Characterization of Tn6238 with a new allele of aac(6')-Ib-cr.

abstract：:Iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome is an undesirable outcome of glucocorticoids treatment. It can be increased by pharmacologic interactions. Glucocorticoid therapy, given in association with ritonavir, and some azole treatments are causes of iatrogenic Cushing's syndrome. We present a patient with common-variable immunode...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pilmis B,Coignard-Biehler H,Jullien V,Hermine O,Touraine P,Lecuit M,Lortholary O

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of the aminoglycoside 6'-N-acetyltransferase type Ib [AAC(6')-Ib] was inhibited by CuCl2 with a 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 2.8 μM. The growth of an amikacin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated from a neonate with meningitis was inhibited when amikacin was supplemented by t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chiem K,Fuentes BA,Lin DL,Tran T,Jackson A,Ramirez MS,Tolmasky ME

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal infections are a leading cause of morbidity and death for hospitalized patients, mainly because they remain difficult to diagnose and to treat. Diseases range from widespread superficial infections such as vulvovaginal infections to life-threatening systemic candidiasis. For systemic mycoses, only a restricted ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Keller P,Müller C,Engelhardt I,Hiller E,Lemuth K,Eickhoff H,Wiesmüller KH,Burger-Kentischer A,Bracher F,Rupp S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrophobicity and charge of the cell surface of M protein-positive (M+) and the less virulent M protein-negative (M-) strains of type 12 Streptococcus pyogenes have been studied, respectively, by hydrophobic interaction chromatography and free zone electrophoresis. The M+ strain had a more hydrophobic and a more ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tylewska S,Hjertén S,Wadström T

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of newer macrolides in acute Q fever for 113 patients was recorded. The mean times to defervescence were 2.9 days for doxycycline and 3.3, 3.9, 3.9, and 6.4 days for clarithromycin, roxithromycin, erythromycin, and beta-lactams, respectively (P < 0.01 for macrolides versus beta-lactams). We conclude ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gikas A,Kofteridis DP,Manios A,Pediaditis J,Tselentis Y

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the evolution of resistance to the antifungal drug itraconazole in replicate populations of Aspergillus fumigatus that were founded from a strain with a genotype of sensitivity to a single drug and then propagated under uniform conditions. For each population, conidia were serially transferred 10 times...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： da Silva Ferreira ME,Capellaro JL,dos Reis Marques E,Malavazi I,Perlin D,Park S,Anderson JB,Colombo AL,Arthington-Skaggs BA,Goldman MH,Goldman GH

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azithromycin is an effective treatment for uncomplicated infections with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and serovar Paratyphi A (enteric fever), but there are no clinically validated MIC and disk zone size interpretative guidelines. We studied individual patient data from three randomized controlled trials (RCTs) o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Parry CM,Thieu NT,Dolecek C,Karkey A,Gupta R,Turner P,Dance D,Maude RR,Ha V,Tran CN,Thi PL,Be BP,Phi LT,Ngoc RN,Ghose A,Dongol S,Campbell JI,Thanh DP,Thanh TH,Moore CE,Sona S,Gaind R,Deb M,Anh HV,Van SN,

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), a neglected tropical disease, is fatal without treatment. Pentamidine, a cationic diamidine, has been used to treat first-stage (hemolymphatic) HAT since the 1940s, but it is ineffective against second-stage (meningoencephalitic, or central nervous system [CNS]) infection. Novel di...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang S,Wenzler T,Miller PN,Wu H,Boykin DW,Brun R,Wang MZ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sordarin and its derivatives are antifungal compounds of potential clinical interest. Despite the highly conserved nature of the fungal and mammalian protein synthesis machineries, sordarin is a selective inhibitor of protein synthesis in fungal organisms. In cells sensitive to sordarin, its mode of action is through ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Botet J,Rodríguez-Mateos M,Ballesta JP,Revuelta JL,Remacha M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) continues to rise in concert with increasing numbers of immune suppression techniques to treat other medical conditions and transplantation. Despite these advances, morbidity and mortality rates remain unacceptably high. One strategy used to optimize outcomes is antifungal pharma...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lepak AJ,Marchillo K,Vanhecker J,Andes DR

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deduced amino acid sequence of Campylobacter jejuni Tet(O), cloned in Escherichia coli, has shown that it contains the five highly conserved sequences of the GTP-binding domain found in other GTPases. Asn-128 belongs to the G4 motif of such a domain and is involved in hydrogen bonding with the guanine ring of the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Grewal J,Manavathu EK,Taylor DE

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moxifloxacin (BAY12-8039) is a new 8-methoxyquinolone shown to be active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro. We tested moxifloxacin for activity in mice against M. tuberculosis CSU93, a highly virulent, recently isolated clinical strain. The MIC of moxifloxacin for the CSU93 strain was 0.25 microg/ml. The ser...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Miyazaki E,Miyazaki M,Chen JM,Chaisson RE,Bishai WR

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten (0.05%) of 18,628 strains of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from clinical specimens in the 3 years 1968 to 1970 were resistant to lincomycin and erythromycin. All 10 strains were highly resistant to lincomycin, having minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 200 mug/ml. There were two degrees of resistanc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dixon JM,Lipinski AE

更新日期：1972-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The minimal inhibitory concentration of temocillin (BRL 17421) against 476 clinical isolates was determined by an agar dilution method. Temocillin was active against most of the Enterobacteriaceae, Haemophilus, and Neisseria strains tested. The compound showed low activity or was inactive against Bacteroides, Campylob...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Van Landuyt HW,Pyckavet M,Lambert A,Boelaert J

