Lysogenic transfer of mef(A) and tet(O) genes carried by Phim46.1 among group A streptococci.

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：:Patients with severe coccidioidomycosis infections are often treated with either amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC) or liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB). Outcome data with these agents in severe coccidioidomycosis cases are currently lacking. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of ABLC a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sidhu R,Lash DB,Heidari A,Natarajan P,Johnson RH

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The elevated expression of the norA gene is responsible for efflux-mediated resistance to quinolones in Staphylococcus aureus (E.Y.W. Ng, M. Trucksis, and D.C. Hooper, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 38:1345-1355, 1994). For S. aureus transformed with a plasmid containing the cloned norA gene, SA113(pTUS20) (H. Yoshida,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Takenouchi T,Tabata F,Iwata Y,Hanzawa H,Sugawara M,Ohya S

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A-837093 is a potent and specific nonnucleoside inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 5B (NS5B) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. It possesses nanomolar potencies in both enzymatic and replicon-based cell culture assays. In rats and dogs this compound demonstrated an oral plasma half-life of great...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen CM,He Y,Lu L,Lim HB,Tripathi RL,Middleton T,Hernandez LE,Beno DW,Long MA,Kati WM,Bosse TD,Larson DP,Wagner R,Lanford RE,Kohlbrenner WE,Kempf DJ,Pilot-Matias TJ,Molla A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In separate previous studies, we have shown that lipid-complexed amphotericin B (Abelcet [ABLC]) and liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome [AmBi]) are efficacious against coccidioidal meningitis in rabbits. Here, we compared ABLC and AmBi directly in a coccidioidal meningitis model. Male New Zealand White rabbits were in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clemons KV,Capilla J,Sobel RA,Martinez M,Tong AJ,Stevens DA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of gemifloxacin against Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis was compared to those of 11 other agents. All quinolones were very active (MICs,

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Davies TA,Kelly LM,Hoellman DB,Ednie LM,Clark CL,Bajaksouzian S,Jacobs MR,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clarithromycin is compared with clindamycin for single-dose prophylaxis of streptococcal endocarditis in rats. Human-like kinetics of the two antibiotics prevented endocarditis in animals challenged with both small and large amounts of bacterial inocula. Clarithromycin was marginally superior to clindamycin against sm...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vermot D,Entenza JM,Vouillamoz J,Glauser MP,Moreillon P

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：:Real-time quantitative PCR was used to measure expression levels of genes encoding efflux pumps, ERG11 and two control genes, ACT1 and PMA1, in a collection of 14 fluconazole-susceptible Candida albicans isolates. For each gene, average expression levels and variations within the population were determined. These valu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chau AS,Mendrick CA,Sabatelli FJ,Loebenberg D,McNicholas PM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory-based in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing is the foundation for guiding anti-infective therapy and monitoring antimicrobial resistance trends. We used whole-genome sequencing (WGS) technology to identify known antimicrobial resistance determinants among strains of nontyphoidal Salmonella and corre...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McDermott PF,Tyson GH,Kabera C,Chen Y,Li C,Folster JP,Ayers SL,Lam C,Tate HP,Zhao S

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the minimum exposure times of prazicuantel (PZQ) and albendazole sulfoxide (ABZSO) required for their activities against Taenia cysts in vitro as well as the 50 and 99% effective concentrations. The results showed that although the effects of both drugs are time and concentration dependent, ABZSO acts ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Palomares F,Palencia G,Pérez R,González-Esquivel D,Castro N,Cook HJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surotomycin (formerly called CB-183,315) is a novel, orally administered cyclic lipopeptide antibacterial in development for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) that has potent activity against vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) but limited activity against Gram-negative bacilli, including Bacte...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Deshpande A,Hurless K,Cadnum JL,Chesnel L,Gao L,Chan L,Kundrapu S,Polinkovsky A,Donskey CJ

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Rezafungin (CD101) is a novel echinocandin under development for once-weekly intravenous (i.v.) dosing. We evaluated the pharmacodynamics (PD) of rezafungin against 4 Candida tropicalis and 4 Candida dubliniensis strains, using the neutropenic mouse invasive candidiasis model. The area under the concentration-time cur...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lepak AJ,Zhao M,Andes DR

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The high intrinsic penem resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is due to the interplay among the outer membrane barrier, the active efflux system MexAB-OprM, and AmpC beta-lactamase. We studied the roles of two other efflux systems, MexCD-OprJ and MexXY-OprM, in penem resistance by overexpressing each system in an AmpC...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Okamoto K,Gotoh N,Nishino T

