Pharmacological exploitation of an off-target antibacterial effect of the cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor celecoxib against Francisella tularensis.

abstract：:The increasing use of carbapenems for treating multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacterial infections has contributed to the global dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Serine and metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) that hydrolyze carbapenems have become prevalent and endemic in some countries...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bradford PA,Kazmierczak KM,Biedenbach DJ,Wise MG,Hackel M,Sahm DF

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The doripenem MICs at which 90% of the tested strains were inhibited ranged from 0.03 to 1 microg/ml for 10 species of Enterobacteriaceae (n = 351), from 0.03 to 0.12 microg/ml for oxacillin-susceptible staphylococci (n = 119), from 4 to 32 microg/ml for oxacillin-resistant staphylococci (n = 64), from < or =0.008 to ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ge Y,Wikler MA,Sahm DF,Blosser-Middleton RS,Karlowsky JA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility of pathogenic aerobic bacteria to moxalactam (LY127935) was compared by two methods, diffusion from 30-microgram disks and agar plate dilution. The two methods gave a satisfactory degree of correlation when compared by linear regression, but the slope of the linear regression was significantly steeper f...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hall WH,Opfer BJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported potent activity of a novel spiropyrimidinetrione, zoliflodacin, against N. gonorrhoeae isolates from symptomatic men in Nanjing, China, collected in 2013. Here, we investigated trends of susceptibilities of zoliflodacin in 986 isolates collected from men between 2014 and 2018. N. gonorrhoeae is...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Le W,Su X,Lou X,Li X,Gong X,Wang B,Genco CA,Mueller JP,Rice PA

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The Candida albicans CDR1 and CDR2 genes code for highly homologous ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters which are overexpressed in azole-resistant clinical isolates and which confer resistance to multiple drugs by actively transporting their substrates out of the cells. These transporters are formed by two homolog...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gauthier C,Weber S,Alarco AM,Alqawi O,Daoud R,Georges E,Raymond M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-dose nevirapine (sd-NVP) and extended NVP prophylaxis are widely used in resource-constrained settings to prevent vertical HIV-1 transmission. We assessed the pharmacokinetics of sd-NVP in 62 HIV-1-positive pregnant Ugandan woman and their newborns who were receiving sd-NVP prophylaxis to prevent mother-to-chil...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Frank M,von Kleist M,Kunz A,Harms G,Schütte C,Kloft C

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The K70E mutation in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) has become more prevalent in clinical samples, particularly in isolates derived from patients for whom triple-nucleoside regimens that include tenofovir (TNV), abacavir, and lamivudine (3TC) failed. To elucidate the molecular m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sluis-Cremer N,Sheen CW,Zelina S,Torres PS,Parikh UM,Mellors JW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and bacteriological effect of ceftazidime were evaluated in rabbits experimentally infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and Escherichia coli K1. The mean penetration of ceftazidime into cerebrospinal fluid after single-dose or constant-infusion administration rang...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sakata Y,Boccazzi A,McCracken GH Jr

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusidic acid (FA), which was approved in the 1960s in many European and Asian countries, has gained renewed interest due to its continued effectiveness against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus As rhabdomyolysis has been reported upon coadministration of FA with statins, we aimed to elucidate the underlying ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gupta A,Harris JJ,Lin J,Bulgarelli JP,Birmingham BK,Grimm SW

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:For six clinical isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis, in vitro susceptibility to erythromycin, azithromycin, and josamycin has been determined. Four isolates were resistant to all the antibiotics and had the mutations A2058C and T2611C (Escherichia coli numbering) in the 23S rRNA gene. All the isolates had mixed populat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Misyurina OY,Chipitsyna EV,Finashutina YP,Lazarev VN,Akopian TA,Savicheva AM,Govorun VM

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:The MICs and MBCs of the new difluorinated quinolone drug sparfloxacin against type strains belonging to 21 species of mycobacteria were screened. The MICs and MBCs were within the range of 0.1 to 2.0 and 0.1 to 4.0 micrograms/ml, respectively (with an MBC/MIC ratio of 1 to 2), and against 18 of the 21 species tested,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rastogi N,Labrousse V,Goh KS,De Sousa JP

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial activities of amphotericin B, itraconazole, and miconazole against 101 filamentous fungi from patients with cystic fibrosis were tested by a reproducible microdilution method. Itraconazole was very active against Aspergillus species and Scedosporium species (MIC at which 90% of the isolates were inhi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hennequin C,Benailly N,Silly C,Sorin M,Scheinmann P,Lenoir G,Gaillard JL,Berche P

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibility of Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium chelonei to cefmetazole was studied by the agar dilution method. At a concentration of 16 micrograms/ml or lower, 44 isolates (96%) of M. fortuitum and 8 isolates (40%) of M. chelonei were inhibited. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Casal MJ,Rodriguez FC,Benavente MC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[14C]aztreonam was administered intramuscularly (50 mg/kg) to male and female rats. Groups of 10 rats (five male and five female) were sacrificed at 0.25, 2, 6, and 24 h after dosing. Blood and various tissues were removed from six rats (three male and three female) in each group for determination of total radioactivi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Singhvi SM,Ita CE,Shaw JM,Migdalof BH

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro susceptibilities to 45 antibiotics were determined for 30 genetically and geographically diverse strains of Yersinia pestis by the broth microdilution method at two temperatures, 28°C and 35°C, following Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) methods. The Y. pestis strains demonstrated susceptibil...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Heine HS,Hershfield J,Marchand C,Miller L,Halasohoris S,Purcell BK,Worsham PL

