Dosing regimen matters: the importance of early intervention and rapid attainment of the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic target.

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (MRE) colonize the intestine asymptomatically from where they can breach into the bloodstream and cause life-threatening infections, especially in heavily colonized patients. Despite the clinical relevance of MRE colonization levels, we know little about how they vary in hospital...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Djukovic A,González-Barberá EM,Sanz J,Artacho A,Peñaranda I,Herrera B,Garzón MJ,Salavert M,López-Hontangas JL,Xavier KB,Kuster B,Debrauwer L,Rolain JM,Sanz MA,Xavier JB,Ubeda C

更新日期：2020-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-compartment pharmacokinetic (PK) population model of anidulafungin was fitted to PK data from 23 critically ill patients (age, 65 years [range, 28 to 81 years]; total body weight [TBW], 75 kg [range, 54 to 168 kg]). TBW was associated with clearance and incorporated into a final population PK model. Simulations ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Luque S,Hope W,Campillo N,Muñoz-Bermúdez R,Sorli L,Barceló-Vidal J,González-Colominas E,Alvarez-Lerma F,Masclans JR,Montero M,Horcajada JP,Grau S

更新日期：2019-06-24 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：:The in vitro activity of HSR-903, an oral quinolone, against 196 recent clinical isolates of respiratory pathogens was evaluated. HSR-903 was 2 to 32 times more active than ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and sparfloxacin against Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant strains, and Streptococcus pneumoniae an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Watanabe A,Tokue Y,Takahashi H,Kikuchi T,Kobayashi T,Gomi K,Fujimura S,Nukiwa T

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection is one of the most important causes of titanium implant failure in vivo A developing prophylactic method involves the immobilization of antibiotics, especially vancomycin, onto the surface of the titanium implant. However, these methods have a limited effect in curbing multiple bacterial infections due to an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nie B,Long T,Ao H,Zhou J,Tang T,Yue B

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that certain anthraquinones (AQs) reduce Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation on hydroxyapatite at concentrations below the MIC. Although AQs are known to generate reactive oxygen species, the latter do not underlie the observed effect. Our results suggest that AQs inhibit S. mutans biofilm formation by ca...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coenye T,Honraet K,Rigole P,Nadal Jimenez P,Nelis HJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid were compared with those of co-trimoxazole in the treatment of acute urinary tract infections. A total of 104 patients (mean age, 52 years) with clinical and laboratory evidence of acute urinary tract infection were enrolled in the study. Characteristics and infec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Karachalios GN

更新日期：1985-11-01 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：:Resistance to the recently approved nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) rilpivirine (RPV) commonly involves substitutions at positions E138K and K101E in HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT), together with an M184I substitution that is associated with resistance to coutilized emtricitabine (FTC). Previou...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Xu HT,Colby-Germinario SP,Huang W,Oliveira M,Han Y,Quan Y,Petropoulos CJ,Wainberg MA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance, novel strategies are required for combatting resistant pathogens. Combination therapy, in which multiple drugs are used to treat an infection, has proven highly successful in the treatment of cancer and HIV. However, this practice has proven challenging for t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Adamowicz EM,Harcombe WR

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported potent activity of a novel spiropyrimidinetrione, zoliflodacin, against N. gonorrhoeae isolates from symptomatic men in Nanjing, China, collected in 2013. Here, we investigated trends of susceptibilities of zoliflodacin in 986 isolates collected from men between 2014 and 2018. N. gonorrhoeae is...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Le W,Su X,Lou X,Li X,Gong X,Wang B,Genco CA,Mueller JP,Rice PA

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance rate of 5.9% is reported in 205 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients presenting to field clinics in Karachi, Pakistan (2006 to 2009). FQ resistance among multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains was 11.1% (5/45), and it was 4.9% (5/103) in M. tuberculosis strains susceptible to ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rafiq Y,Jabeen K,Hasan R,Jafri S,Laiq R,Malik F,Mangi R,Channa A,Hasan Z

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum poses a major threat to current frontline artemisinin combination therapies. Artemisinin resistance is widely associated with mutations in the P. falciparum Kelch13 (PfKelch13) propeller region, leading to delayed parasite clearance and increased survival of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tong JX,Ang SEL,Tan EHN,Tan KSW

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial pathogens have specific virulence factors (e.g., toxins) that contribute significantly to the virulence and infectivity of microorganisms within the human hosts. Virulence factors are molecules expressed by pathogens that enable colonization, immunoevasion, and immunosuppression, obtaining nutrients from the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jekle A,Yoon J,Zuck M,Najafi R,Wang L,Shiau T,Francavilla C,Rani SA,Eitzinger C,Nagl M,Anderson M,Debabov D

