Comparative efficacies of two antimony regimens to treat Leishmania braziliensis-induced cutaneous Leishmaniasis in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).

abstract：:Intranasal inoculation of newborn mice with Herpesvirus hominis type 2 provides an experimental infection that closely resembles disseminated herpesvirus infection of human newborn infants. After inoculation of mice, the virus multiplies in the respiratory tract and is disseminated through the blood to the liver and s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kern ER,Overall JC Jr,Glasgow LA

更新日期：1975-05-01 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：:The in vitro inhibitory effects of quinolones on the bacterial DNA gyrase of Escherichia coli KL-16 and topoisomerase II of fetal calf thymus were compared. All the quinolones tested required higher concentrations to inhibit the topoisomerase II than to inhibit the DNA gyrase, and no correlation existed among their in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hoshino K,Sato K,Une T,Osada Y

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colistin is used to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB). It is administered intravenously in the form of colistin methanesulfonate (CMS), which is hydrolyzed in vivo to the active drug. However, pharmacokinetic data are limited. The aim of the present study was to characteri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Plachouras D,Karvanen M,Friberg LE,Papadomichelakis E,Antoniadou A,Tsangaris I,Karaiskos I,Poulakou G,Kontopidou F,Armaganidis A,Cars O,Giamarellou H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of ACH-702 and other antimicrobials against 30 Nocardia brasiliensis isolates were tested. The MIC(50) (MIC for 50% of the strains tested) and MIC(90) values of ACH-702 were 0.125 and 0.5 microg/ml. The same values for econazole were 2 and 4 microg/ml. The MIC(50) and MIC(90) values of imipenem...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vera-Cabrera L,Campos-Rivera MP,Escalante-Fuentes WG,Pucci MJ,Ocampo-Candiani J,Welsh O

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilm formation is an important virulence factor that allows bacteria to resist host responses and antibacterial agents. The aim of the study was to assess the in vitro activities of several antimicrobials alone or in combination against two Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a novel pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Parra-Ruiz J,Vidaillac C,Rose WE,Rybak MJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of two prodrugs of zidovudine (AZT), 1,4-dihydro-1-methyl-3-[(pyridylcarbonyl)oxy] ester and isoleucinyl ester (DPAZT and IAZT, respectively), were investigated in a rabbit model to determine their potential utility as drugs against human immunodeficiency virus. Drugs were administered by intraven...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lupia RH,Ferencz N,Lertora JJ,Aggarwal SK,George WJ,Agrawal KC

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilastatin inhibits dehydropeptidase-I, a zinc metaloenzyme that metabolizes imipenem. Because zinc stabilizes the mammalian superoxide dismutase, we postulated that cilastatin would also inhibit the dismutase. Cilastatin concentrations at levels threefold higher than those expected in urine, however, did not inhibit ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Proctor RA,Textor JA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emtricitabine [(-)FTC] [(-)-beta-2', 3'-dideoxy-5-fluoro-3'-thiacytidine] has been shown to be an effective inhibitor of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in cell culture, with a potency and selectivity that are essentially identical to those of lamivudine. The antiviral activity of oral administration of (-)FTC against WHV rep...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Korba BE,Schinazi RF,Cote P,Tennant BC,Gerin JL

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meropenem is a broad-spectrum carbapenem antibacterial agent. In order to optimize levels in plasma relative to the MICs, the ideal dose level and dosage regimen need to be determined. The pharmacokinetics of meropenem were studied in two groups, each comprising eight healthy volunteers who received the following dose...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Krueger WA,Bulitta J,Kinzig-Schippers M,Landersdorfer C,Holzgrabe U,Naber KG,Drusano GL,Sörgel F

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The echinocandins are a class of semisynthetic natural products that target β-1,3-glucan synthase (GS). Their proven clinical efficacy combined with minimal safety issues has made the echinocandins an important asset in the management of fungal infection in a variety of patient populations. However, the echinocandins ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Walker SS,Xu Y,Triantafyllou I,Waldman MF,Mendrick C,Brown N,Mann P,Chau A,Patel R,Bauman N,Norris C,Antonacci B,Gurnani M,Cacciapuoti A,McNicholas PM,Wainhaus S,Herr RJ,Kuang R,Aslanian RG,Ting PC,Black TA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Against 307 pneumococci of various resistotypes, dalbavancin MICs were 0.008 to 0.125 microg/ml. All strains were susceptible to vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid, and quinupristin-dalfopristin. Dalbavancin at 2x MIC was bactericidal against all 10 pneumococci tested after 24 h. Vancomycin and teicoplanin killed 10 a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lin G,Smith K,Ednie LM,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both recombinant alpha A interferon and azidothymidine inhibit the replication of human immunodeficiency virus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Combinations of recombinant alpha A interferon and azidothymidine at concentrations that are easily achievable in patients synergistically inhibit human immunodeficiency...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hartshorn KL,Vogt MW,Chou TC,Blumberg RS,Byington R,Schooley RT,Hirsch MS

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a single quantitative study, we measured acrA, acrB, tolC, mdfA, and norE expression in Escherichia coli clinical isolates by using real-time PCR. acrA and acrB overexpression strongly correlated with fluoroquinolone and multidrug resistance; tolC, mdfA, and norE expression did not. The order of abundance of efflux...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Swick MC,Morgan-Linnell SK,Carlson KM,Zechiedrich L

