Emergence of high levels of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing gram-negative bacilli in the Asia-Pacific region: data from the Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART) program, 2007.

abstract：:Pulmonary infiltrates in neutropenic hosts with invasive aspergillosis are due to vascular invasion and hemorrhagic infarction. In order to measure the effect of antifungal compounds on this organism-mediated tissue injury, we monitored the course of pulmonary infiltrates by serial ultrafast computerized tomography (U...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Walsh TJ,Garrett K,Feurerstein E,Girton M,Allende M,Bacher J,Francesconi A,Schaufele R,Pizzo PA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Capnocytophaga sputigena isolate NOR, responsible for septicemia, was resistant to amoxicillin and narrow-spectrum cephalosporins. In a cloning experiment, a new gene, bla(CSP-1), was identified; this gene encodes a novel extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) that shares only 52% and 49% identities with the CME-...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Guillon H,Eb F,Mammeri H

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:The objective of these studies was to evaluate the exposures of meropenem and vaborbactam that would produce antibacterial activity and prevent resistance development in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae strains when tested at an inoculum of 108 CFU/ml. Thirtee...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sabet M,Tarazi Z,Rubio-Aparicio D,Nolan TG,Parkinson J,Lomovskaya O,Dudley MN,Griffith DC

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-newborn rhesus macaque model of AIDS can be used to study directly the virulence of viral mutants which are resistant to antiviral drugs. A viral mutant called SIVmac79A6.1, isolated from an SIV-infected macaque after prolonged zidovudine treatment, was found to have a double-ba...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Van Rompay KK,Greenier JL,Marthas ML,Otsyula MG,Tarara RP,Miller CJ,Pedersen NC

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:Sporangiomycin and micrococcin inhibit the binding of aminoacyl-transfer ribonucleic acid into the ribosomal A site in intact bacterial protoplasts. They also prevent the assembly of [ribosome-elongation factor G-guanine nucleotide] complexes in vitro and compete with [(35)S]thiostrepton for ribosomal binding sites. W...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cundliffe E,Dixon PD

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four isogenic derivatives with stably increased glycopeptide MICs (all become resistant to teicoplanin) were obtained from four glycopeptide-susceptible clinical isolates of Staphylococcus haemolyticus. All strains were extensively analyzed and compared for a number of distinctive features. In particular, the results ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vignaroli C,Biavasco F,Varaldo PE

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The steady-state concentrations of meropenem and the β-lactamase inhibitor RPX7009 in plasma, epithelial lining fluid (ELF), and alveolar macrophage (AM) concentrations were obtained in 25 healthy, nonsmoking adult subjects. Subjects received a fixed combination of meropenem (2 g) and RPX7009 (2 g) administered every ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wenzler E,Gotfried MH,Loutit JS,Durso S,Griffith DC,Dudley MN,Rodvold KA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potential alternatives, including linezolid, adjunctive rifampin, and moxifloxacin, were evaluated against vancomycin-tolerant (P9802-020) and vancomycin-susceptible clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae in an in vitro pharmacodynamic model. Vancomycin exhibited maximal killing of 2-log(10) CFU/ml against P980...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cha R,Rybak MJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs restrict the availability of selected drugs by requiring prior approval. Carbapenems may be among the restricted drugs, but it is unclear if hospitals that restrict availability actually use fewer carbapenems than hospitals that do not restrict use. Nor is it clear if r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pakyz AL,Oinonen M,Polk RE

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-level azole resistance in the Darlington strain of Candida albicans was investigated by gene replacement in C. albicans and expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We sequenced the ERG11 gene, which encodes the sterol C(14)alpha-demethylase, from our copy of the Darlington strain. Both alleles contained the histi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kakeya H,Miyazaki Y,Miyazaki H,Nyswaner K,Grimberg B,Bennett JE

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we present the biochemical and biological evaluation of N-arylmethyl-substituted iminoribitol derivatives as potential chemotherapeutic agents against trypanosomiasis. Previously, a library of 52 compounds was designed and synthesized as potent and selective inhibitors of Trypanosoma vivax inosine-adeno...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Berg M,Kohl L,Van der Veken P,Joossens J,Al-Salabi MI,Castagna V,Giannese F,Cos P,Versées W,Steyaert J,Grellier P,Haemers A,Degano M,Maes L,de Koning HP,Augustyns K

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibilities of 151 unique clinical isolates of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma fermentans, Mycoplasma genitalium, and Ureaplasma species to DC-159a, an investigational fluoroquinolone, in comparison with those to other agents were determined. Macrolides were the most active agen...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Waites KB,Crabb DM,Duffy LB

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A broad-spectrum vaginal microbicide must be effective against a variety of sexually transmitted disease pathogens and be minimally toxic to the cell types found within the vaginal epithelium, including vaginal keratinocytes. We assessed the sensitivity of primary human vaginal keratinocytes to potential topical vagin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Krebs FC,Miller SR,Catalone BJ,Welsh PA,Malamud D,Howett MK,Wigdahl B

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:Antagonism of antibiotic activity by peritoneal dialysate has been postulated to be a cause of failure of treatment of peritonitis complicating continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. We evaluated by a case-control study whether unexpected treatment failure could be attributed to such antagonism. Bacteria isolated ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ludlam H,Johnston L,Hopkins P

