A Two-Year Surveillance in Five Colombian Tertiary Care Hospitals Reveals High Frequency of Non-CG258 Clones of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae with Distinct Clinical Characteristics.

abstract：:Cyclic peptides with an even number of alternating d,l-alpha-amino acid residues are known to self-assemble into organic nanotubes. Such peptides previously have been shown to be stable upon protease treatment, membrane active, and bactericidal and to exert antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and othe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dartois V,Sanchez-Quesada J,Cabezas E,Chi E,Dubbelde C,Dunn C,Granja J,Gritzen C,Weinberger D,Ghadiri MR,Parr TR Jr

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethambutol [(S,S')-2,2'-(ethylenediimino)di-1-butanol; EMB], is a first-line drug used to treat tuberculosis. To gain insight into the molecular basis of EMB resistance, we characterized the 10-kb embCAB locus in 16 EMB-resistant and 3 EMB-susceptible genetically distinct Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from divers...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sreevatsan S,Stockbauer KE,Pan X,Kreiswirth BN,Moghazeh SL,Jacobs WR Jr,Telenti A,Musser JM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This analysis was conducted to determine whether the hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral kinetics (VK) model can predict viral load (VL) decreases for nonnucleoside polymerase inhibitors (NNPolIs) and protease inhibitors (PIs) after 3-day monotherapy studies of patients infected with genotype 1 chronic HCV. This analysis in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Reddy MB,Morcos PN,Le Pogam S,Ou Y,Frank K,Lave T,Smith P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-five patients with cystic fibrosis who were experiencing an acute infectious exacerbation of their disease were randomized in double-blind fashion to receive either 50 or 75 mg of ceftazidime per kg (body weight) per dose administered intravenously every 8 h for 14 days. Three patients were dropped from the stu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Reed MD,Stern RC,O'Brien CA,Crenshaw DA,Blumer JL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of NVP-PDF386 (VRC4887), a novel new peptide deformylase inhibitor, and those of levofloxacin and clarithromycin were tested against 21 isolates of Chlamydia pneumoniae. The MIC at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited and the minimal bactericidal concentration at which 90% of the isolates wer...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Roblin PM,Hammerschlag MR

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mupirocin is a topical antimicrobial used to decolonize patients who carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and the topical agent retapamulin may be a potential alternative therapy. The goal of this study was to determine the in vitro activity of retapamulin as well as a panel of 15 antimicrobial ag...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Harrington AT,Black JA,Clarridge JE 3rd

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated serum aminoglycoside (AMG) concentrations in 120 patients who received gentamicin or tobramycin for serious gram-negative bacillary disease. AMG serum concentrations were assayed by microbiological and radioimmunoassay techniques. Correlation between the two assay methods was good. When AMG ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Reymann MT,Bradac JA,Cobbs CG,Dismukes WE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind study was performed to compare the clinical response and the incidence of side effects in 2,581 patients administered ampicillin or cyclacillin for infections of the genitourinary or respiratory tract, infections of the skin and soft tissues, or for otitis media. There was no significant difference in c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gold JA,Hegarty CP,Deitch MW,Walker BR

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:Linezolid was tested against 32 species of uncommonly isolated gram-positive organisms (3,251 strains) by reference MIC methods and found to be highly active (MIC50 range, 0.25 to 2 microg/ml; MIC90 range, 0.25 to 2 microg/ml). Only one isolate (viridans group streptococcus; 0.03% of tested strains) was resistant to l...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jones RN,Stilwell MG,Hogan PA,Sheehan DJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoglycoside acetyltransferase was detected in Mycobacterium kansasii and M. fortuitum but not in M. avium-M. intracellulare when they were screened by a radioassay. Aminoglycoside phosphotransferase and nucleotidyltransferase activities were absent from all three species tested. Acetyltransferases from both M. kans...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ho II,Chan CY,Cheng AF

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Sixty-seven patients were treated with moxalactam in a noncomparative trial of hospitalized patients; 32 had endometritis or chorioamnionitis, 12 had skin and soft tissue infections, 5 had osteomyelitis, 5 had pneumonia, 5 had urinary tract infections, 4 had arthritis, 2 had sepsis from an unknown source, 1 had endoca...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marier RL,Faro S,Sanders CV,Williams W,Derks F,Janney A,Aldridge K

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A disk bioassay for determining clindamycin serum levels is presented. This method is rapid (results available in 6.0 to 6.5 h), reliable, and simple to perform. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Liberman DF,Fitzgerald J,Robertson RG

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compounds in a series of cholic acid derivatives, designed to mimic the activities of polymyxin B and its derivatives, act as both potent antibiotics and effective permeabilizers of the outer membranes of gram-negative bacteria. Some of these compounds rival polymyxin B in antibacterial activity against gram-negative ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Li C,Lewis MR,Gilbert AB,Noel MD,Scoville DH,Allman GW,Savage PB

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue fever is a severe, widespread, and neglected disease with more than 2 million diagnosed infections per year. The dengue virus NS2B/NS3 protease (PR) represents a prime target for rational drug design. At the moment, there are no clinical PR inhibitors (PIs) available. We have identified diaryl (thio)ethers as c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wu H,Bock S,Snitko M,Berger T,Weidner T,Holloway S,Kanitz M,Diederich WE,Steuber H,Walter C,Hofmann D,Weißbrich B,Spannaus R,Acosta EG,Bartenschlager R,Engels B,Schirmeister T,Bodem J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a cosmopolitan protozoan parasite which affects approximately 30% of the population worldwide. The drugs currently used against toxoplasmosis are few in number and show several limitations, such as drug intolerance, poor bioavailability, or drug resistance mechanism developed by the parasite. Thus...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Spalenka J,Escotte-Binet S,Bakiri A,Hubert J,Renault JH,Velard F,Duchateau S,Aubert D,Huguenin A,Villena I

