Antimicrobial susceptibility among clinical Nocardia species identified by multilocus sequence analysis.

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a serious problematic pathogen due to the ever-increasing presence of antibiotic resistance, demonstrating a need for novel, broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapeutic options. Antimicrobial nanoemulsions are emulsified mixtures of detergent, oil, and water (droplet size, 100 to 80...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hwang YY,Ramalingam K,Bienek DR,Lee V,You T,Alvarez R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed prophylactic or continuous therapy of isavuconazole, posaconazole, or voriconazole in treating pulmonary murine mucormycosis. In the prophylaxis studies, only isavuconazole treatment resulted in significantly improved survival and lowered tissue fungal burden of immunosuppressed mice infected with Rhizopus...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gebremariam T,Alkhazraji S,Baldin C,Kovanda L,Wiederhold NP,Ibrahim AS

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid microbiological assay for chlorhydroxyquinoline is described. It is a turbidimetric procedure that uses Streptococcus faecalis as the test organism. Results are available within 5 h. Data are presented to show the advantages of using a cryogenically stored inoculum over an inoculum prepared on a daily basis. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cosgrove RF

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug repurposing affords the implementation of new treatments at a moderate cost and under a faster time-scale. Most of the clinical drugs against Leishmania share this origin. The antidepressant sertraline has been successfully assayed in a murine model of visceral leishmaniasis. Nevertheless, sertraline targets in L...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lima ML,Abengózar MA,Nácher-Vázquez M,Martínez-Alcázar MP,Barbas C,Tempone AG,López-Gonzálvez Á,Rivas L

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rapidly fatal infection caused by the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri The amoeba migrates along the olfactory nerve to the brain, resulting in seizures, coma, and, eventually, death. Previous research has shown that Naegleria gruberi, a close relative of N. fowleri, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sarink MJ,Tielens AGM,Verbon A,Sutak R,van Hellemond JJ

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent escalation of occurrences of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been recognized globally and threatens to erode the widespread clinical utility of the carbapenem class of compounds for this prevalent health care-associated pathogen. Here, we compared the in vitro inhibitory activity of ceftazid...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Grupper M,Sutherland C,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical study was carried out to establish the influence of aluminum on the oral absorption of ofloxacin. Ten healthy volunteers were included in a crossover study based on a Latin square design. The treatments that all volunteers received were A, consisting of 400 mg of ofloxacin, and B, consisting of 400 mg of of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sánchez Navarro A,Martínez Cabarga M,Dominguez-Gil Hurlé A

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several classes of antibiotics exert antimalarial activity. The mechanisms of action of antibiotics against malaria parasites have been unclear, and prior studies have led to conflicting results, in part because they studied antibiotics at suprapharmacological concentrations. We examined the antimalarial effects of az...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dahl EL,Rosenthal PJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Lactams are often used to treat Helicobacter cinaedi infections; however, the mechanism underlying β-lactam resistance is unknown. In this study, we investigated β-lactam resistance in an H. cinaedi strain, MRY12-0051 (MICs of amoxicillin [AMX] and ceftriaxone [CRO], 32 and 128 μg/ml; obtained from human feces). Bas...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rimbara E,Mori S,Kim H,Suzuki M,Shibayama K

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A disk agar diffusion method was developed for testing the susceptibility of rapidly growing yeasts in vitro. A totally defined, completely synthetic agar culture medium (synthetic amino acid medium, fungal) and clinical isolates of Candida spp. and Torulopsis glabrata were used. Turbidimetric adjustment of cell suspe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Saubolle MA,Hoeprich PD

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV; genus Alphavirus) is the causative agent of chikungunya fever. CHIKV replication can be inhibited by some broad-spectrum antiviral compounds; in contrast, there is very little information about compounds specifically inhibiting the enzymatic activities of CHIKV replication proteins. These pro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Das PK,Puusepp L,Varghese FS,Utt A,Ahola T,Kananovich DG,Lopp M,Merits A,Karelson M

更新日期：2016-11-21 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：:Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, a pathogen associated with aggressive periodontitis, resists phagocytic killing by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs). It is susceptible to ciprofloxacin, which PMNs actively accumulate. This study tested the hypothesis that ciprofloxacin-loaded PMNs are more effective at killing...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cacchillo DA,Walters JD

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the sequence of a 630-bp fragment of a gene associated with resistance to high levels of vancomycin in a clinical isolate of Enterococcus faecalis which retained susceptibility to teicoplanin. This gene was similar to the recently sequenced vanB and partially homologous with vanA, but it showed less-marked s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gold HS,Unal S,Cercenado E,Thauvin-Eliopoulos C,Eliopoulos GM,Wennersten CB,Moellering RC Jr

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three sizes of inserted regions of DNA (800, 1,000, and 1,500 bp) were shown to be common among class I integrons in unrelated clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae from different European hospitals. Sequencing showed that 800-bp inserted regions comprised identical sequences including aacA4, that 1,000-bp inserted ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Martinez-Freijo P,Fluit AC,Schmitz FJ,Verhoef J,Jones ME

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient and reproducible procedure was developed for extracting aminoglycosides from renal cortical tissue. It involves a double homogenization and two rinsings with trichloroacetic acid. A higher recovery is obtained compared with that of other previously reported methods. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Giuliano RA,Verpooten GA,Pollet DE,Verbist L,Scharpé SL,De Broe ME