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our study we examined the anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (anti-HIV-1) activity of a novel HIV-1 protease inhibitor, PNU-140690 (tipranavir), against patient-derived isolates resistant to multiple other protease inhibitors (PIs). The aim of our experiments was to investigate the genotypes and the in vitro ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rusconi S,La Seta Catamancio S,Citterio P,Kurtagic S,Violin M,Balotta C,Moroni M,Galli M,d'Arminio-Monforte A

更新日期：2000-05-01 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

abstract：:In Cambodia, multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum undermines the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, and new therapeutic options are needed. Pyronaridine-artesunate has not previously been evaluated in eastern Cambodia. We conducted a single-arm, open-label, prospective study between July and December 2017 at the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Leang R,Mairet-Khedim M,Chea H,Huy R,Khim N,Mey Bouth D,Dorina Bustos M,Ringwald P,Witkowski B

更新日期：2019-02-26 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：:The polymixin colistin represents a last resort antibiotic for multidrug resistant infections, but its use is limited by the frequent onset of acute drug-induced kidney injury (DIKI). It is essential to closely monitor kidney function prior to and during colistin treatment in order to pinpoint early signs of injury an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Samodelov SL,Visentin M,Gai Z,Häusler S,Kullak-Ublick GA

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluroquinolone antibiotics have been reported to have antiviral properties against RNA viruses, including hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the present study, five patients with advanced liver disease secondary to chronic HCV received 500 mg daily of oral ciprofloxacin for 30 days. Serum HCV-RNA levels and liver enzyme abno...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kojima H,Kaita KD,Hawkins K,Uhanova J,Minuk GY

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genes (rpsL and rrs) with mutations associated with streptomycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis were characterized in 78 streptomycin-resistant and 61 streptomycin-susceptible isolates recovered from patients living in the United States, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Fifty-four percent of the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sreevatsan S,Pan X,Stockbauer KE,Williams DL,Kreiswirth BN,Musser JM

更新日期：1996-04-01 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 accumulation of norfloxacin by Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343 was determined by the modified fluorescence method. The time required to achieve a steady-state concentration (SSC) after allowing B. fragilis to accumulate norfloxacin in an aerobic or an anaerobic environment was approximately 2 min; the SSC achieved ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ricci V,Piddock LJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gatifloxacin pneumococcal, staphylococcal and enterococcal postantibiotic effects (PAEs) were 0.5 to 4.0 h, respectively. For Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, PAEs were 2.2 to 4.8 h. Pneumococcal, staphylococcal, and enterococcal postantibiotic sub-MIC effects (PA-SMEs) (four times the MICs) were 3.7 to 8....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pankuch GA,Jacobs MR,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TEM-1 hyperproduction in two ampicillin-sulbactam-resistant Shigella flexneri strains was studied. In both strains the blaTEM gene was encoded as a single copy on a large conjugatively transferable plasmid. A single G-->T transversion at position 1 of the -10 consensus sequence was identified to be the mechanism of TE...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Siu LK,Ho PL,Yuen KY,Wong SS,Chau PY

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of five parenteral cephalosporins tested against 43 lactobacilli, cephaloridine, cefazolin, and cefamandole were the most active inhibitory and bactericidal agents. Timed-kill analysis revealed a slow bactericidal effect, with significant declines in mean minimal bactericidal concentration values at 48 h versus 24 h. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bayer AS,Chow AW,Concepcion NF,Guze LB

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of pneumonia, meningitis, septicemia, and middle ear infections. The incidence of S. pneumoniae isolates that are not susceptible to penicillin has risen worldwide and may be above 20% in some countries. Beta-lactam antibiotic resistance in pneumococci is associated with sig...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jensen A,Valdórsson O,Frimodt-Møller N,Hollingshead S,Kilian M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ampD gene product regulates the expression of AmpC beta-lactamase in gram-negative bacteria and is proposed to be involved in peptidoglycan metabolism. In this study, we sequenced the ampD wild type and three mutant genes of Enterobacter cloacae and Citrobacter freundii. They exhibited a high degree of homology wi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kopp U,Wiedemann B,Lindquist S,Normark S

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoperoxides are a new class of antimalarial agents, of which artemisinin (qinghaosu) is the prototype. We have previously shown that artemisinin is capable of alkylating proteins in model reactions. In the present study, we showed that when Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes are treated with a radiolabe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Asawamahasakda W,Ittarat I,Pu YM,Ziffer H,Meshnick SR

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histatin 5 (Hst 5) is a salivary human antimicrobial peptide that is toxic to the opportunistic yeast Candida albicans. Fungicidal activity of Hst 5 requires intracellular translocation and accumulation to a threshold concentration for it to disrupt cellular processes. Previously, we observed that total cytosolic leve...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Li R,Kumar R,Tati S,Puri S,Edgerton M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00