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 is one of the most important pathogens in the family of Picornaviridae that can cause severe complications in the postpoliovirus era, such as encephalitis, pulmonary edema, and even death. Pyridyl imidazolidinone is a novel class of potent and selective human enterovirus 71 inhibitor. Pyridyl imidazolid...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shih SR,Tsai MC,Tseng SN,Won KF,Shia KS,Li WT,Chern JH,Chen GW,Lee CC,Lee YC,Peng KC,Chao YS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inactivation of virus-contaminated nonporous inanimate surfaces was investigated using adenovirus type 8, a common cause of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. A 10-microl inoculum of adenovirus was placed onto each stainless steel disk (1-cm diameter), and the inoculum was allowed to air dry for 40 min. Twenty-one dif...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rutala WA,Peacock JE,Gergen MF,Sobsey MD,Weber DJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-lactamase-negative ampicillin-resistant (BLNAR) isolates of Haemophilus influenzae have been emerging in some countries, including Japan. The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute has only a susceptible MIC breakpoint (< or = 1 microg/ml) for piperacillin-tazobactam and a disclaimer comment that BLNAR H. in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hirakata Y,Ohmori K,Mikuriya M,Saika T,Matsuzaki K,Hasegawa M,Hatta M,Yamamoto N,Kunishima H,Yano H,Kitagawa M,Arai K,Kawakami K,Kobayashi I,Jones RN,Kohno S,Yamaguchi K,Kaku M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ofloxacin, a potent quinolone antibacterial agent, has a tricyclic ring structure with a methyl group attached to the asymmetric carbon at the C-3 position on the oxazine ring. The S isomer (DR-3355) of ofloxacin has antibacterial activity up to 2 orders of magnitude greater than that of the R isomer (DR-3354). This d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Morrissey I,Hoshino K,Sato K,Yoshida A,Hayakawa I,Bures MG,Shen LL

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bactericidal activity in serum produced after administration of 1-g intravenous doses of cefoperazone, cefotaxime, ceftizoxime, and moxalactam was ascertained in six healthy subjects. The assay organisms were a strain of Staphylococcus aureus which was moderately susceptible to the drugs (MBC, 2 to 8 micrograms/ml) an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barriere SL,Ozasa DC,Mordenti J

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a new rabbit model of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus knee prosthesis infection, we compared the efficacies of sparfloxacin (50 mg/kg of body weight subcutaneously, twice a day) and pefloxacin (50 mg/kg subcutaneously, twice a day). A partial knee replacement was performed with a silicone implant f...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Crémieux AC,Mghir AS,Bleton R,Manteau M,Belmatoug N,Massias L,Garry L,Sales N,Mazière B,Carbon C

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxycycline is an alternative antibiotic drug for the treatment of syphilis, but data on its efficacy, especially data on its efficacy against late latent syphilis, are limited. A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of doxycycline for the treatment of patients with different stages of syphi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dai T,Qu R,Liu J,Zhou P,Wang Q

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey conducted between 1987 and 1994 at the University Hospital of Besançon, France, demonstrated a dramatic increase (from 0 to 42. 5%) in the prevalence of amoxicillin resistance among Salmonella spp. Of the 96 resistant isolates collected during this period (including 77 Typhimurium), 54 were found to produce T...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Llanes C,Kirchgesner V,Plesiat P

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritonitis is a major complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Relapsing peritonitis after the cessation of antimicrobial therapy is frequently reported and often involves Staphylococcus epidermidis. To investigate the potential role of catheter-associated biofilm in the pathogenesis of relapsing pe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Evans RC,Holmes CJ

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of daptomycin, a cyclic lipopeptide, and eight other agents were determined against 338 strains of gram-positive anaerobic bacteria and corynebacteria by the NCCLS reference agar dilution method with supplemented brucella agar for the anaerobes and Mueller-Hinton agar for the corynebacteria. The daptomy...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goldstein EJ,Citron DM,Merriam CV,Warren YA,Tyrrell KL,Fernandez HT

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii are the most prevalent nonfermentative bacterial species isolated from clinical specimens of hospitalized patients. A surveillance study of 65 laboratories in the United States from 1998 to 2001 found >90% of isolates of P. aeruginosa from hospitalized patients to be ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Karlowsky JA,Draghi DC,Jones ME,Thornsberry C,Friedland IR,Sahm DF

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioassay-guided fractionation of the extract from the fermentation broth of Streptomyces spectabilis BCC 4785 led to the isolation of three principle antimalarial agents, metacycloprodigiosin, bafilomycin A(1), and spectinabilin. Metacycloprodigiosin exhibited potent in vitro activity against Plasmodium falciparum K1,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Isaka M,Jaturapat A,Kramyu J,Tanticharoen M,Thebtaranonth Y

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is an essential chaperone involved in the fungal stress response that can be harnessed as a novel antifungal target for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis. We previously showed that genetic repression of Hsp90 reduced Aspergillus fumigatus virulence and potentiated the effect of the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lamoth F,Juvvadi PR,Soderblom EJ,Moseley MA,Asfaw YG,Steinbach WJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent preventive treatment in infants with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTi-SP) reduces malaria episodes by 20 to 59% across Africa. This protective efficacy, however, may be affected by the high frequency of malnutrition in African infants. We analyzed the impact of malnutrition as defined by anthropometry on t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Danquah I,Dietz E,Zanger P,Reither K,Ziniel P,Bienzle U,Mockenhaupt FP

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00