In vitro and in vivo activities of LCB01-0371, a new oxazolidinone.

abstract：:OXA-48-like carbapenemases have only recently emerged in Europe. OXA-162 is a rare OXA-48 variant usually coexpressed with extended-spectrum β-lactamases. Here, we report the identification of the first OXA-162 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, which coexpressed an AmpC cephalosporinase (DHA-1), ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Voulgari E,Poulou A,Dimitroulia E,Politi L,Ranellou K,Gennimata V,Markou F,Pournaras S,Tsakris A

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciprofloxacin, a fluorinated 4-quinolone, is useful for the clinical treatment of infections due to its antibacterial properties and also modulates the immune response of monocytes isolated from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. In the present study, we found that ciprofloxacin induced the production of prosta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Takahashi HK,Iwagaki H,Xue D,Katsuno G,Sugita S,Mizuno K,Mori S,Saito S,Yoshino T,Tanaka N,Nishibori M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of protein binding on drug penetration into blister fluid was evaluated by using cefonicid, ceftizoxime, and cefotaxime. Drug concentrations in a chamber with a high surface area/volume ratio (i.e., paper disk) follow changes in serum more closely than do those in a chamber with a low surface area/volume ra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shyu WC,Quintiliani R,Nightingale CH,Dudley MN

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of gatifloxacin therapy (15 mg/kg every 5 h [q5h]) was compared with that of meropenem (75 mg/kg q5h) and cefotaxime (75 mg/kg q5h) therapy in experimental meningitis caused by a beta-lactamase-producing strain of Escherichia coli. Gatifloxacin therapy was more rapidly bactericidal than cefotaxime bu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lutsar I,Friedland IR,Jafri HS,Wubbel L,Ng W,Ghaffar F,McCracken GH Jr

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2-amino-5-halo-pyrimidinones, which are potent interferon inducers and antiviral agents, were found to be protective against lethal cytomegalovirus (CMV) challenge in weanling or neonatal mice when administered before virus challenge. This protection was dependent upon the dosage of pyrimidinone administered. Wean...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brideau RJ,Wolcott JA

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of HMR 3647 (telithromycin) and HMR 3004, two novel semisynthetic ketolides, were investigated and compared with that of the reference macrolide drug, clarithromycin, against 34 strains of slowly growing mycobacteria at pHs 6.8 and 7.4, as determined radiometrically. The MICs at pH 7.4 were abo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rastogi N,Goh KS,Berchel M,Bryskier A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids in fresh human milk do not inactivate viruses but become antiviral after storage of the milk for a few days at 4 or 23 degrees C. The appearance of antiviral activity depends on active milk lipases and correlates with the release of free fatty acids in the milk. A number of fatty acids which are normal componen...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Thormar H,Isaacs CE,Brown HR,Barshatzky MR,Pessolano T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-center study of 1,838 clinical isolates established the accuracy of diffusion susceptibility tests with 30-mug cephalothin disks and 30-mug cefamandole disks. The same interpretive zone standards can be applied to tests with either disk but the two drugs cannot be tested interchangeably. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barry AL,Schoenknecht FD,Shadomy S,Sherris JC,Thornsberry C,Washington JA,Kammer RB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro and in vivo activities of a mixture of six oleane triterpene saponins, recovered from the methanolic extract of the leaves of the Vietnamese plant Maesa balansae (PX-6518), were evaluated against drug-sensitive visceral Leishmania strains. The in vitro 50% inhibitory concentration (IC(50)) against intrace...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maes L,Vanden Berghe D,Germonprez N,Quirijnen L,Cos P,De Kimpe N,Van Puyvelde L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that cells of Vibrio parahaemolyticus possess an energy-dependent efflux system for norfloxacin. We cloned a gene for a putative norfloxacin efflux protein from the chromosomal DNA of V. parahaemolyticus by using an Escherichia coli mutant lacking the major multidrug efflux system AcrAB as the host and sequen...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Morita Y,Kodama K,Shiota S,Mine T,Kataoka A,Mizushima T,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the in vitro activity of SCH-56592 (SCH), a new triazole antifungal agent. We compared the activity of SCH with those of itraconazole (ITZ) and amphotericin B (AB) against 60 clinical isolates of Aspergillus spp. by using a microtiter format. Incubation was done at 37 degrees C for 48 h,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Oakley KL,Moore CB,Denning DW

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of vancomycin and teicoplanin alone and in combination with gentamicin or tobramycin were studied by time-kill techniques with 11 strains of pathogenic diphtheroids (Corynebacterium group JK). The activities of vancomycin and teicoplanin were similar (MIC for 90% of strains tested [MIC90], 1 mi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Spitzer PG,Eliopoulos GM,Karchmer AW,Moellering RC Jr

