Delamanid Kills Dormant Mycobacteria In Vitro and in a Guinea Pig Model of Tuberculosis.

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：:A biodegradable system of poly-D,L-dilactide releasing ciprofloxacin was assessed in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis model after inoculation of the test pathogen into the left tibia of 76 New Zealand White rabbits; 31 were controls (group A), and 45 were implanted with the polymer at the infection site (group B...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kanellakopoulou K,Thivaios GC,Kolia M,Dontas I,Nakopoulou L,Dounis E,Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ,Andreopoulos A,Karagiannakos P,Giamarellou H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to antifungal drugs, specifically azoles such as fluconazole, in the opportunistic yeast Candida albicans has become an increasing problem in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals. The molecular mechanisms responsible for this resistance have only recently become apparent and can include a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： White TC

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is responsible for severe nosocomial pneumonia. To evaluate new therapeutic regimens for infections due to multiresistant strains and to study the pharmacodynamic properties of various antibiotics, we developed an experimental mouse model of acute A. baumannii pneumonia. C3H/HeN mice rendered t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Joly-Guillou ML,Wolff M,Pocidalo JJ,Walker F,Carbon C

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monensin is a polyether ionophore antibiotic that is widely used in the control of coccidia in animals. Despite its significance in veterinary medicine, little is known about its mode of action and potential mechanisms of resistance in coccidian parasites. Here we show that monensin causes accumulation of the coccidia...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lavine MD,Arrizabalaga G

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is a major nosocomial pathogen responsible for pseudomembranous colitis and many cases of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Because of potential relapse of disease with current antimicrobial therapy protocols, there is a need for additional and/or alternative antimicrobial agents for the treatment ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mahony DE,Lim-Morrison S,Bryden L,Faulkner G,Hoffman PS,Agocs L,Briand GG,Burford N,Maguire H

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of DX-619 was evaluated against 376 anaerobic isolates using the reference CLSI agar dilution method. Overall, 90% of the strains were susceptible to DX-619 at < or =1 microg/ml. It was more active than the other four compounds tested except for meropenem, which showed virtually identical overall activity...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Molitoris D,Väisänen ML,Bolaños M,Finegold SM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The judicious use of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the infectious complications of surgery. However, increased bacterial resistance within hospitals may make antibiotic prophylaxis less effective in the future and alternative strategies are needed. New immunomodulatory agents might prevent wound infecti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kernodle DS,Gates H,Kaiser AB

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viomycin-resistant strains isolated from Mycobacterium smegmatis demonstrated pleiotropic resistance to tuberactinomycin-N, capreomycin, streptomycin, and kanamycin as a result of mutational alteration of ribosomes, even though they were selected for resistance to a single antibiotic. The pleiotropic drug resistance o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yamada T,Masuda K,Shoji K,Hori M

更新日期：1974-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of eight transporter genes of Escherichia coli K-12 and its DeltaacrAB mutant prior to and after induction of both strains to tetracycline resistance and after reversal of induced resistance were analyzed by quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR. All transporter genes were overexpressed after induced resis...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Viveiros M,Jesus A,Brito M,Leandro C,Martins M,Ordway D,Molnar AM,Molnar J,Amaral L

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Lactamases from Aeromonas hydrophila and A. sobria were purified and characterized. Both species produced beta-lactamases that were inducible by either cefoxitin or imipenem. These species were resistant to ampicillin and cephalothin but not imipenem. Isoelectric focusing of sonic extracts revealed one band at pI...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Iaconis JP,Sanders CC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme-mediated immunoassay (EMIT) serum aminoglycoside assay results were accurate and precise and correlated well with radioimmunoassay, fluoroimmunoassay, and acetyltransferase and microbiological assay determinations. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： White LO,Scammell LM,Reeves DS

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A-80556 is a novel fluoroquinolone with potent antibacterial activity against gram-positive, gram-negative, and anaerobic organisms. A-80556 was more active than ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, lomefloxacin, and sparfloxacin against gram-positive bacteria. A-80556 was particularly active against Staphylococcus aureus (MIC f...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clement JJ,Tanaka SK,Alder J,Vojtko C,Beyer J,Hensey D,Ramer N,McDaniel D,Chu DT

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current data indicate that once-daily aminoglycoside therapy is as efficacious as traditional multiple daily dosing and equally or less toxic. Our experience with once-daily gentamicin, 6 mg/kg of body weight led to a 10% (3 of 33 patients) occurrence of documented ototoxicity after prolonged aminoglycoside exposure. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Singer C,Smith C,Krieff D

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of trifluorothymidine (5-trifluoromethyl-2'-deoxyuridine, F3dThd) on the replication of three mouse cell lines, LM929, Ltk- (and LM929 derivative devoid of cytosolic deoxythymidine [dThd] kinase activity), and Ltk- c139 (a Ltk- derivative which expresses herpes simplex virus type 1-specified dThd kinase su...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wigdahl BL,Parkhurst JR

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two classification schemes for beta-lactamases are currently in use. The molecular classification is based on the amino acid sequence and divides beta-lactamases into class A, C, and D enzymes which utilize serine for beta-lactam hydrolysis and class B metalloenzymes which require divalent zinc ions for substrate hydr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bush K,Jacoby GA

