Susceptibilities of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum to two new quinolones, sparfloxacin and WIN 57273.

abstract：:Wild-type Proteus strains are usually resistant to colistin. We have observed an increase in the level of colistin resistance in four clinical isolates of P. vulgaris, P. morganii, and P. rettgeri by prior treatment with subinhibitory concentrations of the drug. The enhanced resistance in these strains was lost after ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shimizu S,Iyobe S,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatotoxicity induced by antituberculosis drugs is a serious adverse reaction with significant morbidity and even, rarely, mortality. This form of toxicity potentially impacts the treatment outcome of tuberculosis in some patients. Covering only first-line antituberculosis drugs, this review addresses whether and how...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yew WW,Chang KC,Chan DP

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethambutol [(S,S')-2,2'-(ethylenediimino)di-1-butanol; EMB], is a first-line drug used to treat tuberculosis. To gain insight into the molecular basis of EMB resistance, we characterized the 10-kb embCAB locus in 16 EMB-resistant and 3 EMB-susceptible genetically distinct Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from divers...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sreevatsan S,Stockbauer KE,Pan X,Kreiswirth BN,Moghazeh SL,Jacobs WR Jr,Telenti A,Musser JM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral infections are among the main causes of death worldwide, and we lack antivirals for the majority of viruses. Heparin-like sulfated or sulfonated compounds have been known for decades for their ability to prevent infection by heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG)-dependent viruses but only in a reversible way. We h...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cagno V,Gasbarri M,Medaglia C,Gomes D,Clement S,Stellacci F,Tapparel C

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstream infection (BSI) due to multidrug-resistant Klebsiella is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of in-hospital mortality among patients with BSI due to ceftazidime-resistant (CAZ-R) Klebsiella pneumoniae at a tertiary care medical center. Pat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Anderson DJ,Engemann JJ,Harrell LJ,Carmeli Y,Reller LB,Kaye KS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the cerebrospinal fluid penetration of daptomycin after the addition of dexamethasone and its bactericidal efficacy with and without ceftriaxone in an experimental rabbit model of pneumococcal meningitis. The combination of daptomycin with ceftriaxone was the most efficacious regimen for pneumococcal menin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Egermann U,Stanga Z,Ramin A,Acosta F,Stucki A,Gerber P,Cottagnoud M,Cottagnoud P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribavirin (RBV) is a broad-spectrum antiviral agent that inhibits the production of infectious Hantaan virus (HTNV). Although the mechanism of action of RBV against HTNV is not understood, RBV is metabolized in human cells to both RBV-5'-monophosphate, which inhibits IMP dehydrogenase, resulting in a decrease in intra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sun Y,Chung DH,Chu YK,Jonsson CB,Parker WB

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHOD) is a pyrimidine biosynthetic enzyme which is usually directly linked to the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Antimalarial naphthoquinones such as atovaquone (566c80) inhibit malarial DHOD by inhibiting electron transport. Since atovaquone also has therapeutic activity against Pneumo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ittarat I,Asawamahasakda W,Bartlett MS,Smith JW,Meshnick SR

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive and allergic infections by Aspergillus flavus are more common in tropical and subtropical countries. The emergence of voriconazole (VRC) resistance in A. flavus impacts the management of aspergillosis, as azoles are used as the first-line and empirical therapy. We screened 120 molecularly confirmed A. flavus ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sharma C,Kumar R,Kumar N,Masih A,Gupta D,Chowdhary A

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The 54-kDa outer membrane protein (designated OprJ) of a norfloxacin-resistant nfxB mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was purified by ion-exchange high-performance liquid chromatography. Mobility of OprJ in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was not affected by reduction and heating. A murin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hosaka M,Gotoh N,Nishino T

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel beta-lactamase gene, blaOXA-61, from Campylobacter jejuni GC015 was cloned and its nucleotide sequence determined. blaOXA-61 encodes a protein of 257 amino acids in which the active-site STFK tetrad and conserved class D beta-lactamase motifs YGN and KTG were identified. A conserved sequence upstream of blaOXA...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Alfredson DA,Korolik V

