Association of composite IS26-sul3 elements with highly transmissible IncI1 plasmids in extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli clones from humans.

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：:A total of 6,991 unique patient isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae were collected from October 1997 to June 2002 from 25 medical centers in 9 of the 10 Canadian provinces. Among these isolates, 20.2% were penicillin nonsusceptible, with 14.6% being penicillin intermediate (MIC, 0.12 to 1 microg/ml) and 5.6% being pe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhanel GG,Palatnick L,Nichol KA,Bellyou T,Low DE,Hoban DJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to fluoroquinolones (FQ) results mostly from mutations in the gyrA gene. We developed a reverse hybridization-based line probe assay in which oligonucleotide probes carrying the wild-type gyrA sequence, a serine-to-threonine (S95T) polymorphism, and gyrA mutations (A90V, A90V-S...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Giannoni F,Iona E,Sementilli F,Brunori L,Pardini M,Migliori GB,Orefici G,Fattorini L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was directed at characterizing the genetic elements carrying the methylase gene erm(B), encoding ribosome modification-mediated resistance to macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin B (MLS) antibiotics, in Streptococcus pyogenes. In this species, erm(B) is responsible for MLS resistance in constitutively ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brenciani A,Bacciaglia A,Vecchi M,Vitali LA,Varaldo PE,Giovanetti E

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal gyrA gene sequence data, MICs, and mouse infection were used to define the ciprofloxacin breakpoint for Neisseria meningitidis. Residue T91 or D95 of GyrA was altered in all meningococcal isolates with MICs of ≥ 0.064 μg/ml but not among isolates with MICs of ≤ 0.032 μg/ml. Experimental infection of cipr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hong E,Thulin Hedberg S,Abad R,Fazio C,Enríquez R,Deghmane AE,Jolley KA,Stefanelli P,Unemo M,Vazquez JA,Veyrier FJ,Taha MK

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyhexylcyanoacrylate nanoparticles loaded with either the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitor saquinavir (Ro 31-8959) or the nucleoside analog zalcitabine (2',3'-dideoxycytidine) were prepared by emulsion polymerization and tested for antiviral activity in primary human monocytes/macrophages in vit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bender AR,von Briesen H,Kreuter J,Duncan IB,Rübsamen-Waigmann H

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that penicillin resistance of bacteria is mainly caused by the inactivation of penicillin by penicillinase derived from such strains. We have developed a screening procedure for penicillinase inhibitors. Several microorganisms were found to produce such inhibitors, and from the culture filtrate of Streptom...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Iwai Y,Ono H,Takeshima H,Yamaguchi N,Omura S

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii synthesizes sterols with a double bond at C-7 of the sterol nucleus and an alkyl group with one or two carbons at C-24 of the side chain. Also, some human-derived Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis strains contain lanosterol derivatives with an alkyl group at C-24. These unique sterols have not b...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kaneshiro ES,Collins MS,Cushion MT

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromosome-encoded class C β-lactamase CHE-1 produced by Enterobacter cloacae exhibits a lower sensitivity to avibactam than the P99 enzyme from which it is derived by a 6-residue deletion in the H-10 helix. In the present study, we investigated the sensitivity of CHE-1 to two other β-lactamase inhibitors: LK-157 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fernea A,Galleni M,Frère JM

更新日期：2016-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variant (SCV) phenotype has been associated with relapsing and antibiotic-refractory infections. However, little is known about the activities of antibiotics on clinical SCVs. Here, we demonstrated that SCVs without detectable auxotrophies were at least as susceptible to most β-l...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Idelevich EA,Kriegeskorte A,Schleimer N,Peters G,von Eiff C,Becker K

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the emergence of five carbapenem-resistant K1 hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) strains which caused fatal infections in hospital patients in Zhejiang Province, China, upon entry through surgical wounds. Genotyping results revealed the existence of three genetically related strains which exhibited a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhang R,Lin D,Chan EW,Gu D,Chen GX,Chen S

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ga(3+) is a semimetal element that competes for the iron-binding sites of transporters and enzymes. We investigated the activity of gallium maltolate (GaM), an organic gallium salt with high solubility, against laboratory and clinical strains of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), methicillin-resista...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Baldoni D,Steinhuber A,Zimmerli W,Trampuz A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of monocytopenia and granulocytopenia on the outgrowth of Staphylococcus aureus as well as on antibiotic efficacy was studied in an experimental thigh infection in mice. Pretreatment with etoposide reduced monocyte numbers in blood to 14% and those of granulocytes to 54% at the time of infection. Monocytope...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Calame W,van der Waals R,Mattie H,van Furth R

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite dose-limiting nephrotoxicity concerns, polymyxin B has resurged as the treatment of last resort for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections. However, the pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and nephrotoxic properties of polymyxin B still are not thoroughly understood. The objective of this study w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Manchandani P,Zhou J,Ledesma KR,Truong LD,Chow DS,Eriksen JL,Tam VH

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacodynamic parameters have become increasingly important for the determination of the optimal dosing schedules of antibiotics. In this study, the postantibiotic effects (PAEs), the postantibiotic sub-MIC effects (PA SMEs), and the sub-MIC effects (SMEs) of roxithromycin, clarithromycin, and azithromycin on refere...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Odenholt-Tornqvist I,Löwdin E,Cars O

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albendazole is an anthelmintic drug widely used in the treatment of neurocysticercosis (NCC), an infection of the brain with Taenia solium cysts. However, drug levels of its active metabolite, albendazole sulfoxide (ABZSO), are erratic, likely resulting in decreased efficacy and suboptimal cure rates in NCC. Racemic a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Paredes A,de Campos Lourenço T,Marzal M,Rivera A,Dorny P,Mahanty S,Guerra-Giraldez C,García HH,Nash TE,Cass QB,Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru.

