In vitro intracellular activity and in vivo efficacy of modithromycin, a novel bicyclolide, against Legionella pneumophila.

abstract：:The antibiotic bleomycin stimulates deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis in toluene-treated Escherichia coli cells. The increase in synthesis is linear with bleomycin concentration. Bleomycin-stimulated DNA synthesis is independent of replication and dependent on DNA polymerase I. Replication is spared as the DNA pol...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ross SL,Moses RE

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Carba NP test was evaluated against a panel of 244 carbapenemase- and non-carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. We confirmed the 100% specificity and positive predictive value of the test, but the sensitivity and negative predictive value were 72.5% and 69.2%, respectively...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tijet N,Boyd D,Patel SN,Mulvey MR,Melano RG

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the polymyxin receptor molecules in the membranes of living microorganisms, fusion of intact Acholeplasma laidlawii B with lipid vesicles was investigated according to the procedure of Grant and McConnell (1973). The naturally polymyxin-resistant A. laidlawii B was treated with phospholipid vesicles prepar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Teuber M,Bader J

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of an itraconazole-cyclodextrin solution against Aspergillus fumigatus was assessed in an immunosuppressed, temporarily leukopenic rabbit model of invasive aspergillosis and compared with that of amphotericin B. Oral itraconazole solution at dosages of 20 and 40 mg/kg/day improved survival as compared wit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Patterson TF,Fothergill AW,Rinaldi MG

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis is one of the most frequent causes of device-associated infections, because it is known to cause biofilms that grow on catheters or other surgical implants. The persistent increasing resistance of S. epidermidis and other coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) has driven the need for newer ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hou Z,Da F,Liu B,Xue X,Xu X,Zhou Y,Li M,Li Z,Ma X,Meng J,Jia M,Wang Y,Luo X

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to reveal population pharmacokinetics and assess the efficacies of various dosage regimens of sulbactam in terms of the probability of target attainment with this agent over a range of MICs. Monte Carlo simulations were performed to determine the probability of attaining specific pharmacodyna...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jaruratanasirikul S,Wongpoowarak W,Aeinlang N,Jullangkoon M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 6-month period, 21 pairs of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates susceptible (pretherapy) and resistant (posttherapy) to antipseudomonal beta-lactam antibiotics were isolated from hospitalized patients. In vivo emergence of beta-lactam resistance was associated with the overexpression of AmpC beta-lactamase in 10 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ziha-Zarifi I,Llanes C,Köhler T,Pechere JC,Plesiat P

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftolozane-tazobactam, a combination of the novel antipseudomonal cephalosporin ceftolozane and the well-established extended-spectrum β-lactamase inhibitor tazobactam, is approved for treating complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI) and complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI) in adults. To determine doses ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Larson KB,Patel YT,Willavize S,Bradley JS,Rhee EG,Caro L,Rizk ML

更新日期：2019-05-24 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：:Monobactams containing 3 beta-aminothiazolyl oxime side chains (SQ 81,377, SQ 81,402, azthreonam, and SQ 26,917) have poor affinities for the broad-spectrum beta-lactamases TEM-2 and K1. Addition of a 4-methyl substituent significantly increased stability to hydrolysis by these enzymes. P99 cephalosporinase from Enter...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bush K,Freudenberger JS,Sykes RB

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes serious illness (lower respiratory illness) in preterm infants. RSV antibody-enriched immunoglobulin (RSVIG) that was lyophilized (LYO) protected against RSV lower respiratory illness. The Food and Drug Administration now requires an additional viral inactivation step (VI). We ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Groothuis JR,Simoes EA,Lehr MV,Kramer AA,Hemming VG,Rodriguez WJ,Arrobio J,Welliver RC,Siber GR

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is ever changing and adapting, as once-novel β-lactam antibiotics are losing their efficacy, primarily due to the production of β-lactamases. Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) efficiently inactivate a broad range of β-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems, and are often coexpressed with...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： LaCuran AE,Pegg KM,Liu EM,Bethel CR,Ai N,Welsh WJ,Bonomo RA,Oelschlaeger P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we tested the antimicrobial activity of three metal nanoparticles (NPs), ZnO, MgO, and CaO NPs, against Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis in liquid medium and on solid surfaces. Out of the three tested metal NPs, ZnO NPs exhibited the most significant antimicrobial effect both in liquid medium and...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vidovic S,Elder J,Medihala P,Lawrence JR,Predicala B,Zhang H,Korber DR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six tetraoxanes had 50% inhibitory concentrations in the range of 10 to 100 ng/ml against Plasmodium falciparum, whereas the corresponding hexaoxonanes had minimal antimalarial activity. The lack of iron-mediated reactivity of the hexaoxonanes may explain their low activity compared to the tetraoxanes, the latter of w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dong Y,Creek D,Chollet J,Matile H,Charman SA,Wittlin S,Wood JK,Vennerstrom JL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal inhibitory concentrations of carbenicillin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, gentamicin, tobramycin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were determined for rough, smooth, and mucoid Pseudomonas sp. isolates from sputa collected from 40 cystic fibrosis patients. Ninety-four percent of the minimal inhibitory concen...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maybury BA,Blessing-Moore J,deWit SA,Lewiston NJ,Yeager AS

