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of newer macrolides in acute Q fever for 113 patients was recorded. The mean times to defervescence were 2.9 days for doxycycline and 3.3, 3.9, 3.9, and 6.4 days for clarithromycin, roxithromycin, erythromycin, and beta-lactams, respectively (P < 0.01 for macrolides versus beta-lactams). We conclude ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gikas A,Kofteridis DP,Manios A,Pediaditis J,Tselentis Y

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibilities of 22 penicillinase-producing and 32 non-penicillinase-producing strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to 13 antimicrobial agents, including the new semisynthetic penicillins and cephalosporins, are reported. Ceftriaxone, ceftazidime, and cefotaxime were the most active agents tested; none of ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coovadia YM,Ramsaroop U

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association exists between respiratory viruses and bacterial infections. Prevention or treatment of the preceding viral infection is a logical goal for reducing this important cause of morbidity and mortality. The ability of the novel, selective parainfluenza virus hemagglutinin-neuraminidase inhibitor BCX 2798 to ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Alymova IV,Portner A,Takimoto T,Boyd KL,Babu YS,McCullers JA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure-response analyses for efficacy and safety were performed for tigecycline-treated patients suffering from community-acquired pneumonia. Data were collected from two randomized, controlled clinical trials in which patients were administered a 100-mg loading dose followed by 50 mg of tigecycline every 12 h. A ca...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rubino CM,Bhavnani SM,Forrest A,Dukart G,Dartois N,Cooper A,Korth-Bradley J,Ambrose PG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic airway infection and inflammation contribute to the progressive loss of lung function and shortened survival of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Rhesus theta defensin-1 (RTD-1) is a macrocyclic host defense peptide with antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities. Combined with favorable preclinical safet...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bensman TJ,Jayne JG,Sun M,Kimura E,Meinert J,Wang JC,Schaal JB,Tran D,Rao AP,Akbari O,Selsted ME,Beringer PM

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We collected 1,353 strains of beta-hemolytic streptococci of groups A, B, C, and G (1,176 strains of which were group A) isolated in 26 institutions throughout Japan in 1972-1974. The strains were grouped and T-typed by our specific group-and T-factor sera, and the minimal inhibitory concentrations of 10 antibiotics w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Miyamoto Y,Takizawa K,Matsushima A,Asai Y,Nakatsuka S

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins are inhibitors of cholesterol synthesis, but other biological properties, such as antimicrobial effects, have also been assigned to them, leading to their designation as pleiotropic agents. Our goal was to investigate the activity and selectivity of atorvastatin (AVA) against Trypanosoma cruzi by using in vitr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Araujo-Lima CF,Peres RB,Silva PB,Batista MM,Aiub CAF,Felzenszwalb I,Soeiro MNC

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 295 ceftiofur-resistant Escherichia coli isolates were obtained from 489 cloacal samples collected at five different Belgian broiler farms with the aim to evaluate the diversity of this resistance at the farm level. Strains were examined for resistance against beta-lactam antibiotics and other antimicrobial...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Smet A,Martel A,Persoons D,Dewulf J,Heyndrickx M,Catry B,Herman L,Haesebrouck F,Butaye P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7-[alpha-(1-Methyl-4-pyridiniothio)-acetamido] cephalosporanic acid, referred to herein as BL-S 217, is a new broad-spectrum semisynthetic cephalosporin that offers several advantages over cephalothin. A comparison of the activity in vitro of these antibiotics indicates that BL-S 217 is about eightfold more effective ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Buck RE,Leitner F,Price KE

更新日期：1972-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial lock solutions are important for prevention of microbial colonization and infection of long-term central venous catheters. We investigated the efficacy and safety of a novel antibiotic-free lock solution formed from gas plasma-activated disinfectant (PAD). Using a luminal biofilm model, viable cells of m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bhatt S,Mehta P,Chen C,Daines DA,Mermel LA,Chen HL,Kong MG

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant increases in the MIC(90)s of linezolid in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were seen between the baseline period of 2001 to 2003 (0.5 microg/ml) and 2004 (2 microg/ml). The MICs were 4 microg/ml in three strains. Both fluoroquinolones (except levofloxacin) and kanamycin were found to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huang TS,Liu YC,Sy CL,Chen YS,Tu HZ,Chen BC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heteroresistance is the coexistence of populations with differing nucleotides at a drug resistance locus within a sample of organisms. Although Sanger sequencing is the gold standard for sequencing, it may be less sensitive than deep sequencing for detecting fluoroquinolone heteroresistance in Mycobacterium tuberculos...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Eilertson B,Maruri F,Blackman A,Herrera M,Samuels DC,Sterling TR

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical animal models informing antimalarial drug development are scarce. We have used asexual erythrocytic Plasmodium cynomolgi infections of rhesus macaques to model Plasmodium vivax during preclinical development of compounds targeting parasite phospholipid synthesis. Using this malaria model, we accumulated da...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kocken CH,Remarque EJ,Dubbeld MA,Wein S,van der Wel A,Verburgh RJ,Vial HJ,Thomas AW