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MarA47(Yp) from Yersinia pestis, showing 47% identity to Escherichia coli MarA in its N terminus, caused resistance to antibiotics and to organic solvents when expressed in both E. coli and Y. pestis. Resistance was linked to increased expression of the AcrAB multidrug efflux pump. In four of five spontaneous multidru...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Udani RA,Levy SB

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We asked whether beta-lactamase inhibitors (BLIs) increased the activity of daptomycin (DAP) against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the peptide antibiotic colistin (COL) against the emerging Gram-negative nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii, and the human host defense peptide cathelicidin ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sakoulas G,Rose W,Berti A,Olson J,Munguia J,Nonejuie P,Sakoulas E,Rybak MJ,Pogliano J,Nizet V

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial efflux system encoded by the operon mef(E)-mel on the mobile genetic element MEGA in Streptococcus pneumoniae and other Gram-positive bacteria is inducible by macrolide antibiotics and antimicrobial peptides. Induction may affect the clinical response to the use of macrolides. We developed mef(E) rep...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chancey ST,Zhou X,Zähner D,Stephens DS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When strains harboring R factor and showing ampicillin (APC) resistance were inoculated on plates containing various concentrations of APC, mutants carrying various levels of APC resistance occurred at high frequencies. Increases in the level of APC resistance were due to a quantitative increase in the formation of pe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Odakura Y,Tanaka T,Hashimoto H,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovotransferrin immobilized by covalent linkage to Sepharose 4B showed a bacteriostatic effect towards Escherichia coli similar to that of free ovotransferrin. The growth of the bacteria, after exposure to the gel-bound ovotransferrin and its removal, depended on the length of exposure. The results suggest that the ant...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Valenti P,Antonini G,Fanelli MR,Orsi N,Antonini E

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broth dilution minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) readings were compared after different incubation periods and with different inoculum concentrations. The purpose was to determine the best conditions for obtaining early results as close as possible to overnight readings. Initially, 76 antibiotic-organism combinat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lampe MF,Aitken CL,Dennis PG,Forsythe PS,Patrick KE,Schoenknecht FD,Sherris JC

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal doses for antituberculosis (anti-TB) drugs in children have yet to be established. In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended revised dosages of the first-line anti-TB drugs for children. Pharmacokinetic (PK) studies that investigated the adequacy of the WHO revised dosages to date have yielded c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Horita Y,Alsultan A,Kwara A,Antwi S,Enimil A,Ortsin A,Dompreh A,Yang H,Wiesner L,Peloquin CA

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the incidence and type of side effects of minocycline in a double-blind study. A total of 45 volunteers (18 men and 27 women) were given minocycline, and 44 volunteers (23 men and 21 women) were given placebo. The men in both the minocycline and placebo groups were significantly (P < 0.0001) larger than the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fanning WL,Gump DW,Sofferman RA

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been shown that overexpression of the CdMDR1 gene is a major contributor to resistance in fluconazole-resistant isolates of Candida dubliniensis. However, since CdMdr1p does not mediate transport of other azole drugs such as itraconazole, we investigated the molecular mechanisms of stable resistance ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pinjon E,Moran GP,Jackson CJ,Kelly SL,Sanglard D,Coleman DC,Sullivan DJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sparfloxacin, a new fluorinated quinolone, exhibits higher in vitro activity against pneumococci than do ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin. Since up to 30% of cases of pneumococcal pneumonia are associated with bacteremia, and since an increasing percentage of pneumococci are resistant against penicillin, we studied the ser...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Trautmann M,Ruhnke M,Borner K,Wagner J,Koeppe P

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic tetrapyrroles are among the most potent compounds with activity against transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs; or prion diseases). Here the effects of differential sulfonation and metal binding to cyclic tetrapyrroles were investigated. Their potencies in inhibiting disease-associated protease-resista...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Caughey WS,Priola SA,Kocisko DA,Raymond LD,Ward A,Caughey B

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RBX11160 (OZ277) is a fully synthetic peroxidic antimalarial in clinical development. To study the possible mechanisms of action of RBX11160, we have examined its ability to inhibit PfATP6, a sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase and proposed target for semisynthetic peroxidic artemisinin derivatives. RBX11160 inhibit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Uhlemann AC,Wittlin S,Matile H,Bustamante LY,Krishna S

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:Macrolactin A (MA) and 7-O-succinyl macrolactin A (SMA), polyene macrolides containing a 24-membered lactone ring, show antibiotic effects superior to those of teicoplanin against vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MA and SMA are currently being evaluated as antitumor age...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bae SH,Kwon MJ,Park JB,Kim D,Kim DH,Kang JS,Kim CG,Oh E,Bae SK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel plasmid-borne resistance gene cluster comprising the genes erm(T) for macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance, dfrK for trimethoprim resistance, and tet(L) for tetracycline resistance was identified in a porcine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 (ST398) strain. This erm(T)-...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kadlec K,Schwarz S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mepRAB gene cluster of Staphylococcus aureus encodes a MarR family repressor (MepR; known to repress mepA expression), a MATE family multidrug efflux pump (MepA), and a protein of unknown function (MepB). In this report, we show that MepR also is autoregulatory, repressing the expression of its own gene. Exposure ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kaatz GW,DeMarco CE,Seo SM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00