Biofilm Formation Caused by Clinical Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates Is Associated with Overexpression of the AdeFGH Efflux Pump.

abstract：:The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards has proposed a reference broth macrodilution method for in vitro antifungal susceptibility testing of yeasts (the M27-P method). This method is cumbersome and time-consuming and includes MIC endpoint determination by visual and subjective inspection of growth in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rodríguez-Tudela JL,Berenguer J,Martínez-Suárez JV,Sanchez R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this open-label, fixed-sequence study was to investigate the potential of the botanical supplement Echinacea purpurea to interact with etravirine, a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor of HIV. Fifteen HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy with etravirine (400 mg once daily) for at...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moltó J,Valle M,Miranda C,Cedeño S,Negredo E,Clotet B

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysorbate 80 (PS80) is a nonionic surfactant and detergent that inhibits biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa at concentrations as low as 0.001% and is well tolerated in human tissues. However, certain clinical and laboratory strains (PAO1) of P. aeruginosa are able to form biofilms in the presence of PS80. T...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zegans ME,Wozniak D,Griffin E,Toutain-Kidd CM,Hammond JH,Garfoot A,Lam JS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

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：:With the rapid spread of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative pathogens, biofilm-associated infections are increasingly harder to treat and combination therapy with colistin has become one of the most efficient therapeutic strategies. Our study aimed to evaluate the potential for the synergy of colistin combined ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tan JH,Vidaillac C,Yam JKH,Chua SL,Givskov M,Yang L

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet microbicidal proteins (PMPs) are believed to be integral to host defense against endovascular infection. We previously demonstrated that susceptibility to thrombin-induced PMP 1 (tPMP-1) in vitro negatively influences Candida albicans virulence in the rabbit model of infective endocarditis (IE). This study ev...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yeaman MR,Cheng D,Desai B,Kupferwasser LI,Xiong YQ,Gank KD,Edwards JE Jr,Bayer AS

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaborbactam (formerly RPX7009) is a new β-lactamase inhibitor based on a cyclic boronic acid pharmacophore with potent inhibitory activity against Klebsiella pneumoniaecarbapenemases (KPC). It has been developed in combination with meropenem. The objective of these studies was to identify the concentrations of both ag...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sun D,Rubio-Aparicio D,Nelson K,Dudley MN,Lomovskaya O

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory and bactericidal activities of fortimicin A (FTM-A) alone against Pseudomonas aeruginosa were compared with those of FTM-A in combination with beta-lactam antibiotics. As tested by the checkerboard method, most beta-lactam antibiotics tested had synergistic effects on the inhibitory activity of FTM-A ag...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yamashita K,Kawabe H,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By cloning studies and complementation experiments, the sulfonamide resistance gene of a serogroup B and serotype 15 (B:15) strain of Neisseria meningitidis was localized to a 1.2-kb chromosomal SspI fragment expressing a drug-resistant dihydropteroate synthase. The fragment hybridized to DNA from both resistant and s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kristiansen BE,Rådström P,Jenkins A,Ask E,Facinelli B,Sköld O

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a possible synergistic effect of a macrolide and beta-lactams against Streptococcus pneumoniae strains with different resistance profiles. Checkerboard and time-kill assays of erythromycin combined with penicillin or cefotaxime essentially showed indifference, suggesting that these antibiotics in combi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lin E,Stanek RJ,Mufson MA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colistin use has increased in response to the advent of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms. It is administered parenterally as an inactive prodrug, colistin methanesulfonate (CMS). Various formulations of CMS and labeling conventions can lead to confusion about colistin dosing, and questions remain abo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Niece KL,Akers KS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daptomycin is a lipopeptide antibiotic with activity against gram-positive bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus. We defined the pharmacodynamic parameters that determine the activity of daptomycin for S. aureus using in vitro methods and the Craig (W. A. Craig, J. Redington, and S. C. Ebert, J. Antimicrob. Chemot...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Louie A,Kaw P,Liu W,Jumbe N,Miller MH,Drusano GL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of hypovolemia on the distribution of imipenem in muscle extracellular fluid determined by microdialysis in awake rats. Microdialysis probes were inserted into the jugular vein and hind leg muscle. Imipenem recoveries in muscle and blood were determined in each ra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marchand S,Dahyot C,Lamarche I,Plan E,Mimoz O,Couet W

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that xylitol can be added to polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement to enhance the elution of daptomycin in terms of both the peak and sustained release of antibiotic. We also demonstrate that a PMMA-xylitol formulation optimized for daptomycin can be used to enhance the elution of both vancomycin an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Weiss BD,Weiss EC,Haggard WO,Evans RP,McLaren SG,Smeltzer MS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-kill studies examined the activities of telithromycin (HMR 3647), erythromycin A, azithromycin, clarithromycin, roxithromycin, clindamycin, pristinamycin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, and metronidazole against 11 gram-positive and gram-negative anaerobic bacteria. Time-kill studies were carried out with the addition ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Credito KL,Ednie LM,Jacobs MR,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro antifungal activities of two N-aminoacyl derivatives of amphotericin B methyl ester (AME) were compared by tube dilution with those of amphotericin B and AME, using 60 isolates representing 10 yeast species. A total of 70% of the strains were inhibited by concentrations of the N-aminoacyl AME derivatives ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Oblack DL,Hewitt WL,Martin WJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated both the structural and functional consequences of modifying the hydrophobic, lipopeptide-mimetic oligo-acyl-lysine (OAK) N(alpha)-hexadecanoyl-l-lysyl-l-lysyl-aminododecanoyl-l-lysyl-amide (c(16)KKc(12)K) to its unsaturated analog hexadecenoyl-KKc(12)K [c(16(omega7))KKc(12)K]. Despite similar tendenci...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sarig H,Rotem S,Ziserman L,Danino D,Mor A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of novobiocin to eliminate (cure) the wild-type plasmid pMG110 from Escherichia coli has been compared with that of other inhibitors of the gyrase B subunit and of the gyrase A subunit. Novobiocin eliminated pMG110 , producing over 99% plasmid loss at concentrations two- to eightfold below the MIC for bact...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hooper DC,Wolfson JS,McHugh GL,Swartz MD,Tung C,Swartz MN