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the fact that Nepal is one of the first countries globally to introduce multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) case management, the number of MDR-TB cases is continuing to rise in Nepal. Rapid molecular tests applicable in this setting to identify resistant organisms would be an effective tool in reversing ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Poudel A,Nakajima C,Fukushima Y,Suzuki H,Pandey BD,Maharjan B,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of seven fluoroquinolones against 290 anaerobes were determined by agar dilution. CI-960 and WIN 57273 inhibited greater than 95% of the strains at less than or equal to 2 micrograms/ml. CI-990 required less than or equal to 16 micrograms/ml. Clustering around 2 to 4 micrograms/ml was noted for...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goldstein EJ,Citron DM

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro selection of mutants with decreased susceptibility to ertapenem was performed using Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical strains producing either the bla(CTX-M-2), bla(CTX-M-3), bla(CTX-M-9), or bla(CTX-M-15) gene. Frequencies of mutants with decreased susceptibilities to ertapenem were similar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Girlich D,Poirel L,Nordmann P

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibilities of 87 periodontitis-associated strains of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to clarithromycin and erythromycin were determined by standard methodology recommended for Haemophilus influenzae. For clarithromycin the MIC at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited was

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Piccolomini R,Catamo G,Di Bonaventura G

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of four antifungal agents against 15 systemic (blood and vascular catheter) and 10 superficial (skin) Malassezia furfur isolates was evaluated. MIC ranges were similar for the two groups of organisms: amphotericin B, 0.3 to 2.5 micrograms/ml; flucytosine, greater than 100 micrograms/ml; miconazole, 0.4 to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marcon MJ,Durrell DE,Powell DA,Buesching WJ

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GSQ1530 is a compound derived from a newly identified class of antibiotics referred to as heteroaromatic polycyclic (HARP) antibiotics. The aim of this study was to assess the in vitro antimicrobial activity of GSQ1530. By using an NCCLS broth microdilution assay, the activities of GSQ1530 and other antibiotics were c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ge Y,Difuntorum S,Touami S,Critchley I,Bürli R,Jiang V,Drazan K,Moser H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Berberine sulfate is an alkaloid extracted from the roots and bark of various plants and possesses antibacterial, antifungal, and antiprotozoal activities. Most studies have focused on the bacteriostatic or bactericidal activities of this compound. In this study, we report that berberine sulfate is bacteriostatic for ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sun D,Courtney HS,Beachey EH

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relationship between susceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics and variation in the major outer membrane protein P2 (OmpP2; also called porin) of persistent nonencapsulated Haemophilus influenzae isolated from cystic fibrosis patients. Nine OmpP2 variants were selected from two distinct H. influenz...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Regelink AG,Dahan D,Möller LV,Coulton JW,Eijk P,Van Ulsen P,Dankert J,Van Alphen L

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is a major source of nosocomial infections worldwide and is mainly associated with the acquisition of OXA-type carbapenemases and, to a lesser extent, metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs). In this study, 82 nonepidemiologically related Acinetobacter strains carrying different types ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vergara A,Zboromyrska Y,Mosqueda N,Morosini MI,García-Fernández S,Roca I,Cantón R,Marco F,Vila J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribavirin was inactive against the rotavirus of murine gastroenteritis; this may be due to the presence of guanosine inhibitors in the gut. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Schoub BD,Prozesky OW

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefamandole nafate, a new cephalosporin for parenteral use, was evaluated in vitro against 231 recent clinical isolates and in 12 patients. Cefamandole had activity equivalent to cefazolin against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Cefamandole was more active than cephalothin or cefazo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shemonsky NK,Carrizosa J,Levison ME

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that various short- and medium-chain free fatty acids (FFAs) and their corresponding monoacylglycerol esters (MGs) have antibacterial activity in vitro against primarily gram-positive bacteria. More recent studies have also shown that the growth of Helicobacter spp. is inhibited by linoleic...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Petschow BW,Batema RP,Ford LL

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxazolidinone linezolid represents a new antibacterial class of potential benefit in managing multidrug-resistant gram-positive infections, including those caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. In a gerbil model of acute otitis media (AOM) induced by either penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae (PRSP; amoxicillin MIC =...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Humphrey WR,Shattuck MH,Zielinski RJ,Kuo MS,Biermacher JJ,Smith DP,Jensen JL,Schaadt RD,Zurenko GE,Richards IM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) cause disease ranging from mild diarrhea to hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) and are the most common cause of renal failure in children in high-income countries. The severity of the disease derives from the release of Shiga toxins (Stx). The use of antibiotics t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mühlen S,Ramming I,Pils MC,Koeppel M,Glaser J,Leong J,Flieger A,Stecher B,Dersch P

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00