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibiotic susceptibilities of 43 strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 identified in the summer of 1996 in Japan were investigated. Growth of 90% of O157 strains was inhibited at a concentration of < or = 0.5 micro/ml by several agents including fosfomycin with glucose-6-phosphate. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tsuboi I,Ida H,Yoshikawa E,Hiyoshi S,Yamaji E,Nakayama I,Nonomiya T,Shigenobu F,Shimizu M,O'Hara K,Sawai T,Mizuoka K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meglumine antimonate (Glucantime), a drug of choice for the treatment of leishmaniasis, is produced by the reaction of pentavalent antimony with N-methyl-D-glucamine, a carbohydrate derivative. We investigated the structure and composition of meglumine antimonate, which remain poorly understood, despite 50 years of us...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Roberts WL,McMurray WJ,Rainey PM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating data have brought the nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors (NNRTIs) into the forefront of antiretroviral therapy. Among the emerging compounds in this class, a particularly attractive one is efavirenz (Sustiva), recently approved for clinical use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maga G,Ubiali D,Salvetti R,Pregnolato M,Spadari S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methionine gamma-lyase, the enzyme which catalyzes the single-step conversion of methionine to alpha-ketobutyrate, ammonia, and methanethiol, is highly active in many anaerobic pathogenic microorganisms but has no counterpart in mammals. This study tested the hypothesis that this pathogen-specific enzyme can be exploi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coombs GH,Mottram JC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics disrupt the intestinal microbiota, rendering patients vulnerable to colonization by exogenous pathogens. Intermicrobial interactions may attenuate this effect. Incubation with ceftriaxone-resistant, ccrA-positive, β-lactamase-producing Bacteroides strains raised the minimum bactericidal concentration of ce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Stiefel U,Tima MA,Nerandzic MM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamivudine is a major drug approved for treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Emergence of drug-resistant mutants with amino acid substitutions in the YMDD motif is a well-documented problem during long-term lamivudine therapy. Here we report a novel lamivudine-resistant strain of HBV with an intact ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yatsuji H,Noguchi C,Hiraga N,Mori N,Tsuge M,Imamura M,Takahashi S,Iwao E,Fujimoto Y,Ochi H,Abe H,Maekawa T,Tateno C,Yoshizato K,Suzuki F,Kumada H,Chayama K

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gemifloxacin mesylate (SB 265805), a new fluoronaphthyridone, was tested against 359 recent clinical anaerobic isolates by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards reference agar dilution method with supplemented brucella blood agar and an inoculum of 10(5) CFU/spot. Comparative antimicrobials tested i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goldstein EJ,Citron DM,Warren Y,Tyrrell K,Merriam CV

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, sensitive, and specific method of analysis for mezlocillin in serum and urine by high-pressure liquid chromatography is described. A solid-phase extraction column was used to remove interfering substances from samples before chromatography. Quantitation included the use of an internal standard, nafcillin. Mez...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fiore D,Auger FA,Drusano GL,Dandu VR,Lesko LJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The VanR-VanS two-component system is responsible for inducing resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics in various bacteria. We have performed a comparative study of the VanR-VanS systems from two streptomyces strains, Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces toyocaensis, to characterize how the two proteins cooperate t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Novotna GB,Kwun MJ,Hong HJ

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Various parameters were examined for their effects on interferon production with human fibroblast cells (FS-4) grown on microcarriers, using a superinduction procedure. Optimal concentrations of cycloheximide and actinomycin D during induction were 10 micrograms/ml, respectively. Cells required 5 to 6 h of exposure to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Giard DJ,Fleischaker RJ

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a means of gaining information on the selectivity of quinolone antibacterial agents, we examined their effect on four topoisomerases, topoisomerases I and II purified from Escherichia coli and calf thymus. The inhibition of supercoiling and relaxation activities was monitored by using the classical gel electrophore...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moreau NJ,Robaux H,Baron L,Tabary X

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An agar dilution method was employed to test the susceptibility of 12 strains of Coccidioides immitis to polymyxin B (PB). After 3 days of incubation, eight strains were markedly inhibited by 5.0 mug of PB per ml and four strains did not grow. PB at 10 mug/ml inhibited the growth of all strains through 20 days of incu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Collins MS,Pappagianis D

更新日期：1976-08-01 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：:We have reported previously that methylenecyclopropane analogs of nucleosides have excellent activity against certain members of the herpesvirus family. A second generation, the 2,2-bis-hydroxymethyl derivatives, were synthesized, and 18 compounds were tested for activity in vitro against herpes simplex virus types 1 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kern ER,Kushner NL,Hartline CB,Williams-Aziz SL,Harden EA,Zhou S,Zemlicka J,Prichard MN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibiotic cerulenin markedly inhibits the growth of Escherichia coli. The effects of the antibiotic on cellular syntheses were studied by measuring the incorporation of labeled precursors into lipids and macromolecules. During the first 40 min after the addition of cerulenin to a culture of growing cells, lipid s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goldberg I,Walker JR,Bloch K

更新日期：1973-05-01 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：:AG205 was identified from high-throughput screening as a potent inhibitor of FabK, the enoyl-ACP reductase in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Specific inhibition of lipid biosynthesis in a macromolecular biosynthesis assay and identification of an Ala141Ser substitution in FabK from spontaneous AG205-resistant mutants indic...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Takahata S,Iida M,Osaki Y,Saito J,Kitagawa H,Ozawa T,Yoshida T,Hoshiko S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GSK1322322 is a novel inhibitor of peptide deformylase (PDF) with good in vitro activity against bacteria associated with community-acquired pneumonia and skin infections. We have characterized the in vivo pharmacodynamics (PD) of GSK1322322 in immunocompetent animal models of infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hoover J,Lewandowski T,Straub RJ,Novick SJ,DeMarsh P,Aubart K,Rittenhouse S,Zalacain M

更新日期：2015-10-19 00:00:00