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of sub-MICs of certain antibiotics, namely, penicillin G, tetracycline, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, on the cell surface characteristics and the virulences of two toxigenic isolates of Pasteurella multocida representing capsular types A and D were evaluated. Expression of proteins, in particular, out...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lebrun A,Caya M,Jacques M

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective study of 2,149 clinicalSalmonellastrains to help document the historical emergence of antimicrobial resistance. There were significant increases in resistance to older drugs, including ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfamethoxazole, and tetracycline, which were most common inS...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tadesse DA,Singh A,Zhao S,Bartholomew M,Womack N,Ayers S,Fields PI,McDermott PF

更新日期：2016-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus [GBS]) is a Gram-positive bacterium that colonizes the cervicovaginal tract in approximately 25% of healthy women. Although colonization is asymptomatic, GBS can be vertically transmitted to newborns peripartum, causing severe disease such as pneumonia and meningitis. Cu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cavaco CK,Patras KA,Zlamal JE,Thoman ML,Morgan EL,Sanderson SD,Doran KS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of the new triazole, ravuconazole (BMS-207147), were compared to those of fluconazole and itraconazole against 541 clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans. Isolates were obtained from cerebrospinal fluid (396), blood (116), and miscellaneous clinical specimens (29). Overall, ravuconazole (...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yamazumi T,Pfaller MA,Messer SA,Houston A,Hollis RJ,Jones RN

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anidulafungin concentrations were quantified with high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and UV detection of the ascites fluid and pleural effusion of 10 adult critically ill patients. Samples were collected from ascites fluid and from pleural drains or during paracentesis and thoracentesis, respectively. Anidulaf...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Welte R,Eller P,Lorenz I,Joannidis M,Bellmann R

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A new natural TEM derivative with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase activity, TEM-134, was identified in a ceftazidime-resistant clinical isolate of Citrobacter koseri. Compared to TEM-1, TEM-134 contains the following mutations: Q39K, E104K, R164H, and G238S. The bla(TEM-134) gene was not transferable by conjugation a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Perilli M,Mugnaioli C,Luzzaro F,Fiore M,Stefani S,Rossolini GM,Amicosante G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lethal mutagenesis is an antiviral approach that consists in extinguishing a virus by an excess of mutations acquired during replication in the presence of a mutagenic agent, often a nucleotide analogue. One of its advantages is its broad spectrum nature that renders the strategy potentially effective against emergent...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gallego I,Soria ME,Gregori J,de Ávila AI,García-Crespo C,Moreno E,Gadea I,Esteban J,Fernández-Roblas R,Esteban JI,Gómez J,Quer J,Domingo E,Perales C

更新日期：2019-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:2'-beta-Fluoro-2',3'-dideoxyadenosine (F-ddA) is an acid-stable purine dideoxynucleoside analog active against a wide spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2 strains in vitro. F-ddA is presently undergoing a phase I clinical trial at the National Cancer Institute. We induced HIV-1 variants re...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tanaka M,Srinivas RV,Ueno T,Kavlick MF,Hui FK,Fridland A,Driscoll JS,Mitsuya H

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of susceptibility of 45 Proteus penneri clinical isolates to 14 antimicrobial agents were evaluated by a macrobroth dilution method. All strains were highly susceptible to ceftizoxime, ceftazidime, moxalactam, cefoxitin, gentamicin, tobramycin, netilmicin, and, with few exceptions, to amikacin, piperacillin, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fuksa M,Krajden S,Lee A

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous inoculation of a group A hemolytic streptococcus caused lethal infections in all of eight untreated monkeys. Intramuscular injections of clindamycin-2-phosphate in a daily dose of 25 mg/kg given in equal morning and afternoon doses for 10 days resulted in survival of all of eight monkeys. Similar results w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Carlisle HN,Saslaw S

更新日期：1972-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-8581 is a new water-soluble triazole antifungal agent. The geometric mean IC80s (GM-IC80S; where the IC80 is the lowest drug concentration which reduced the optical density at 630 nm by 80% compared with the optical density at 630 nm of the drug-free control) for Candida albicans were as follows: T-8581, 0.218 micro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yotsuji A,Shimizu K,Araki H,Fujimaki K,Nishida N,Hori R,Annen N,Yamamoto S,Hayakawa H,Imaizumi H,Watanbe Y,Narita H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic phosphate derivative of DHPG, 2'-nor-cGMP [9-[(2-hydroxy-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-5-yl)oxymethyl]-guani ne phosphate-oxide] was evaluated for activity against guinea pig cytomegalovirus (GPCMV) infection in cultured guinea pig embryo cells and in guinea pigs. By virus yield reduction and plaque reduction assays,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang ZH,Lucia HL,Tolman RL,Colonno RJ,Hsiung GD

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00