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles are significantly different in critically ill patients because of the drastic variability of the patients' physiological parameters. Published population PK studies have mainly focused on specific diseases, and the majority of these studies had small sample sizes. The aim of th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen W,Zhang D,Lian W,Wang X,Du W,Zhang Z,Guo D,Zhang X,Zhan Q,Li P

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Weak mutators are common among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli. We show that the relative mutation rate and the "evolvability of fluoroquinolone resistance" are related by a power law slope of 1.2 over 3 orders of magnitude. Thus, even weak mutators can drive the evolution of fluoroquinolone resistance under sel...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Orlén H,Hughes D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determinants encoding resistance to antibiotics, except penicillin, of 5 of 21 Streptococcus anginosus clinical isolates that we examined transferred by conjugation into Enterococcus faecalis and into 1 to 5 streptococcal recipients at frequencies of 10(-6) to 10(-8) transconjugants per donor. No R plasmids were detec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clermont D,Horaud T

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a multidrug-resistant nosocomial pathogen. We showed previously that thiostrepton (TS), a Gram-positive thiopeptide antibiotic, is imported via pyoverdine receptors and synergizes with iron chelator deferasirox (DSX) to inhibit the growth of P. aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii clinical ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chan DCK,Guo I,Burrows LL

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered from the lower respiratory tract of an 81-year-old patient hospitalized in Belgium was sent to the national reference center to determine its resistance mechanism. PCR sequencing identified a new GES variant, GES-18, which differs from the carbapenem-hydrolyzing e...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bebrone C,Bogaerts P,Delbrück H,Bennink S,Kupper MB,Rezende de Castro R,Glupczynski Y,Hoffmann KM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of amoxicillin (AM [administered twice daily in a 25-mg/kg of body weight intravenous dose]) in 17 preterm infants (11 males; gestational age, 29 +/- 1.9 weeks; birth weight, 1,175 +/- 278 g) were evaluated on day 3 of life. Blood samples were collected from an arterial catheter at 0...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huisman-de Boer JJ,van den Anker JN,Vogel M,Goessens WH,Schoemaker RC,de Groot R

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of quinolones by Escherichia coli JF568, Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213 was measured by a modified fluorometric assay (J. S. Chapman and N. H. Georgopapadakou, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 33:27-29, 1989). The quinolones examined were fleroxacin, pefloxacin, norflox...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McCaffrey C,Bertasso A,Pace J,Georgopapadakou NH

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of probenecid on the pharmacokinetics and renal clearance of acyclovir were studied in humans. Acyclovir (5 mg/kg) was given as a 1-h infusion to three volunteers with normal renal function both before and after oral administration of probenecid (1 g). The kinetics were well described by a two-compartment ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Laskin OL,de Miranda P,King DH,Page DA,Longstreth JA,Rocco L,Lietman PS

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of BMS-207147 against 80 clinical isolates of Aspergillus was compared with that of itraconazole and amphotericin B, using a validated microtiter method. Geometric mean MICs (in microg/ml) were as follows: 1.71 for BMS-207147, 0.67 for itraconazole, and 0.63 for amphotericin B. The range of conce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moore CB,Walls CM,Denning DW

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of the purine acyclic nucleoside 9-(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl)guanine (DHPG) against two human and five animal strains of cytomegalovirus were compared with those of acyclovir. DHPG was significantly more active than acyclovir against all but one (mouse cytomegalovirus) of the strains tested, with 5...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Freitas VR,Smee DF,Chernow M,Boehme R,Matthews TR

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine fosfomycin-resistant Escherichia coli isolates carrying fosA3 were obtained from pigs, chickens, dairy cows, and staff in four northeastern provinces of China between June 2015 and April 2016. The fosA3 gene was colocated with blaCTX-M genes on conjugative plasmids of the incompatibility groups IncN (n = 1...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang XM,Dong Z,Schwarz S,Zhu Y,Hua X,Zhang Y,Liu S,Zhang WJ

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Linezolid is the first member of the oxazolidinones and is active against drug-resistant Gram-positive pathogens, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Additionally, linezolid shows an immunomodulatory effect, such as inhibition of inflammatory cytokine production. In this study, we examined the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kaku N,Yanagihara K,Morinaga Y,Yamada K,Harada Y,Migiyama Y,Nagaoka K,Nakamura S,Izumikawa K,Kohno S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imipenem-cilastatin concentrations in bile were measured in 12 cholecystectomy patients (group 1) and 12 patients with common duct drainage (group 2). Six patients in each group received 0.5 g, and six received 1.0 g intravenously over 30 to 60 min. In group 1, bile was collected a mean of 85 min postinfusion. The mea...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Graziani AL,Gibson GA,MacGregor RR

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00