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysostaphin is an endopeptidase that kills Staphylococcus aureus, a predominant organism in catheter-related infections. Lysostaphin-coated catheters prevented catheter colonization by several strains of S. aureus, and activity was maintained for at least 4 days. Prophylactic use of lysostaphin in catheters may help p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shah A,Mond J,Walsh S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disposition of caspofungin, a parenteral antifungal drug, was investigated. Following a single, 1-h, intravenous infusion of 70 mg (200 microCi) of [(3)H]caspofungin to healthy men, plasma, urine, and feces were collected over 27 days in study A (n = 6) and plasma was collected over 26 weeks in study B (n = 7). Su...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Stone JA,Xu X,Winchell GA,Deutsch PJ,Pearson PG,Migoya EM,Mistry GC,Xi L,Miller A,Sandhu P,Singh R,deLuna F,Dilzer SC,Lasseter KC

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the clinical correlates of the reference antifungal susceptibility test results in hematogenous and deep-seated Candida infection are still controversial, we evaluated the clinical correlates of this test in deep-seated Candida infections in non-AIDS patients. Thirty-two non-AIDS patients with hematogenous or...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lee SC,Fung CP,Huang JS,Tsai CJ,Chen KS,Chen HY,Lee N,See LC,Shieh WB

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolide antibiotics like erythromycin can prevent the formation of the 50S ribosomal subunit in growing bacterial cells, in addition to their inhibitory effect on translation. The significance of this novel finding has been further investigated. The 50% inhibitory doses of erythromycin for the inhibition of translat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Champney WS,Burdine R

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane of gram-negative cells excludes hydrophobic molecules and is responsible for the resistance of these cells to a number of dyes, detergents, and antibiotics. We describe a test for hydrophobic permeability in which a series of tetracyclines with various hydrophobicities are used. Normal Escherichia c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Leive L,Telesetsky S,Coleman WG Jr,Carr D

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral regulatory complexes perform critical functions during virus replication and are important targets for therapeutic intervention. In HIV, the Tat and Rev proteins form complexes with multiple viral and cellular factors to direct transcription and export of the viral RNA. These complexes are composed of many prote...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nakamura RL,Burlingame MA,Yang S,Crosby DC,Talbot DJ,Chui K,Frankel AD,Renslo AR

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal treatment options remain unknown for infective endocarditis (IE) caused by penicillin-resistant (PEN-R) viridans group streptococcal (VGS) strains. The aims of this study were to report two cases of highly PEN-R VGS IE, perform a literature review, and evaluate various antibiotic combinations in vitro and in v...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pericàs JM,Nathavitharana R,Garcia-de-la-Mària C,Falces C,Ambrosioni J,Almela M,García-González J,Quintana E,Marco F,Moreno A,Bayer AS,Miró JM,Karchmer AW,Hospital Clínic Endocarditis Study Group.

更新日期：2019-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the in vitro susceptibilities of three reference strains and 41 recent clinical isolates of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 to 5-ethyl-2'-deoxyuridine. This thymidine analog exerts a type 2-preferential but not a type 2-specific antiviral effect. Utilizing a microtiter assay with BHK-21 cells, we found ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Teh CZ,Sacks SL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most experiments when aminoglycoside antibiotic (AG) tissue levels are measured, the AG is extracted into buffered media. The data from this study reveal that buffer extraction results in only partial recovery of AG from tissues and that total recovery can be obtained after NaOH or trichloroacetic acid treatment. T...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fox KE

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the inhibitory activities of 10 polyether antibiotics on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1. These compounds caused concentration-dependent inhibition of HIV replication in primary infected cultures of human T-lymphoblastoid H9 cells. The ratio of 50% effective concentrations for cellular cytotoxici...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nakamura M,Kunimoto S,Takahashi Y,Naganawa H,Sakaue M,Inoue S,Ohno T,Takeuchi T

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium abscessus is intrinsically resistant to many antimycobacterial antibiotics, which presents serious problems in therapy. Here, we describe the development of a novel phenotype-based microscopic and computerized imaging drug screening approach. A pilot screen of 568 compounds from two libraries identified ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Richter A,Strauch A,Chao J,Ko M,Av-Gay Y

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:para-Aminosalicylic acid (PAS) remains one of the drugs of last resort for the treatment of tuberculosis, but its mechanism of action is still not completely understood. The main aim of this project was to identify new potential mechanisms of action and resistance to PAS by performing whole-genome sequencing on PAS-re...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Satta G,Witney AA,Begum N,Ortiz Canseco J,Boa AN,McHugh TD

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibilities of 11 strains of Chlamydia pneumoniae to azithromycin, clarithromycin, erythromycin, L-oflaxacin, and doxycycline were determined. Clarithromycin was the most active agent tested, with an MIC for 90% of strains and minimal chlamydiacidal concentration for 90% of strains of 0.03 microns/ml...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hammerschlag MR,Qumei KK,Roblin PM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00