Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli Urinary Isolates in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

abstract：:This randomized, controlled trial was designed to show that a short, 5-day course of pharmacokinetically enhanced amoxicillin-clavulanate at 2,000/125 mg (Augmentin XR) is as effective clinically as a longer, 7-day course of conventional amoxicillin-clavulanate at 875/125 mg (both given twice daily) in the treatment o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sethi S,Breton J,Wynne B

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of accelerated metabolism of voriconazole during therapy for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, resulting in subtherapeutic levels. Target voriconazole levels were restored with high dosages of voriconazole (up to 40 mg/kg of body weight/day) and the addition of cimetidine as a cytochrome P450 enzyme i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moriyama B,Elinoff J,Danner RL,Gea-Banacloche J,Pennick G,Rinaldi MG,Walsh TJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We and others recently identified copper resistance as important for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Here, we introduce a high-throughput screening assay for agents that induce a copper hypersensitivity phenotype in M. tuberculosis and demonstrate that such copper-boosting compounds are effective against repl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Speer A,Shrestha TB,Bossmann SH,Basaraba RJ,Harber GJ,Michalek SM,Niederweis M,Kutsch O,Wolschendorf F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The repurposing of existing drugs is being pursued as a means by which to accelerate the development of novel regimens for the treatment of drug-susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). In the current study, we assessed the activity of the antipsychotic drug thioridazine (TRZ) in combination with the standard...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dutta NK,Pinn ML,Karakousis PC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of protein binding on drug penetration into blister fluid was evaluated by using cefonicid, ceftizoxime, and cefotaxime. Drug concentrations in a chamber with a high surface area/volume ratio (i.e., paper disk) follow changes in serum more closely than do those in a chamber with a low surface area/volume ra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shyu WC,Quintiliani R,Nightingale CH,Dudley MN

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine monophosphate pretreatment of mice with latent herpes simplex virus type 1 infections significantly reduced the rate of reactivation of latent virus. Adenosine monophosphate pretreatment did not, however, eradicate latent virus. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Blue WT,Winland RD,Stobbs DG,Kirksey DF,Savage RE

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two bla(OXA-48)-like-positive isolates (Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae) were recovered in Argentina in 2008 as part of a large-scale survey focused on multidrug resistance in Enterobacteriaceae. In both cases, sequencing identified β-lactamase OXA-163, differing from OXA-48 by a single amino substituti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Poirel L,Castanheira M,Carrër A,Rodriguez CP,Jones RN,Smayevsky J,Nordmann P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii and Cryptosporidium parvum, members of the phylum Apicomplexa, are significant pathogens of both humans and animals worldwide for which new and effective therapeutics are needed. Here we describe the activity of the antibiotic boromycin against Toxoplasma and Cryptosporidium Boromycin potently inhibi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Abenoja J,Cotto-Rosario A,O'Connor R

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Enterobacter cloacae were selected on the basis of resistance to aztreonam, ceftazidime, moxalactam, or imipenem. All strains produced the same E2 beta-lactamase, with an isoelectric point greater than 9.5 and with high hydrolytic activity in the presence of cephaloridine. Resistance to beta-lactams could n...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bush K,Tanaka SK,Bonner DP,Sykes RB

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The responses of 20 ampicillin-susceptible Haemophilus influenzae type b clinical isolates to the bactericidal action of ampicillin were studied by using a modified agar dilution plate count method. A well-defined paradoxical effect was observed in each of the 24-h killing curve patterns for 19 of the 20 isolates, the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Woolfrey BF,Gresser-Burns ME,Lally RT

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acid, oxgall, and H(2)O(2) on susceptibilities to antibiotics and nisin were examined for 13 strains of bifidobacteria. Susceptibilities to ampicillin, cloxacillin, penicillin, vancomycin, kanamycin, neomycin, paramomycin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, tetracycline, and nisin A were assay...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kheadr E,Dabour N,Le Lay C,Lacroix C,Fliss I

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arylimidamides (AIAs) are inspired by diamidine antimicrobials but show superior activity against intracellular parasites. The AIA DB766 {2,5-bis[2-(2-i-propoxy)-4-(2-pyridylimino)aminophenyl]furan hydrochloride} displays outstanding potency against intracellular Leishmania parasites and is effective in murine and ham...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pandharkar T,Zhu X,Mathur R,Jiang J,Schmittgen TD,Shaha C,Werbovetz KA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro effects of 19 dicationic diamidine derivatives against the proliferative tachyzoite stages of the apicomplexan parasites Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii were investigated. Four compounds (DB811, DB786, DB750, and DB766) with similar structural properties exhibited profound inhibition of tachyzoite ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Leepin A,Stüdli A,Brun R,Stephens CE,Boykin DW,Hemphill A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus (DENV) causes disease globally, with an estimated 25 to 100 million new infections per year. At present, no effective vaccine is available, and treatment is supportive. In this study, we identified BP2109, a potent and selective small-molecule inhibitor of the DENV NS2B/NS3 protease, by a high-throughput ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang CC,Hsieh YC,Lee SJ,Wu SH,Liao CL,Tsao CH,Chao YS,Chern JH,Wu CP,Yueh A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daptomycin pharmacokinetics were evaluated for burn patients. Burn patients had decreases in the maximum concentration of the drug in serum (44%) and the area under the concentration-time curve (47%) and increases in the volume of distribution (64%) and total clearance (77%) compared to healthy volunteers. In burn pat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mohr JF 3rd,Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Wainright DJ,Parks DH,Hollenbeck TC,Ericsson CD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The resistance mechanisms of methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus saprophyticus were characterized. Penicillin-binding protein (PBP) studies demonstrated an inducible PBP identical to PBP 2a in the membranes of these isolates. The amount of beta-lactamase produced was minimal. PBP 2a is responsible for the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Stratton CW,Gelfand MS,Gerberding JL,Chambers HF