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the first Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain (H041) highly resistant to the expanded-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs) ceftriaxone and cefixime, which are the last remaining options for first-line gonorrhea treatment, was isolated in Japan. Here, we confirm and characterize a second strain (F89) with high-level cefix...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Unemo M,Golparian D,Nicholas R,Ohnishi M,Gallay A,Sednaoui P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biliary excretion of moxalactam was studied in 11 postsurgery patients who had indwelling T-tubes inserted in their common bile ducts. Peak levels of moxalactam in the bile reached mean levels of 33.7 +/- 11.1 and 173.7 +/- 67.0 micrograms/ml 2 h after intravenous administration of a single 500- or 2,000-mg dose, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Martinez OV,Levi JU,Livingstone A,Malinin TI,Zeppa R,Hutson D,Einhorn N

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance of influenza viruses to antiviral drugs can emerge following medication or may result from natural variation. Two classes of anti-influenza virus drugs targeting either the M2 protein (amantadine and rimantadine) or neuraminidase (NA; oseltamivir and zanamivir) are currently licensed. These drugs are expect...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Deyde VM,Nguyen T,Bright RA,Balish A,Shu B,Lindstrom S,Klimov AI,Gubareva LV

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 741 urinary tract isolates of the Morganella-Proteus-Providencia group, including the recently defined species Proteus penneri, for susceptibilities to aminoglycosides, semisynthetic penicillins, and cephalosporins. The data emphasize the importance of identification to the species level on the basis of ma...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Piccolomini R,Cellini L,Allocati N,Di Girolamo A,Ravagnan G

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel method for isolating plasma-free peripheral blood mononuclear cells retaining intracellular efavirenz. Quantification of efavirenz in 13 human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry showed a higher correlation of intracellular levels with unbound ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tanaka R,Hanabusa H,Kinai E,Hasegawa N,Negishi M,Kato S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During investigation of susceptibility testing methods for polymyxins, 24 multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were observed to have a distinct, reproducible phenotype in which skipped wells were observed during broth microdilution testing for polymyxin B. Possible mechanisms underlying this...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Schurek KN,Sampaio JL,Kiffer CR,Sinto S,Mendes CM,Hancock RE

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections are among the main causes of death worldwide, and we lack antivirals for the majority of viruses. Heparin-like sulfated or sulfonated compounds have been known for decades for their ability to prevent infection by heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG)-dependent viruses but only in a reversible way. We h...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cagno V,Gasbarri M,Medaglia C,Gomes D,Clement S,Stellacci F,Tapparel C

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanovirin-N (CV-N), an 11-kDa protein originally isolated from the cyanobacterium Nostoc ellipsosporum, potently inactivates diverse strains of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), HIV-2, simian immunodeficiency virus, and feline immunodeficiency virus. It has been well established that the HIV surface envelo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mori T,Boyd MR

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of two new carboxyquinolones, A-56619 (difloxacin) and A-56620, were compared with those of ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, and ofloxacin against genital tract pathogens. All the quinolones were highly active against Neisseria gonorrhoeae. A-56619 had the lowest MICs against Chlamydia trachomatis (...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Liebowitz LD,Saunders J,Fehler G,Ballard RC,Koornhof HJ

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida species are the cause of 60% of all mycoses in immunosuppressed individuals, leading to ∼150,000 deaths annually due to systemic infections, whereas the current antifungal therapies either have toxic side effects or are insufficiently efficient. We performed a screening of two compound libraries, the Enzo and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Stylianou M,Kulesskiy E,Lopes JP,Granlund M,Wennerberg K,Urban CF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyclovir cream has been available for the treatment of herpes labialis in numerous countries outside the United States for over a decade. Evidence for its efficacy comes from a few small clinical trials conducted in the 1980s. To examine more comprehensively the efficacy and safety of this formulation, we conducted t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Spruance SL,Nett R,Marbury T,Wolff R,Johnson J,Spaulding T

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-two strains of Yersinia pestis recovered over a 21-year period were evaluated for susceptibility to traditional and newer antimicrobial agents. In vitro resistance was noted only against rifampin and imipenem (approximately 20% of strains). The most active compounds (MIC at which 90% of the isolates tested are ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wong JD,Barash JR,Sandfort RF,Janda JM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii isolates from the Pacific Northwest have exhibited higher fluconazole MICs than isolates from other sites. The mechanism of fluconazole resistance in C. gattii is unknown. We sought to determine the role of the efflux pumps Mdr1 and Pdr11 in fluconazole susceptibility. Using biolistic transformatio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang ML,Uhrig J,Vu K,Singapuri A,Dennis M,Gelli A,Thompson GR 3rd

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxin A is a category A bioterrorism agent. Current antitoxin therapies are scarce and produce adverse reactions. XOMA 3AB consists of 3 IgG1 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), each with a distinct human or humanized variable region, which bind to distinct epitopes on botulinum neurotoxin serotype A. This fi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nayak SU,Griffiss JM,McKenzie R,Fuchs EJ,Jurao RA,An AT,Ahene A,Tomic M,Hendrix CW,Zenilman JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of new antifungal compounds, invasive aspergillosis carries high morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. In vitro studies and animal models suggest that the adoptive transfer of natural killer (NK) cells might be a promising immunotherapeutic option in this se...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Schmidt S,Schubert R,Tramsen L,Lehrnbecher T

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Racial differences in antiretroviral treatment responses remain incompletely explained and may be a consequence of differential pharmacokinetics (PK) associated with race. Raltegravir, an inhibitor of HIV-1 integrase, is commonly used in the treatment of HIV-infected patients, many of whom are African-American. Howeve...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wohl DA,Dumond JB,Blevins S,Pittard D,Ragan D,Wang R,Massengale K,Walsh K,Floris-Moore M,Eron JJ Jr,Richardson A,Hudgens MG,Kashuba AD

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00