Immunotherapy with a combination of intravenous immune globulin and p4 peptide rescues mice from postinfluenza pneumococcal pneumonia.

abstract：:Mycobacterium abscessus is an extensively drug-resistant opportunistic pathogen that can cause chronic otomastoiditis. There are no evidence-based treatment regimens for this severe infection. We treated four children with M. abscessus otomastoiditis with a structured regimen of topical imipenem and tigecycline, intra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： van Wijk F,Waterval J,van Aerde K,Henriet SSV,Meijer FJA,Borra LC,Aarnoutse RE,van Ingen J

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike most antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), the main mode of action of the subclass of proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (PrAMPs) is not based on disruption of the bacterial membrane. Instead, PrAMPs exploit the inner membrane transporters SbmA and YjiL/MdtM to pass through the bacterial membrane and enter the cytoso...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mardirossian M,Barrière Q,Timchenko T,Müller C,Pacor S,Mergaert P,Scocchi M,Wilson DN

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:GS-9160 is a novel and potent inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) integrase (IN) that specifically targets the process of strand transfer. It is an authentic inhibitor of HIV-1 integration, since treatment of infected cells results in an elevation of two-long terminal repeat circles and a decrease...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jones GS,Yu F,Zeynalzadegan A,Hesselgesser J,Chen X,Chen J,Jin H,Kim CU,Wright M,Geleziunas R,Tsiang M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the inflammatory response to severe pneumonia is paramount in limiting and resolving the infection, excessive inflammation can lead to deleterious effects. We theorized that patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who were treated with macrolides and aspirin would receive benefit beyond that of c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Falcone M,Russo A,Shindo Y,Farcomeni A,Pieralli F,Cangemi R,Liu J,Xia J,Okumura J,Sano M,Jones C,Vannucchi V,Mancone M,Micek S,Xu F,Violi F,Kollef M

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) constitute the majority of nosocomial urinary tract infections (UTIs) and pose significant clinical challenges. These infections are polymicrobial in nature and are often associated with multidrug-resistant pathogens, including uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC)...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Guiton PS,Cusumano CK,Kline KA,Dodson KW,Han Z,Janetka JW,Henderson JP,Caparon MG,Hultgren SJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small unilamellar amphotericin B liposomes can reduce the toxicity of amphotericin B. In this study, we compared the physical, antifungal, pharmocokinetic, and toxic properties of two liposomal amphotericin B products, AmBisome and Anfogen, that have the same chemical composition but are manufactured differently. In v...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Olson JA,Adler-Moore JP,Jensen GM,Schwartz J,Dignani MC,Proffitt RT

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daptomycin pharmacokinetics were evaluated for burn patients. Burn patients had decreases in the maximum concentration of the drug in serum (44%) and the area under the concentration-time curve (47%) and increases in the volume of distribution (64%) and total clearance (77%) compared to healthy volunteers. In burn pat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mohr JF 3rd,Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Wainright DJ,Parks DH,Hollenbeck TC,Ericsson CD

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tn5801, originally detected in Staphylococcus aureus Mu50, is a Tn916 family element in which a unique int gene (int5801) replaces the int and xis genes in Tn916 (int916 and xis916). Among 62 tet(M)-positive tetracycline-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae isolates, 43 harbored Tn916, whereas 19 harbored a Tn5801-like ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mingoia M,Morici E,Tili E,Giovanetti E,Montanari MP,Varaldo PE

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-onset (CO) candidemia, defined as a positive blood culture taken at or within 2 days of hospital admission, represents a distinct clinical entity associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Reference MIC results from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2008-2009) were analyzed to compare ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pfaller MA,Moet GJ,Messer SA,Jones RN,Castanheira M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inter- and intralaboratory reproducibility of susceptibility testing requires stable control strains. The Food and Drug Administration diffusion procedure recommends the Seattle strains of Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923) and Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922) for this purpose. It was of interest to determine the present...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coyle MB,Lampe MF,Aitken CL,Feigl P,Sherris JC

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A beta-lactamase was purified from Serratia marcescens GN16694; it hydrolyzed T-5575 and oxime-type cephalosporins, i.e., cefuroxime and ceftazidime. Its isoelectric point and molecular weight were 8.6 and 42,000, respectively. This enzyme was not inhibited by EDTA and clavulanic acid. This enzyme is an unusual beta-l...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Matsumura N,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine patients with uncomplicated gonorrhea were randomized to receive single, oral 50-, 100-, or 200-mg doses of trovafloxacin (CP-99,219), a new quinolone antibiotic. All 31 evaluable patients were cured of infection. Trovafloxacin was well tolerated. The trovafloxacin MICs at which 50 and 90% of 36 Neisseria ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hook EW 3rd,Pinson GB,Blalock CJ,Johnson RB