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether low concentrations of aminoglycosides in combination with penicillin could effectively kill enterococci in vitro, we tested penicillin (20 micrograms/ml) in combination with decreasing concentrations of either streptomycin (20, 10, 5, and 1 micrograms/ml) or gentamicin (5, 3, 1, and 0.5 micrograms...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Matsumoto JY,Wilson WR,Wright AJ,Geraci JE,Washington JA 2nd

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several non-beta-lactam compounds were active against various gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial strains. The MICs of arylalkylidene rhodanines and arylalkylidene iminothiazolidin-4-ones were lower than those of ampicillin and cefotaxime for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MI339 and vancomycin-resis...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zervosen A,Lu WP,Chen Z,White RE,Demuth TP Jr,Frère JM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teicoplanin was evaluated in 47 patients with severe infections, including 14 patients with bone infections, 11 patients with soft-tissue infections, 7 patients with endocarditis, 5 patients with pneumonia, 3 patients with septic thrombophlebitis, 3 patients with septicemia of unknown origin, and 4 patients with misce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Glupczynski Y,Lagast H,Van der Auwera P,Thys JP,Crokaert F,Yourassowsky E,Meunier-Carpentier F,Klastersky J,Kains JP,Serruys-Schoutens E

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TEM-28 (pI 6.1), expressed by an Escherichia coli clinical isolate, is a novel beta-lactamase which hydrolyzed ceftazidime, cefotaxime, and aztreonam with rates of 25, 1.1, and 5.6, respectively, relative to that for benzylpenicillin (100). The nucleotide sequence of blaTEM-28 differed from that of blaTEM-1 by two bas...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bradford PA,Jacobus NV,Bhachech N,Bush K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannopeptimycins alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon are new cyclic glycopeptide antibiotics produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus LL-AC98. Mannopeptimycins gamma, delta, and epsilon, which have an isovaleryl substitution at various positions on the terminal mannose of the disaccharide moiety, demonstrated moderat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Singh MP,Petersen PJ,Weiss WJ,Janso JE,Luckman SW,Lenoy EB,Bradford PA,Testa RT,Greenstein M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrazinamide (PZA) has important sterilizing activity in tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy. We describe trends, risk factors, and molecular epidemiology associated with PZA-resistant (PZA(r)) Mycobacterium tuberculosis in New York City (NYC). From 2001 to 2008, all incident culture-positive TB cases reported by the NYC D...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Verdugo D,Fallows D,Ahuja S,Schluger N,Kreiswirth B,Mathema B

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple antifungal combinations are used against refractory invasive aspergillosis without an adequate understanding of their pharmacodynamic interactions. We initially studied the in vitro triple combination of voriconazole, amphotericin B, and caspofungin against Aspergillus fumigatus, A. flavus, and A. terreus by a ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Meletiadis J,Stergiopoulou T,O'Shaughnessy EM,Peter J,Walsh TJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium kansasii is the second most common mycobacterial cause of lung disease. Standard treatment consists of rifampin, isoniazid, and ethambutol for at least 12 months after negative sputum. Thus, shorter-duration therapies are needed. Moxifloxacin has good MICs for M. kansasii. However, good preclinical model...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Srivastava S,Pasipanodya J,Sherman CM,Meek C,Leff R,Gumbo T

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An agar dilution method was employed to test the susceptibility of 12 strains of Coccidioides immitis to polymyxin B (PB). After 3 days of incubation, eight strains were markedly inhibited by 5.0 mug of PB per ml and four strains did not grow. PB at 10 mug/ml inhibited the growth of all strains through 20 days of incu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Collins MS,Pappagianis D

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxycycline is an alternative antibiotic drug for the treatment of syphilis, but data on its efficacy, especially data on its efficacy against late latent syphilis, are limited. A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of doxycycline for the treatment of patients with different stages of syphi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dai T,Qu R,Liu J,Zhou P,Wang Q

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:For the present report, a novel complex class 1 integron, In60, was characterized. Part of this integron includes the bla(CTX-M-9) gene and its downstream nucleotide sequence, which shares 81% and 78% nucleotide identity with those of kluA-1 beta-lactamase and orf3 of K. ascorbata, respectively. Furthermore, a new ins...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sabaté M,Navarro F,Miró E,Campoy S,Mirelis B,Barbé J,Prats G

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a resurgence of interest in aerosolization of antibiotics for treatment of patients with severe pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens. A combination formulation of amikacin-fosfomycin is currently undergoing clinical testing although the exposure-response relationships of these drugs have no...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sime FB,Johnson A,Whalley S,Santoyo-Castelazo A,Montgomery AB,Walters KA,Lipman J,Hope WW,Roberts JA

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the rise of antibiotic resistance and the small number of effective antiviral drugs, new approaches for treating infectious diseases are urgently needed. Identifying targets for host-based therapies represents an emerging strategy for drug discovery. The ubiquitin-proteasome system is a central mode of signalin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Passalacqua KD,Charbonneau ME,Donato NJ,Showalter HD,Sun D,Wen B,He M,Sun H,O'Riordan MX,Wobus CE

更新日期：2016-06-20 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