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：:A comparison was made of the in vitro activity of ciprofloxacin (Bay o 9867) with nine other antibiotics against isolates of Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Clostridium difficile, Vibrio spp., and Escherichia coli. Minimum inhibitory concentrations of ciprofloxacin were t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goodman LJ,Fliegelman RM,Trenholme GM,Kaplan RL

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population distributions and quality control data for strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa tested for gentamicin susceptibility on six lots of Mueller-Hinton agar were analyzed. The lots of agar were used in three University of Washington hospitals from April 1975 through October 1977. The analyses indicated that the per...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pollock HM,Minshew BH,Kenny MA,Schoenknecht FD

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-O-(3',3'-Dimethylsuccinyl) betulinic acid (DSB), also known as PA-457, bevirimat (BVM), or MPC-4326, is a novel HIV-1 maturation inhibitor. Unlike protease inhibitors, BVM blocks the cleavage of the Gag capsid precursor (CA-SP1) to mature capsid (CA) protein, resulting in the release of immature, noninfectious viral...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lu W,Salzwedel K,Wang D,Chakravarty S,Freed EO,Wild CT,Li F

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies indicated that inhibition of efflux pumps augments tuberculosis therapy. In this study, we used timcodar (formerly VX-853) to determine if this efflux pump inhibitor could increase the potency of antituberculosis (anti-TB) drugs against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in in vitro and in vivo combination st...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Grossman TH,Shoen CM,Jones SM,Jones PL,Cynamon MH,Locher CP

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:A proportion of patients with AIDS and toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE) sustain low plasma pyrimethamine concentrations during oral treatment, possibly because of incomplete and variable bioavailability. We wanted to develop a safe, practicable intravenous (i.v.) formulation of pyrimethamine and characterize its disposit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Almond DS,Szwandt IS,Edwards G,Lee MG,Winstanley PA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid method for the detection of methicillin resistance in staphylococci was developed. The method was based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and primers that targeted the internal region of the coding frame of the mec gene. The amplification reaction was carried out with crude cell lysates as a source of tar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Predari SC,Ligozzi M,Fontana R

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：:In a sample of 6,156 sequences from 4,183 persons, the top 30 patterns of protease inhibitor, nucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitor, and nonnucleoside RT inhibitor mutations accounted for 55, 46, and 66%, respectively, of sequences with drug resistance mutations. Characterization of the phenotypic and clinic...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rhee SY,Liu T,Ravela J,Gonzales MJ,Shafer RW

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killing by beta-lactams is well known to be reduced against a dense bacterial population, commonly known as the inoculum effect. However, the underlying mechanism of this phenomenon is not well understood. We proposed a semi-mechanistic mathematical model to account for the reduced in vitro killing observed. Time-kill...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bhagunde P,Chang KT,Singh R,Singh V,Garey KW,Nikolaou M,Tam VH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-human immunodeficiency virus type I (anti-HIV-1) effects of gamma-glutamylcysteine ethyl ester (gamma-GCE; TEI-2306) were examined in vitro. In initial studies using a vigorously HIV-1-producing human T-lymphocytic cell line, gamma-GCE displayed a novel biphasic repressive effect on chronic HIV-1 infection th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kubota S,Shetty S,Zhang H,Kitahara S,Pomerantz RJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WCK 5222 consists of cefepime combined with zidebactam, a bicyclo-acyl hydrazide β-lactam enhancer antibiotic with a dual action involving binding to Gram-negative bacterial PBP2 and β-lactamase inhibition. We evaluated the in vitro activity of cefepime-zidebactam against 7,876 contemporary (2015) clinical isolates of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sader HS,Castanheira M,Huband M,Jones RN,Flamm RK

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-level vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus [VISA] and heterogenous VISA [hVISA]) is increasingly reported and leads to glycopeptide treatment failure. Various phenotypic features have been reported for these isolates, but the genetic changes leading to hVISA and VISA have y...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Howden BP,Johnson PD,Ward PB,Stinear TP,Davies JK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxide antimalarials, including artemisinin, are important for the treatment of multidrug-resistant malaria. These peroxides are known to react with iron or heme to produce reactive intermediates that are thought to be responsible for their antimalarial activities. This study investigated the potential interaction o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Creek DJ,Ryan E,Charman WN,Chiu FC,Prankerd RJ,Vennerstrom JL,Charman SA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracycline analogs fell into two classes on the basis of their mode of action. Tetracycline, chlortetracycline, minocycline, doxycycline, and 6-demethyl-6-deoxytetracycline inhibited cell-free translation directed by either Escherichia coli or Bacillus subtilis extracts. A second class of analogs tested, including c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rasmussen B,Noller HF,Daubresse G,Oliva B,Misulovin Z,Rothstein DM,Ellestad GA,Gluzman Y,Tally FP,Chopra I

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00