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users with gastro-intestinal disorders (sleeve gastrectomy, terminal ileitis, celiac disease or chronic diarrhea) and receiving oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) were included. Despite a self-reported high adherence, trough plasma tenofovir concentrations (...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Calcagno A,Dal Conte I,Cattaneo D,Testi R,Mistrangelo M,Gervasoni C,de Nicolò A,Bonora S,D'Avolio A,Di Perri G

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:CMY-30, a Val211Gly mutant of CMY-2 cephalosporinase, was derived by mutagenesis. The hydrolytic efficiency of CMY-30 against expanded-spectrum cephalosporins was higher than that of CMY-2 due to increased k(cat) values. Findings indicate a role of the Omega loop residue 211 in determining the substrate specificities ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kotsakis SD,Papagiannitsis CC,Tzelepi E,Tzouvelekis LS,Miriagou V

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) causes high rates of morbidity and death. Several studies in academic health settings have demonstrated that consultations from infectious diseases specialists improve the quality of care and clinical outcomes for SAB. Few data that describe the impact in resource-limited setting...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Turner RB,Valcarlos E,Won R,Chang E,Schwartz J

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania mexicana is a protozoan parasite that causes a disease in humans with frequent relapses after treatment. It is also highly resistant to the currently available drugs. For this reason, there is an urgent need for more effective antileishmanial drugs. Hydroxyurea, an anticancer drug, is toxic to replicating e...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Martinez-Rojano H,Mancilla-Ramirez J,Quiñonez-Diaz L,Galindo-Sevilla N

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As opposed to Enterococcus faecalis, which is intrinsically resistant to lincosamides, streptogramins A, and pleuromutilins (LSAP phenotype) by production of the ABC protein Lsa(A), Enterococcus faecium is naturally susceptible. Since this phenotype may be selected for in vivo by quinupristin-dalfopristin (Q-D), the a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Isnard C,Malbruny B,Leclercq R,Cattoir V

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avibactam is a new non-β-lactam β-lactamase inhibitor that shows promising restoration of ceftazidime activity against microorganisms producing Ambler class A extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and carbapenemases such as KPCs, class C β-lactamases (AmpC), and some class D enzymes. To determine optimal dosing combi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Berkhout J,Melchers MJ,van Mil AC,Seyedmousavi S,Lagarde CM,Schuck VJ,Nichols WW,Mouton JW

更新日期：2015-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphodiesterase inhibitor tetrahydrophthalazinone NPD-008 was explored by phenotypic in vitro screening, target validation and ultrastructural approaches against Trypanosoma cruzi NPD-008 displayed activity against different forms and strains of T. cruzi (EC50 = 6.6 - 39.5 μM), increased cAMP levels of T. cruzi ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： de Araújo JS,Peres RB,Bernardino da Silva P,Batista MM,Sterk GJ,Maes L,Caljon G,Leurs R,de Koning HP,Kalejaiye TD,Soeiro MNC

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of the aminoglycoside 6'-N-acetyltransferase type Ib [AAC(6')-Ib] was inhibited by CuCl2 with a 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 2.8 μM. The growth of an amikacin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated from a neonate with meningitis was inhibited when amikacin was supplemented by t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chiem K,Fuentes BA,Lin DL,Tran T,Jackson A,Ramirez MS,Tolmasky ME

更新日期：2015-09-01 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 effects of ceftizoxime and gentamicin alone and in combination were determined against 100 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. Concentrations of 32 micrograms of ceftizoxime and 8 micrograms of gentamicin per ml inhibited 22 and 43% of the strains, respectively. At concentrations of ceftizoxime and gentamicin that are...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： King JW,Penn RL

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD), caused by enterovirus, is a threat to public health worldwide. To date, enterovirus 71 (EV71) has been one of the major causative agents of HFMD in the Pacific-Asia region, and outbreaks with EV71 cause millions of infections. However, no drug is currently available for clinical the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang Y,Cao L,Zhai Y,Yin Z,Sun Y,Shang L

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes in the ergosterol-biosynthetic pathway are the targets of a number of antifungal agents including azoles, allylamines, and morpholines. In order to understand the response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to perturbations in the ergosterol pathway, genome-wide transcript profiles following exposure to a number of a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bammert GF,Fostel JM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans readily forms biofilms on the surface on indwelling medical devices, and these biofilms serve as a source of local and systemic infections. It is estimated that 27% of nosocomial C. albicans bloodstream infections are polymicrobial, with Staphylococcus aureus as the third most common organism isolated...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Harriott MM,Noverr MC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While it is well-known that adjunctive corticosteroid use improves the outcome of moderate-to-severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), there are limited data on its efficacy in non-HIV-infected patients with PcP. Patients undergoing fiber-optic bronchoscopy wit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moon SM,Kim T,Sung H,Kim MN,Kim SH,Choi SH,Jeong JY,Woo JH,Kim YS,Lee SO

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a prospective, randomized comparison of oral ciprofloxacin with standard parenteral therapies for the treatment of biopsy-proven osteomyelitis caused by susceptible organisms. Following surgical debridement, the ciprofloxacin patients received 750 mg twice a day, and the other patients received a broad-sp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gentry LO,Rodriguez GG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00