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic basis of erythromycin resistance in cutaneous propionibacteria was determined by comparing the nucleotide sequences of the peptidyl transferase region in the 23S rRNAs from 9 susceptible and 26 resistant clinical isolates as well as 4 laboratory-selected erythromycin-resistant mutants of a susceptible stra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ross JI,Eady EA,Cove JH,Jones CE,Ratyal AH,Miller YW,Vyakrnam S,Cunliffe WJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of two new beta-lactam antibiotics, moxalactam disodium (LY 127935) and cefotaxime (HR-756), were compared with cefoxitin, cefamandole, cefuroxime, cephalothin, and, in some instances, carbenicillin, gentamicin, and amikacin against aerobic gram-negative bacilli. Test isolates included normally...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jorgensen JH,Crawford SA,Alexander GA

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoprecipitation of antigens translated in vitro from Echinococcus granulosus RNA revealed that albendazole treatment of human hydatidosis induced antibodies to previously undetectable antigens and that the response to most antigens was specific, although cross-reactivity was observed between Schistosoma mansoni an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Blanton RE,Okelo GB,Kijobe J,King CH

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxazolidinones are a novel class of antibiotics that inhibit initiation of protein synthesis in bacteria. In order to investigate their novel mechanism of action, the interactions of several oxazolidinones with bacterial 70S ribosomes, 50S subunits, and 30S subunits have been characterized by (1)H nuclear magnetic...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhou CC,Swaney SM,Shinabarger DL,Stockman BJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trypanocidal action of green tea catechins against two different developmental stages of Trypanosoma cruzi is reported for the first time. This activity was assayed with the nonproliferative bloodstream trypomastigote and with the intracellular replicative amastigote parasite forms. An ethyl acetate fraction from ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Paveto C,Güida MC,Esteva MI,Martino V,Coussio J,Flawiá MM,Torres HN

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibilities of 121 clinical Helicobacter pylori strains to metronidazole were determined by both a 5-micrograms metronidazole disk diffusion test and a plate dilution method in duplicate and after different periods of incubation. The distribution of MICs of metronidazole against H. pylori among the strains was fo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Xia H,Keane CT,Beattie S,O'Morain CA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of cefmenoxime were characterized in five healthy volunteers and in 15 subjects with various degrees of renal insufficiency after a single 10-mg/kg, 5-min intravenous infusion. Five of these subjects were studied both on hemodialysis and during an interdialytic period. Plasma, urine and dialysate ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gambertoglio JG,Alexander DP,Barriere SL

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacokinetic modeling has often been applied to evaluate vancomycin pharmacokinetics in neonates. However, clinical application of the model-based personalized vancomycin therapy is still limited. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the clinical utility and safety of a model-based patient-tailored do...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Leroux S,Jacqz-Aigrain E,Biran V,Lopez E,Madeleneau D,Wallon C,Zana-Taïeb E,Virlouvet AL,Rioualen S,Zhao W

更新日期：2016-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The bronchial mucosal concentrations of lomefloxacin were determined for specimens obtained by fiber-optic bronchoscopy and compared with simultaneous concentrations in serum. The 23 patients studied were given an oral dose of 400 mg once daily for 4 days to achieve steady-state levels. The median concentration in ser...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Baldwin DR,Honeybourne D,Andrews JM,Ashby JP,Wise R

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During HIV-1 reverse transcription, there are increasing opportunities for nucleos(t)ide (NRTI) or nonnucleoside (NNRTI) reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors to stop elongation of the nascent viral DNA (vDNA). In addition, RT inhibitors appear to influence the kinetics of vDNA synthesis differently. While cell-free k...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Abram ME,Tsiang M,White KL,Callebaut C,Miller MD

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pipemidic acid was absorbed well by the oral route. Its peak levels in plasma ranged from 4 to 12 mug/ml at an oral dose of about 50 mg/kg in mice, rats, dogs, monkeys, and men. The protein binding of pipemidic acid was about 20% in dog plasma and about 30% in human serum. Pipemidic acid was distributed to most of the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shimizu M,Nakamura S,Takase Y,Kurobe N

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae were tested for tolerance (MBC/MIC greater than or equal to 32) to ampicillin and cefotaxime by broth dilution tests. Of 200 strains, 9 were tolerant to ampicillin, and 10 were tolerant to cefotaxime. Tolerant organisms were identified in both systemic and nonsys...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bergeron MG,Lavoie GY

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphotericin B colloidal dispersion (ABCD) is a new formulation of conventional amphotericin B designed to minimize drug distribution in the kidney and reduce nephrotoxicity. We studied the safety and efficacy of ABCD in 133 renally compromised patients with invasive fungal infections. Patients had either nephrotoxici...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Anaissie EJ,Mattiuzzi GN,Miller CB,Noskin GA,Gurwith MJ,Mamelok RD,Pietrelli LA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal diseases are generally difficult to treat and often fatal. The therapeutic agents available to treat fungi are limited, and there is a critical need for new agents to combat these deadly infections. Antifungal compound development has been hindered by the challenge of creating agents that are highly ac...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rank LA,Walsh NM,Liu R,Lim FY,Bok JW,Huang M,Keller NP,Gellman SH,Hull CM

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00