Total extraction of aminoglycosides from guinea pig and bullfrog tissues with sodium hydroxide or trichloroacetic acid.

abstract：:We investigated differences in the clinical findings between 30 patients with macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and 43 patients with macrolide-sensitive M. pneumoniae pneumonia in adolescents and adults. No differences in clinical presentation were observed between the two groups. Among patients with...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Miyashita N,Akaike H,Teranishi H,Ouchi K,Okimoto N

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of spiramycin for the treatment of rhesus monkey fetuses congenitally infected with Toxoplasma gondii was studied. Eight monkeys were infected at day 90 of pregnancy. This is comparable to the second trimester of organogenetic development in humans. Transmission of infection was found prenatally in f...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Schoondermark-Van de Ven E,Melchers W,Camps W,Eskes T,Meuwissen J,Galama J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ex vivo assay systems provide a powerful approach to studying human malaria parasite biology and to testing antimalarials. For rodent malaria parasites, short-term in vitro culture and ex vivo antimalarial susceptibility assays are relatively cumbersome, relying on in vivo passage for synchronization, since ring-stage...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chang ZW,Malleret B,Russell B,Rénia L,Claser C

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Telithromycin MICs for 13,874 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected in the first 3 years of the global PROTEKT study (1999 to 2003) were studied. There was no change in the distribution of telithromycin MICs over this period, even in countries where telithromycin is in use. The telithromycin MICs for 10 isolates...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Farrell DJ,Felmingham D

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nikkomycins are nucleoside-peptide antibiotics produced by Streptomyces species with antifungal activities through the inhibition of chitin synthesis. We investigated the antifungal activities of nikkomycin Z alone and in combination with fluconazole and itraconazole. Checkerboard synergy studies were carried out by a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Li RK,Rinaldi MG

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to linezolid (LZD) in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) is due mainly to ribosomal mutations. We report on four CF patients with LZD-resistant MRSA bronchopulmonary infections by strains carrying the cfr gene. Strains from one patient also ha...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： de Dios Caballero J,Pastor MD,Vindel A,Máiz L,Yagüe G,Salvador C,Cobo M,Morosini MI,del Campo R,Cantón R,GEIFQ Study Group.

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1891 Guttmann and Ehrlich (P. Guttmann and P. Ehrlich, Berlin Klin. Wochenschr. 28:953-956, 1891) were the first to report the antimalarial properties of a synthetic, rather than a natural, material when they described the clinical cure of two patients after oral administration of a thiazine dye, methylene blue. Si...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vennerstrom JL,Makler MT,Angerhofer CK,Williams JA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent preventive treatment in infants with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTi-SP) reduces malaria episodes by 20 to 59% across Africa. This protective efficacy, however, may be affected by the high frequency of malnutrition in African infants. We analyzed the impact of malnutrition as defined by anthropometry on t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Danquah I,Dietz E,Zanger P,Reither K,Ziniel P,Bienzle U,Mockenhaupt FP

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics disrupt the intestinal microbiota, rendering patients vulnerable to colonization by exogenous pathogens. Intermicrobial interactions may attenuate this effect. Incubation with ceftriaxone-resistant, ccrA-positive, β-lactamase-producing Bacteroides strains raised the minimum bactericidal concentration of ce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Stiefel U,Tima MA,Nerandzic MM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection does not generally cause problems in the immunocompetent adult but can result in severe clinical disease in the fetus, neonate, and immunocompromised host. Ganciclovir (GCV), the agent currently used to treat most HCMV infections, has resulted in much therapeutic success; however...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rybak RJ,Hartline CB,Qiu YL,Zemlicka J,Harden E,Marshall G,Sommadossi JP,Kern ER

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the role of active efflux system MexXY in the emergence of aminoglycoside (AG) resistance among cystic fibrosis (CF) isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Three genotypically related susceptible and resistant (S/R) bacterial pairs and three other AG-resistant CF strains were compared to four non-...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vogne C,Aires JR,Bailly C,Hocquet D,Plésiat P

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundChagas disease reactivation in HIV positive people is an opportunistic infection with 79-100% mortality. It commonly involves the central nervous system (CNS). Early treatment with trypanocidal drugs such as benznidazole (BNZ) is crucial for this severe manifestation of Trypanosoma cruzi infection. However, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fernández ML,Marson ME,Mastrantonio GE,Corti MA,Fleitas U,Lloveras SC,Lista N,Priarone MM,Domínguez C,Garcia-Bournissen F

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial proteins and peptides (AMPs) are essential effectors of innate immunity, acting as a first line of defense against bacterial infections. Many AMPs exhibit high affinity for cell wall structures such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a potent endotoxin able to induce sepsis. Hence, understanding how AMPs can i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pulido D,Moussaoui M,Andreu D,Nogués MV,Torrent M,Boix E

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rezafungin is a new long-acting echinocandin currently in phase 3 development. Epidemiological cutoff values are necessary for breakpoint setting but have not been established due to unexplained interlaboratory MIC variations observed in a prior multicenter study. Here we investigated if the choice of microtiter plate...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Arendrup MC,Jørgensen KM,Hare RK,Cuenca-Estrella M,Zaragoza O