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells exhibit a multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype, indicating that resistance to potentially toxic compounds is mediated by their active efflux from the cell. We have sought to determine whether resistance to azoles in some strains of Candida species may be due in part t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clark FS,Parkinson T,Hitchcock CA,Gow NA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and therapeutic efficacy of gentamicin were investigated in an experimental pleural empyema rabbit model. Pleural effusion was induced by the intrapleural administration of turpentine, and empyema was induced by direct inoculation of the effusion with Klebsiella pneumoniae. Pleural empyema compare...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shohet I,Yellin A,Meyerovitch J,Rubinstein E

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are endemic in health care settings. These organisms colonize the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to infection which is associated with increased mortality. There is no treatment for VRE colonization. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Doron S,Hibberd PL,Goldin B,Thorpe C,McDermott L,Snydman DR

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug repositioning is the only feasible option to immediately address the COVID-19 global challenge. We screened a panel of 48 FDA-approved drugs against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which were preselected by an assay of SARS-CoV. We identified 24 potential antiviral drug candidates aga...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jeon S,Ko M,Lee J,Choi I,Byun SY,Park S,Shum D,Kim S

更新日期：2020-06-23 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：:Standard therapy of human visceral leishmaniasis with parenteral pentavalent antimonial agents is generally curative but has the disadvantages of a 28-day treatment course, occasional treatment failures, and toxicity. The antifungal and antileishmanial agent amphotericin B has been complexed with lipids to develop a l...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Berman JD,Ksionski G,Chapman WL,Waits VB,Hanson WL

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although obesity is prevalent among children in the United States, pharmacokinetic (PK) data for obese children are limited. Clindamycin is a commonly used antibiotic that may require dose adjustment in obese children due to its lipophilic properties. We performed a clindamycin population PK analysis using data from t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Smith MJ,Gonzalez D,Goldman JL,Yogev R,Sullivan JE,Reed MD,Anand R,Martz K,Berezny K,Benjamin DK Jr,Smith PB,Cohen-Wolkowiez M,Watt K,Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act—Pediatric Trials Network Steering Committee.

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:For treatment of mild to moderate Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD), oral metronidazole has been recommended as the preferred agent, in part due to concern that vancomycin may be more likely to promote colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). We performed a prospective observational study ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Al-Nassir WN,Sethi AK,Li Y,Pultz MJ,Riggs MM,Donskey CJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 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 human fungal pathogen Candida albicans develops drug resistance after long-term exposure to azole drugs in the treatment of chronic candidiasis. Gain-of-function (GOF) mutations in the transcription factor Tac1 and the consequent expression of its targets, drug efflux pumps Cdr1 and Cdr2, are a common mechanism by...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Liu Z,Myers LC

更新日期：2017-10-24 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：:We isolated mutant YM644, which showed elevated resistance to norfloxacin, ethidium bromide, acriflavine, and rhodamine 6G, from Pseudomonas aeruginosa YM64, a strain that lacks four major multidrug efflux pumps. The genes responsible for the resistance were mexHI-opmD. Elevated ethidium extrusion was observed with ce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sekiya H,Mima T,Morita Y,Kuroda T,Mizushima T,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LCB01-0371 is a new oxazolidinone with cyclic amidrazone. In vitro activity of LCB01-0371 against 624 clinical isolates was evaluated and compared with those of linezolid, vancomycin, and other antibiotics. LCB01-0371 showed good activity against Gram-positive pathogens. In vivo activity of LCB01-0371 against systemic...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jeong JW,Jung SJ,Lee HH,Kim YZ,Park TK,Cho YL,Chae SE,Baek SY,Woo SH,Lee HS,Kwak JH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftibuten (CFB), a new broad-spectrum cephalosporin for oral administration, possesses potent activity in vitro against a wide range of gram-negative and certain gram-positive pathogens frequently encountered in pediatric patients. Its antimicrobial spectrum and dosage formulation suggest a use for CFB in the treatme...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kearns GL,Reed MD,Jacobs RF,Ardite M,Yogev RD,Blumer JL

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication of measles virus in BSC cells was studied in the presence of enflurane (2-chloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether), a commonly used volatile anesthetic agent, and its isomer, isoflurane (1-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether). At clinical concentrations of the anesthetics (up to 4%), ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Knight PR,Nahrwold ML,Bedows E

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study we have shown that cultured epithelial cell lines can be used to measure the transepithelial passage of antimicrobial agents across the intestine and to obtain information on the mechanisms of transport utilized and predict the bioavailability of the antimicrobial agents after oral administration. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ranaldi G,Islam K,Sambuy Y

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia remains a difficult therapeutic problem. Optimal doses and modes of administration of single agents often do not result in acceptable outcomes. Further, emergence of resistance occurs frequently in this setting with single-agent chemotherapy. The purpose of these experiments was to eva...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Louie A,Liu W,Fikes S,Brown D,Drusano GL

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a multiplex real-time SYBR green-based PCR assay for rapid detection of tet(X) and its variants, including tet(X1) and tet(X2) and high-level tigecycline resistance genes tet(X3), tet(X4), and tet(X5). We showed that the real-time PCR assay developed had high linearity (R2 ≥ 0.996), sensitivity (low detec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fu Y,Liu D,Song H,Liu Z,Jiang H,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00