The treatment response of chronically hepatitis C virus-infected patients depends on interferon concentration but not on interferon gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

abstract：:Poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG) microparticles were developed as carriers for isoniazid and rifampin in order to improve compliance of tuberculous chemotherapy. Antitubercular drugs encapsulated in PLG polymers and injected in a single dose subcutaneously resulted in a sustained release (up to 6 weeks) of drugs in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dutt M,Khuller GK

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate assessment of the risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) among high-risk patients is often confounded by nosocomial VRE transmission. We undertook a 15-month prospective cohort study of adults admitted to high-risk units (hematology, renal, transplant, and intensive care) in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Padiglione AA,Wolfe R,Grabsch EA,Olden D,Pearson S,Franklin C,Spelman D,Mayall B,Johnson PD,Grayson ML

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to identify the plasmid-encoded factors contributing to the emergence and spread of epidemic IncI1-Iγ plasmids obtained from Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica isolates from animal and human reservoirs. For this, 251 IncI1-Iγ plasmids carrying various extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Smith H,Bossers A,Harders F,Wu G,Woodford N,Schwarz S,Guerra B,Rodríguez I,van Essen-Zandbergen A,Brouwer M,Mevius D

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors (NNRTIs) are important components of current combination therapies for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. In screening of chemical libraries, we found 6-azido-1-benzyl-3-(3,5-dimethylbenzyl)uracil (AzBBU) and 6-amino-1-benzyl-3-(3,5-dimethylbenzyl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ordonez P,Hamasaki T,Isono Y,Sakakibara N,Ikejiri M,Maruyama T,Baba M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 24 patients with hepatitic C virus (HCV) infection who participated in a randomized trial with alpha 2B interferon, HCV RNA analysis by the polymerase chain reaction with two separate primer sets was performed at weeks 0, 4, and 24 and during a follow-up period of 6 to 9 months. Prior to therapy all patients were H...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kleter GE,Brouwer JT,Heijtink RA,Schalm SW,Quint WG

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic penetration to the infection site is critical for obtaining a good clinical outcome in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Surprisingly few studies have quantified the penetration of β-lactam agents into the lung, as measured by the ratio of area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) in ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lodise TP,Sorgel F,Melnick D,Mason B,Kinzig M,Drusano GL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a simple PCR-based high-resolution melt curve analysis for identification of the quinolone resistance gene aac(6')-Ib-cr through regions encompassing the two defining single nucleotide mutations. Dissociation curves showed 100% concordance with DNA sequencing, including the identification of a strain...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hidalgo-Grass C,Strahilevitz J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the kinetics of amphotericin B (AMB) lung accumulation and fungal clearance by liposomal amphotericin B (L-AMB) and amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC) in a neutropenic murine model of invasive pulmonary mucormycosis (IPM). Immunosuppressed BALB/c mice were inoculated with 1 x 10(6) Rhizopus oryzae spores ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lewis RE,Albert ND,Liao G,Hou J,Prince RA,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diethylpyrocarbonate (DEPC) treatment of interferon (IF) inducers was studied both in vitro and in vivo. DEPC did not affect the antiviral activity of poly(I.C), statolon, or reovirus in cultured chicken embryo fibroblast cells, but the activities of poly(I.C), statolon, and MU9 replicative form in cultured mouse embr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yamamura Y,Cochran KW

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) have become increasingly common worldwide, with the notable exception of the United States, where TEM- and SHV-type ESBLs have appeared to predominate. We have noted the emergence of ESBLs in our health care system (the University Health System in San Antonio, TX), ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lewis JS 2nd,Herrera M,Wickes B,Patterson JE,Jorgensen JH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clindamycin was given intravenously to 15 patients undergoing colorectal surgery in an initial dose of 600 mg, given at induction of anesthesia followed by 6 doses of 600 mg at 8-h intervals. Series of serum samples and fecal specimens were taken for analysis of clindamycin concentrations. Tissue samples from the gut ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kager L,Liljeqvist L,Malmborg AS,Nord CE

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ampicillin and erythromycin were shown to act synergistically in vitro against the majority of strains of Nocardia asteroides tested. With these strains, the minimal inhibiting concentration (MIC) of each drug when combined was reduced 4- to more than 512-fold as compared with the MIC of each antibiotic acting individ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Finland M,Bach MC,Garner C,Gold O

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A membrane fraction from Pseudomonas aeruginosa KM 338 was shown to catalyze in vitro peptidoglycan synthesis from uridine 5'-diphosphate-N-acetylmuramyl-l-alanyl-d- glutamyl-meso-diaminopimelyl-d-alanyl-d-alanine and uridine 5'-diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine. Synthesized peptidoglycan was partially cross-linked by t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Suginaka H,Ichikawa A,Kotani S

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefazolin and cephalothin disk susceptibility and minimal inhibitory concentration determinations were conducted on 591 clinical isolates. Cefazolin demonstrated superior activity, as shown by lower minimal inhibitory concentrations, and a greater percentage of isolates inhibited in the disk susceptibility test. The c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Actor P,Guarini J,Uri J,Dickson J,Pauls JF,Weisbach JA

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radical-based theory proposes that three major classes of bactericidal antibiotics, i.e., β-lactams, quinolones, and aminoglycosides, have in common the downstream formation of lethal levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as part of the killing mechanism. If bactericidal antibiotics exhibit a common mechanism, t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hoeksema M,Brul S,Ter Kuile BH