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococci are the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections worldwide. Increasingly, they resist antibiotic treatment owing to the development of multiple antibiotic resistance mechanisms in most strains. Therefore, the activity and efficacy of recombinant lysostaphin as a drug against this pathogen have been ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hertlein T,Sturm V,Lorenz U,Sumathy K,Jakob P,Ohlsen K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time quantitative PCR was used to measure expression levels of genes encoding efflux pumps, ERG11 and two control genes, ACT1 and PMA1, in a collection of 14 fluconazole-susceptible Candida albicans isolates. For each gene, average expression levels and variations within the population were determined. These valu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chau AS,Mendrick CA,Sabatelli FJ,Loebenberg D,McNicholas PM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an open, dose-finding study, a 100% cure rate was observed in patients suffering from uncomplicated gonococcal urethritis who were treated with a single oral dose of either 1.2 g (n = 10), 0.8 g (n = 11), or 0.4 g (n = 10) of cefetamet pivoxil. The MICs of cefetamet for all gonococcal strains ranged from 0.001 to 0...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tio TT,Sindhunata IR,Wagenvoort JH,Michel MF,Stolz E

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of choice for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (SXT). Fluoroquinolones (FQs) have in vitro activity against S. maltophilia; however, there is limited published information on their effectiveness. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of FQs and SXT for the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang YL,Scipione MR,Dubrovskaya Y,Papadopoulos J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bay 12-8039, a new 8-methoxy quinolone, was compared with other agents for activity against clinically relevant anaerobes. Bay 12-8039 inhibited 91 and 96% of the 410 test isolates at 2 and 4 micrograms/ml, respectively. Bay 12-8039 had activity comparable to that metronidazole and overall was at least 16-fold more ac...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aldridge KE,Ashcraft DS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methionine gamma-lyase, the enzyme which catalyzes the single-step conversion of methionine to alpha-ketobutyrate, ammonia, and methanethiol, is highly active in many anaerobic pathogenic microorganisms but has no counterpart in mammals. This study tested the hypothesis that this pathogen-specific enzyme can be exploi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coombs GH,Mottram JC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most common cause of infections associated with catheters and other indwelling medical devices. S. epidermidis produces an extracellular slime that enables it to form adherent biofilms on plastic surfaces. We found that a biofilm-releasing enzyme produced b...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kaplan JB,Ragunath C,Velliyagounder K,Fine DH,Ramasubbu N

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed analysis of the endogenous sterol content of purified Pneumocystis carinii preparations by gas-liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry suggested that this parasite can both synthesize de novo steroid skeletons (to produce delta7 sterols) and take them from the infected host (leading to delta5 stero...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Urbina JA,Visbal G,Contreras LM,McLaughlin G,Docampo R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbicidal efficacies of two anionic surfactants, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and n-lauroylsarcosine (LS), were evaluated in cultured cells and in a murine model of herpes simplex type 2 (HSV-2) intravaginal infection. In vitro studies showed that SLS and LS were potent inhibitors of the infectivity of HSV-2 str...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Roy S,Gourde P,Piret J,Désormeaux A,Lamontagne J,Haineault C,Omar RF,Bergeron MG

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:Three structural analogs of 5-ethyl-1-benzyloxymethyl-6-(phenylthio)uracil (E-BPU) inhibited human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication without cytotoxicity in vitro and were more potent than azidothymidine and were as potent as E-BPU. The target of these compounds is HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Reverse ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Piras G,Dutschman GE,Im GJ,Pan BC,Chu SH,Cheng YC

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 39% of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sequence type 239 (ST239)-like bloodstream isolates from Liverpool Hospital (obtained between 1997 and 2008) carry an arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME). Whole-genome sequencing revealed that an ACME II variant is located between orfX and SC...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Espedido BA,Steen JA,Barbagiannakos T,Mercer J,Paterson DL,Grimmond SM,Cooper MA,Gosbell IB,van Hal SJ,Jensen SO

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation rate constants for the steady-state growth of antibiotic-inhibited Escherichia coli have the same formal dependency on concentration for deoxylincomycin, lincomycin (phase I), erythromycin, clindamycin, and U24729A. They may be kinetically classified as a group A, in which the first three compounds comp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Garrett ER,Heman-Ackah SM

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of an IS440-sul3 platform with Tn21 class 1 integrons carried by IncI1 plasmids encoding extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs; mainly SHV-12 and CTX-M-14) among worldwide Escherichia coli clones of phylogroups A (ST10, ST23, and ST46), B1 (ST155, ST351, and ST359), and D/B2 (ST131) is reported. An in ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Curiao T,Cantón R,Garcillán-Barcia MP,de la Cruz F,Baquero F,Coque TM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are effective antibiotic agents commonly found in plants, animals, and microorganisms, and they have been suggested as the future of antimicrobial chemotherapies. It is vital to understand the molecular details that define the mechanism of action of resistance to AMPs for a rational plann...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maria-Neto S,Cândido Ede S,Rodrigues DR,de Sousa DA,da Silva EM,de Moraes LM,Otero-Gonzalez Ade J,Magalhães BS,Dias SC,Franco OL

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonreplicating bacteria are known to be (or at least commonly thought to be) refractory to antibiotics to which they are genetically susceptible. Here, we explore the sensitivity to killing by bactericidal antibiotics of three classes of nonreplicating populations of planktonic bacteria: (i) stationary phase, when the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McCall IC,Shah N,Govindan A,Baquero F,Levin BR

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00