Effect of DNA gyrase inhibitors pefloxacin, five other quinolones, novobiocin, and clorobiocin on Escherichia coli topoisomerase I.

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV) has been linked to the development of microcephaly in newborns, as well as Guillain-Barré syndrome. There are currently no drugs available to treat ZIKV infection, and accordingly, there is an unmet medical need for the discovery of new therapies. High-throughput drug screening efforts focusing on in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bernatchez JA,Yang Z,Coste M,Li J,Beck S,Liu Y,Clark AE,Zhu Z,Luna LA,Sohl CD,Purse BW,Li R,Siqueira-Neto JL

更新日期：2018-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the genetic organization of three novel genomic antibiotic resistance islands (AbaRs) in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates belonging to group of European clone II (EC II) comM integrated sequences of 18-, 21-, and 23-kb resistance islands were determined. These resistance islands carry the backbone of Ab...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Seputiene V,Povilonis J,Suziedeliene E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Argyrins are natural products with antibacterial activity against Gram-negative pathogens, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia multivorans, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia We previously showed that argyrin B targets elongation factor G (FusA). Here, we show that argyrin B activity against P. aeruginosa PAO1 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jones AK,Woods AL,Takeoka KT,Shen X,Wei JR,Caughlan RE,Dean CR

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonionic surface-active agents possessing ether or amide linkages between the hydrophillic and hydrophobic portions of the molecule rapidly inactivated the infectivity of herpes simplex viruses. The activity stemmed from the ability of nonionic surfactants to dissolve lipid-containing membranes. This was confirmed by ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Asculai SS,Weis MT,Rancourt MW,Kupferberg AB

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis strain 168 produces the extremely stable and broad-spectrum lantibiotic sublancin 168. Known sublancin 168-susceptible organisms include important pathogens, such as Staphylococcus aureus. Nevertheless, since its discovery, the mode of action of sublancin 168 has remained elusive. The present studies...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kouwen TR,Trip EN,Denham EL,Sibbald MJ,Dubois JY,van Dijl JM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolide antibiotics are used as anti-inflammatory agents, e.g., for prevention of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis. Several studies have shown improved outcomes after the addition of macrolides to β-lactam antibiotics for treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia. How...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kasetty G,Bhongir RKV,Papareddy P,Herwald H,Egesten A

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciprofloxacin, a fluorinated 4-quinolone, is useful for the clinical treatment of infections due to its antibacterial properties and also modulates the immune response of monocytes isolated from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. In the present study, we found that ciprofloxacin induced the production of prosta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Takahashi HK,Iwagaki H,Xue D,Katsuno G,Sugita S,Mizuno K,Mori S,Saito S,Yoshino T,Tanaka N,Nishibori M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the in vitro activities of anidulafungin, micafungin, and caspofungin against Candida krusei by determining MIC and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) measurements and by the time-kill method. The geometric mean (GM)-MIC/GM-MFC values were 0.1/0.34, 0.25/0.44, and 1/2.29, respectively. The mean times ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cantón E,Pemán J,Valentín A,Espinel-Ingroff A,Gobernado M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination antiretroviral therapy has achieved dramatic reductions in the mortality and morbidity in people with HIV-1 infection. Darunavir (DRV) represents a most efficacious and well-tolerated protease inhibitor (PI) with a high genetic barrier to the emergence of drug-resistant HIV-1. However, highly DRV-resistant...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Takamatsu Y,Aoki M,Bulut H,Das D,Amano M,Sheri VR,Kovari LC,Hayashi H,Delino NS,Ghosh AK,Mitsuya H

更新日期：2019-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy, safety, and tolerance of cefotaxime in 35 adults (25 with pleuropulmonary infections, 7 with genitourinary tract infections, and 3 with soft tissue infections). Of these 35 patients, 18 (51.4%) were seriously or critically ill. In vitro susceptibility testing revealed that 90.4% of the patho...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mullaney DT,John JF Jr

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four out of 143 phenotypically isoniazid-resistant but rifampin-susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains that were isolated from patients in Germany in 2011 had mutations in the rifampin resistance-determining region of rpoB. After performing drug susceptibility testing (DST) with two methods, the proportion met...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Andres S,Hillemann D,Rüsch-Gerdes S,Richter E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A colistin-resistant Escherichia coli strain was recovered from a patient with a diabetic foot infection in Brazil. Whole-genome analysis revealed that the E. coli isolate belonged to the widespread sequence type (ST) 101 and harbored the mcr-1 gene on an IncX4 plasmid that was highly similar to mcr-1-bearing IncX4 pl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fernandes MR,McCulloch JA,Vianello MA,Moura Q,Pérez-Chaparro PJ,Esposito F,Sartori L,Dropa M,Matté MH,Lira DP,Mamizuka EM,Lincopan N

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium abscessus is a major nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) pathogen and is responsible for about 80% of all pulmonary infections caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria. Clofazimine is an effective drug active against M. abscessus, but the mechanism of resistance to clofazimine in M. abscessus is unknown. To...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen Y,Chen J,Zhang S,Shi W,Zhang W,Zhu M,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid (6-7 hr), modified Kirby-Bauer disk-susceptibility method, by which derivatives of tetrazolium dyes are used to enhance delineation between areas of growth and zones of inhibition, has been developed. Inoculated petri plates, prepared by the Kirby-Bauer method, were sprayed, after 6 to 7 hr of incubation (37 C...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Boyle VJ,Fancher ME,Ross RW Jr