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleoside analogues acyclovir (ACV) and famciclovir (FCV) reduce the frequency and severity of herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) genital shedding, yet despite their high potency in vitro and a lack of induced drug resistance, frequent episodes of breakthrough mucosal shedding occur. We tested a published stochastic,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Schiffer JT,Swan DA,Corey L,Wald A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analytical method for the quantitation of amifloxacin, 6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-1-(methylamino)-7-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-4-oxo-3- quinolinecarboxylic acid, in plasma and urine has been developed. The method involves extraction with chloroform, back-extraction into 0.1 M sodium hydroxide, and subsequent analysis by re...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McCoy LF,Crawmer BP,Benziger DP

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the sequence of a 630-bp fragment of a gene associated with resistance to high levels of vancomycin in a clinical isolate of Enterococcus faecalis which retained susceptibility to teicoplanin. This gene was similar to the recently sequenced vanB and partially homologous with vanA, but it showed less-marked s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gold HS,Unal S,Cercenado E,Thauvin-Eliopoulos C,Eliopoulos GM,Wennersten CB,Moellering RC Jr

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial activities of BMY-28142, cefbuperazone (BMY-25182; formerly T-1982), and cefpiramide (WY-44635; formerly SM-1652) were compared with those of cefmenoxime, cefoperazone, cefotaxime, ceftizoxime, and moxalactam. BMY-28142 was the most active cephalosporin against the majority of aerobic and facultative...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Khan NJ,Bihl JA,Schell RF,LeFrock JL,Weber SJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical microbicides that block the sexual transmission of HIV and herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) are desperately needed to reduce the incidence of HIV infections worldwide. Previously we completed phase 3 testing of the carrageenan-based gel Carraguard. Although the trial did not show that Carraguard is effective in ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fernández-Romero JA,Abraham CJ,Rodriguez A,Kizima L,Jean-Pierre N,Menon R,Begay O,Seidor S,Ford BE,Gil PI,Peters J,Katz D,Robbiani M,Zydowsky TM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:9-Deoxy-Delta(9),Delta(12)-13,14-dihydro-prostaglandin D(2) (Delta(12)-PGJ(2)), a natural cyclopentenone metabolite of prostaglandin D(2), is shown to possess therapeutic efficacy against influenza A virus A/PR8/34 (H1N1) infection in vitro and in vivo. The results indicate that the antiviral activity is associated wi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pica F,Palamara AT,Rossi A,De Marco A,Amici C,Santoro MG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a cosmopolitan protozoan parasite which affects approximately 30% of the population worldwide. The drugs currently used against toxoplasmosis are few in number and show several limitations, such as drug intolerance, poor bioavailability, or drug resistance mechanism developed by the parasite. Thus...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Spalenka J,Escotte-Binet S,Bakiri A,Hubert J,Renault JH,Velard F,Duchateau S,Aubert D,Huguenin A,Villena I

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously that intraperitoneal administration of a bis(benzyl)polyamine analog, MDL 27,695, suppressed both pentavalent antimony (Sbv)-susceptible and -resistant Leishmania donovani in vivo. The present studies were performed to optimize parasite suppression by parenteral administration and to evaluate th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Baumann RJ,McCann PP,Bitonti AJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aminoglycoside Geneticin (G418) is known to inhibit cell culture proliferation, via virus-specific mechanisms, of two different virus genera from the family Flaviviridae. Here, we tried to determine whether Geneticin can selectively alter the switching of the nucleotide 1 to 570 RNA region of hepatitis C virus (HC...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ariza-Mateos A,Díaz-Toledano R,Block TM,Prieto-Vega S,Birk A,Gómez J

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of β-lactam antimicrobial agents is threatened as never before by β-lactamase-producing bacteria. For this reason, there has been renewed interest in the development of broad-spectrum β-lactamase inhibitors. Herein we describe the results of dose fractionation and dose-ranging studies carried out using ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： VanScoy BD,Trang M,McCauley J,Conde H,Bhavnani SM,Friedrich LV,Alexander DC,Ambrose PG

更新日期：2016-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the activity of the novel spiropyrimidinetrione AZD0914 (DNA gyrase inhibitor) against clinical gonococcal isolates and international reference strains (n=250), including strains with diverse multidrug resistance and extensive drug resistance. The AZD0914 MICs were substantially lower than those of most o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jacobsson S,Golparian D,Alm RA,Huband M,Mueller J,Jensen JS,Ohnishi M,Unemo M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibilities of 12 strains of Chlamydia pneumoniae to a new quinolone, trovafloxacin, and ofloxacin, doxycycline, erythromycin, and azithromycin were determined. The activity of trovafloxacin was similar to that of ofloxacin, with a MIC at which 90% of the isolates are inhibited and a minimal concentr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Roblin PM,Kutlin A,Hammerschlag MR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports an evaluation of a melamino nitroheterocycle, a potential lead for further development as an agent against human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Studies on its efficacy, physicochemical and biopharmaceutical properties, and potential for toxicity are described. The compound previously had been shown ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Giordani F,Buschini A,Baliani A,Kaiser M,Brun R,Barrett MP,Pellacani C,Poli P,Gilbert IH

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00