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of luliconazole, amorolfine, ciclopirox, and terbinafine were determined against 320 dermatophyte isolates from large toenails of onychomycosis patients enrolled into an ongoing phase 2b/3 clinical study. The geometric mean MIC for luliconazole was 0.00022 μg/ml against all isolates, compared t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wiederhold NP,Fothergill AW,McCarthy DI,Tavakkol A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of clinical isolates of Moraxella catarrhalis produce beta-lactamase. The role of this enzyme in the phenomenon of indirect pathogenicity, in which a true pathogen such as Streptococcus pneumoniae is protected from the action of certain beta-lactam antibiotics, is well recognized. By using a simple contin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Budhani RK,Struthers JK

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SM-7338, a new carbapenem antibiotic, was demonstrated to have potent antibacterial activity against a broad spectrum of aerobes, including Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic streptococci, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria spp., members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp., a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Edwards JR,Turner PJ,Wannop C,Withnell ES,Grindey AJ,Nairn K

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three procedures were presented for appraising the ability of antibacterial chemicals and formulations to suppress the growth of microorganisms on human skin. In each of these, the microflora was quantified after the skin had been occlusively covered for a day or more, a circumstance which, in the absence of a deterre...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marples RR,Kligman AM

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple technique for routine, reproducible global surveillance of the drug susceptibility status of the anaerobic protozoa Trichomonas, Entamoeba, and Giardia is described. Data collected using this technique can be readily compared among different laboratories and with previously reported data. The technique employ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Upcroft JA,Upcroft P

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrapulmonary pharmacokinetics of azithromycin, clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin, and cefuroxime were studied in 68 volunteers who received single, oral doses of azithromycin (0.5 g), clarithormycin (0.5 g), ciprofloxacin (0.5 g), or cefuroxime (0.5 g). In subgroups of four subjects each, the subjects underwent bron...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Conte JE Jr,Golden J,Duncan S,McKenna E,Lin E,Zurlinden E

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new, rapid method for measuring serum levels of nafcillin by spectrofluorometry is described. The method involves extraction of 2 ml of acidified serum with n-butyl chloride, subjecting the organic solvent layer to excitation at 340 nm, and measuring the relative intensity of emission fluorescence at 380 nm. An exce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lichtenwalner DM,Suh B,Lorber B,Sugar AM

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we determined the resistance patterns of anaerobic bacteria from human saliva and stool specimens and investigated whether there were significant differences in resistance between outpatients and hospitalized patients, regardless of whether they had received antimicrobial agents. No bacterial stra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Stark CA,Edlund C,Sjöstedt S,Kristensen G,Nord CE

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief therapeutic regimen of praziquantel, reduced to a single day, has been effective for treatment of neurocysticercosis. To study its pharmacokinetic characteristics, levels of praziquantel in plasma were determined for eight healthy volunteers after the administration of three oral doses of 25 mg/kg of body weig...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jung H,Medina R,Castro N,Corona T,Sotelo J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance of Candida albicans to azole antifungal drugs is mediated by two types of efflux pumps, encoded by the MDR1 gene and the CDR gene family. MDR1 mRNA levels in a susceptible clinical isolate are induced by benomyl (BEN) but not by other drugs previously shown to induce MDR1. To monitor MDR1 expression under s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Harry JB,Oliver BG,Song JL,Silver PM,Little JT,Choiniere J,White TC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many potent antiviral drugs have been developed against HIV-1, and their combined action is usually successful in achieving durable virus suppression in infected individuals. This success is based on two effects: additive or even synergistic virus inhibition and an increase in the genetic threshold for development of ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhao N,Wang G,Das AT,Berkhout B

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Two specific inhibitors of herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase, N2-phenyl-2'-deoxyguanosine and N2-(m-trifluoromethylphenyl)guanine, were tested for their ability to inhibit the reactivation of virus from explant cultures of latently infected murine trigeminal ganglia. Both compounds significantly diminished the fre...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Leib DA,Ruffner KL,Hildebrand C,Schaffer PA,Wright GE,Coen DM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two antilipidemic compounds, clofibrate and procetofene, inhibited the replication of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in African green monkey kidney cells. Clofibrate, at a concentration of 400 mumol/liter caused a 63% reduction (P < 0.001) in HSV-1 yield and at 100 mumol/liter caused a 62% reduction (P < 0.001) i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mehl JK,Witiak DT,Hamparian VV,Hughes JH

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifolate activity and the transport characteristics of isoaminopterin (IA) in HeLa cells were studied and compared with those of methotrexate (MTX). Both IA and MTX inhibited the incorporation of [2-(14)C]deoxyuridine into HeLa cell DNA by 50% at a concentration of 0.09 muM by 8 h postaddition of the compounds. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rosemond-Hornbeak H,Nair MG

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human macrophage inflammatory protein 3alpha (MIP-3alpha), also known as CCL20, is a 70-amino-acid chemokine which exclusively binds to chemokine receptor 6. In addition, the protein also has direct antimicrobial, antifungal, and antiviral activities. The solution structure of MIP-3alpha was solved by the use of two-d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chan DI,Hunter HN,Tack BF,Vogel HJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00