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-level vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus [VISA] and heterogenous VISA [hVISA]) is increasingly reported and leads to glycopeptide treatment failure. Various phenotypic features have been reported for these isolates, but the genetic changes leading to hVISA and VISA have y...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Howden BP,Johnson PD,Ward PB,Stinear TP,Davies JK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surotomycin (formerly called CB-183,315) is a novel, orally administered cyclic lipopeptide antibacterial in development for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) that has potent activity against vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) but limited activity against Gram-negative bacilli, including Bacte...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Deshpande A,Hurless K,Cadnum JL,Chesnel L,Gao L,Chan L,Kundrapu S,Polinkovsky A,Donskey CJ

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Using measured free fraction and 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) values for the human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitors lopinavir (LPV) and ritonavir (RTV) in tissue culture media with various protein concentrations ranging from 5 to 50%, we estimated serum-free IC50 values for each drug. The range of ser...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hickman D,Vasavanonda S,Nequist G,Colletti L,Kati WM,Bertz R,Hsu A,Kempf DJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of amphotericin B, itraconazole, fluconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, and ravuconazole against 39 isolates of Trichosporon spp. were determined by the NCCLS M27-A microdilution method. The azoles tested appeared to be more potent than amphotericin B. Low minimal fungicidal concentration/MIC...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Paphitou NI,Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Paetznick VL,Rodriguez JR,Chen E,Rex JH

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum poses a major threat to current frontline artemisinin combination therapies. Artemisinin resistance is widely associated with mutations in the P. falciparum Kelch13 (PfKelch13) propeller region, leading to delayed parasite clearance and increased survival of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tong JX,Ang SEL,Tan EHN,Tan KSW

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) strains belong to seven genotypes with numerous subtypes that respond differently to antiviral therapies. Genotype 1, and primarily subtype 1b, is the most prevalent genotype worldwide. The development of recombinant HCV infectious cell culture systems for different variants, permitted by the h...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pham LV,Ramirez S,Carlsen THR,Li YP,Gottwein JM,Bukh J

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Viridin B, a bacteriocin produced by Streptococcus mitis, copurified with the alpha-hemolysin after ammonium sulfate precipitation and gel filtration on Sephadex G-200. The bacteriocin and hemolysin were separated in some instances by ion-exchange chromatography on diethylaminoethyl-Sephadex A-50, but the two substanc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Apelgren LD,Dajani AS

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of two new beta-lactam antibiotics, moxalactam disodium (LY 127935) and cefotaxime (HR-756), were compared with cefoxitin, cefamandole, cefuroxime, cephalothin, and, in some instances, carbenicillin, gentamicin, and amikacin against aerobic gram-negative bacilli. Test isolates included normally...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jorgensen JH,Crawford SA,Alexander GA

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moxifloxacin (MXF) is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that is effective against respiratory infections. However, the mechanisms of MXF lung diffusion are unknown. Active transport in other tissues has been suggested for several members of the fluoroquinolone family. In this study, transport of MXF was systematically inve...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brillault J,De Castro WV,Harnois T,Kitzis A,Olivier JC,Couet W

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of SM-1213 [1,2-O-isopropylidene-3-O-3'-(N', N'-dimethylamino-n-propyl)-D-glucofuranose] on the candidastatic and candidacidal capacity of guinea pig peritoneal exudate cells was investigated. Phagocytes treated with SM-1213 demonstrated an enhanced ability to inhibit intracellular hyphal formation and elon...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Morrison CJ,Gordon P,Hashimoto T

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Additional drugs are needed for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Sulfamethoxazole has been shown to have in vitro activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis; however, there is concern about resistance given the widespread use of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis among HIV-infected patie...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ogwang S,Good CE,Okware B,Nsereko M,Jacobs MR,Boom WH,Bark CM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease is a parasitic infection that leads to a significant public health problem in countries where the disease is endemic and where it is nonendemic. Benznidazole is the most commonly used drug for the etiological treatment of Chagas disease. Patients treated with benznidazole suffer frequent adverse drug re...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aldasoro E,Pinazo MJ,Oliveira I,Munoz J,Posada E,Requena-Méndez A,Serret N,Gascon J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two nitrosoureas, 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU) and 1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU), with strong carbamoylating and weak alkylating activities, interfered with the induction of potassium leakage and lethal action of amphotericin B (AmB) on Candida albicans. 2-Cyclohexyl isocyanate, t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brajtburg J,Elberg S,Kobayashi GS,Medoff G

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Oxa-beta-lactam (LY127935) (Shionogi 6059-S) is a new type beta-lactam antibiotic having a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity. It is highly active against ampicillin-resistant strains of Haemophilus influenzae exhibiting minimal inhibitory concentrations as low as 0.06 microgram/ml. This compound also has the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cordera CS,Pekarek RS

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of linezolid in empirical therapy of suspected bacteremia remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of empirical use of linezolid or glycopeptides in addition to other antibiotics on the 30-day mortality rates in patients with Gram-negative bacteremia. For this purpose, 1,126 patien...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ternavasio-de la Vega HG,Mateos-Díaz AM,Martinez JA,Almela M,Cobos-Trigueros N,Morata L,De-la-Calle C,Sala M,Mensa J,Marcos M,Soriano A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructural alterations induced in vitro by ICI 195,739, a recently developed bis-triazole derivative with potent antiproliferative effects on Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi, are reported. On epimastigotes, the triazole at its minimum growth-inhibitory concentration (0.1 microM) produced immediately (withi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lazardi K,Urbina JA,de Souza W

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00