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel plasmid-mediated metallo-beta-lactamase (IMP-9) is described in seven isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Guangzhou, China, isolated in 2000. The gene was carried on a large (approximately 450-kb) IncP-2 conjugative plasmid. This is the first report of carriage of bla(IMP) genes on such large plasmids. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Xiong J,Hynes MF,Ye H,Chen H,Yang Y,M'zali F,Hawkey PM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftibuten (CFB), a new broad-spectrum cephalosporin for oral administration, possesses potent activity in vitro against a wide range of gram-negative and certain gram-positive pathogens frequently encountered in pediatric patients. Its antimicrobial spectrum and dosage formulation suggest a use for CFB in the treatme...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kearns GL,Reed MD,Jacobs RF,Ardite M,Yogev RD,Blumer JL

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A micellar formulation of amphotericin B (AmB) solubilized with poloxamer 188 was evaluated against an AmB Leishmania donovani-resistant line. A concave isobologram showed a synergistic effect of this association against promastigotes. This result was confirmed with amastigotes since the 50% effective concentration of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Espuelas S,Legrand P,Loiseau PM,Bories C,Barratt G,Irache JM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of reduced susceptibilities to glycopeptides on the activities of vancomycin and teicoplanin against an isogenic pair of clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains in experimental endocarditis was investigated. While vancomycin was similarly active against both strains, teicoplanin was approximately 100-fold...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pavie J,Lefort A,Ploy MC,Massias L,Chau F,Garry L,Denis F,Fantin B

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild-type Proteus strains are usually resistant to colistin. We have observed an increase in the level of colistin resistance in four clinical isolates of P. vulgaris, P. morganii, and P. rettgeri by prior treatment with subinhibitory concentrations of the drug. The enhanced resistance in these strains was lost after ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shimizu S,Iyobe S,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of penicillin, clindamycin, chloramphenicol, metronidazole, piperacillin, piperacillin-tazobactam, ticarcillin, ticarcillin-clavulanate, ampicillin-sulbactam, cefoxitin, ceftizoxime, cefotetan, moxalactam, and imipenem against 348 Bacteroides fragilis group isolates collected from six Canadian ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bourgault AM,Lamothe F,Hoban DJ,Dalton MT,Kibsey PC,Harding G,Smith JA,Low DE,Gilbert H

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 477 patients with susceptible Enterobacter spp., 49 subsequently harbored third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacter spp. Broad-spectrum cephalosporins were independent risk factors for resistance (relative risk [OR] = 2.3, P = 0.01); quinolone therapy was protective (OR = 0.4, P = 0.03). There were t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kaye KS,Cosgrove S,Harris A,Eliopoulos GM,Carmeli Y

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killing by beta-lactams is well known to be reduced against a dense bacterial population, commonly known as the inoculum effect. However, the underlying mechanism of this phenomenon is not well understood. We proposed a semi-mechanistic mathematical model to account for the reduced in vitro killing observed. Time-kill...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bhagunde P,Chang KT,Singh R,Singh V,Garey KW,Nikolaou M,Tam VH

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:Although human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection is the most important risk factor for a poor antituberculosis (anti-TB) treatment response, its effect on the pharmacokinetics of the first-line drugs in children is understudied. This study examined the pharmacokinetics of the four first-line anti-TB drugs in ch...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Antwi S,Yang H,Enimil A,Sarfo AM,Gillani FS,Ansong D,Dompreh A,Orstin A,Opoku T,Bosomtwe D,Wiesner L,Norman J,Peloquin CA,Kwara A

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of daptomycin (DAP)-nonsusceptible (DNS) vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) vertebral osteomyelitis cases complicated by bacteremia treated with high-dose daptomycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Both patients responded rapidly and favorably to this combination. The clinical ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Avery LM,Steed ME,Woodruff AE,Hasan M,Rybak MJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sequential therapy of caspofungin (CAS) and fluconazole (FLC) administration for treatment of Candida albicans infection was investigated. Treatment with CAS followed by FLC was as effective as CAS treatment given alone for the same duration. Our data suggest that switching from CAS to FLC is a potentially explorabl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barchiesi F,Spreghini E,Baldassarri I,Marigliano A,Arzeni D,Giannini D,Scalise G

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of a new oral antimicrobial agent, norfloxacin (MK-0366), was compared with those of nalidixic acid, nitrofurantoin, co-trimoxazole, trimethoprim, sulfamethoxazole, cinoxacin, tetracycline, ampicillin, carbenicillin, and cephalexin against 628 urinary bacterial isolates. Norfloxacin was the most ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Khan MY,Gruninger RP,Nelson SM,Klicker RE

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of teicoplanin and vancomycin against 362 coagulase-negative staphylococci were determined by an agar dilution method. At the 4- and 32-micrograms/ml breakpoint levels of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, 23.2% of the strains were intermediate and 1.7% were resistant to teicoplan...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goldstein FW,Coutrot A,Sieffer A,Acar JF

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00