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colistin use has increased in response to the advent of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms. It is administered parenterally as an inactive prodrug, colistin methanesulfonate (CMS). Various formulations of CMS and labeling conventions can lead to confusion about colistin dosing, and questions remain abo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Niece KL,Akers KS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolides are the antimicrobials of choice for treating human campylobacteriosis. The recent emergence of erm(B) in Campylobacter bacteria threatens the utility of this class of antibiotics. Here we report the constitutive and inducible expression of erm(B) in Campylobacter isolates derived from diarrheal patients an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Deng F,Shen J,Zhang M,Wu C,Zhang Q,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients received a loading dose of tobramycin of 60 mg/m2 intravenously over 0.5 h followed immediately by 60 mg/m2 over 2 h every 4 h. The highest mean serum concentration (at the end of the loading dose) was 6.0 +/- 0.3 microgram/ml (range, 3.2 to 10.9 microgram/ml). The mean serum concentration 2 h after the e...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lawson RD,Bodey GP,Pan T,Smith TL

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is ever changing and adapting, as once-novel β-lactam antibiotics are losing their efficacy, primarily due to the production of β-lactamases. Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) efficiently inactivate a broad range of β-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems, and are often coexpressed with...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： LaCuran AE,Pegg KM,Liu EM,Bethel CR,Ai N,Welsh WJ,Bonomo RA,Oelschlaeger P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of occurrence of the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing phenotype among Escherichia coli isolates in Tel Aviv is 12% (22). The aim of this study was to understand the molecular epidemiology of E. coli ESBL producers and to identify the ESBL genes carried by them. We studied 20 single-patient ES...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chmelnitsky I,Carmeli Y,Leavitt A,Schwaber MJ,Navon-Venezia S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-Kp) has been largely associated with sequence type 258 (ST258) and its related variants (clonal group 258 [CG258]). Here we describe the molecular epidemiology of CR-Kp from five tertiary care hospitals in Medellín, the second largest city in Colombia...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ocampo AM,Chen L,Cienfuegos AV,Roncancio G,Chavda KD,Kreiswirth BN,Jiménez JN

更新日期：2015-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage therapy is a promising alternative treatment to antibiotics, as it has been documented to be efficacious against multidrug-resistant bacteria with minimal side effects. Several groups have demonstrated the efficacy of phage suspension in vivo to treat lung infections using intranasal delivery; however, p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chang RYK,Chen K,Wang J,Wallin M,Britton W,Morales S,Kutter E,Li J,Chan HK

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the antituberculosis (anti-TB) activity of five β-lactams alone or in combination with β-lactamase inhibitors against 41 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, including multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant strains. Of those, tebipenem, an oral carbapenem, showed the most potent an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Horita Y,Maeda S,Kazumi Y,Doi N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MICs for 90% of the organisms tested (MIC90S) of 11 antibiotics against 24 clinical isolates of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans were determined by the MIC 2000 system. The lowest MIC90S (16 micrograms/ml) were observed with ceftriaxone and rifampin. The next lowest MIC90S were found with cephapirin, tetracycl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yogev R,Shulman D,Shulman ST,Glogowski WG

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli isolates which overexpressed acrB and had a substitution at amino acid 45 of AcrR were complemented with wild-type acrR. Complementation led to increased sensitivity to ciprofloxacin and to ethidium bromide, suggesting that mutation at amino acid 45 of AcrR contributes to cip...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Webber MA,Talukder A,Piddock LJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ICESp1116, responsible for erm(B)-mediated, inducible erythromycin resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes, was comprehensively characterized, and its chromosomal integration site was determined. It displayed a unique mosaic organization consisting of a scaffold, related to TnGallo1 from Streptococcus gallolyticus, with ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brenciani A,Tiberi E,Morici E,Oryasin E,Giovanetti E,Varaldo PE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory infection with Burkholderia cenocepacia is associated with accelerated decline in lung function and increased mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients (A. M. Jones, M. E. Dodd, J. R. W. Govan, V. Barcus, C. J. Doherty, J. Morris, and A. K. Webb, Thorax 59:948-951, 2004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thx.2003...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Balwan A,Nicolau DP,Wungwattana M,Zuckerman JB,Waters V

更新日期：2015-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the widespread resistance of bacteria to the available drugs, the discovery of new classes of antibiotics is urgently needed, and naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are considered promising candidates for future therapeutic use. Amphibian skin is one of the richest sources of such AMPs. In the pr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mangoni ML,Maisetta G,Di Luca M,Gaddi LM,Esin S,Florio W,Brancatisano FL,Barra D,Campa M,Batoni G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells exhibit a multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype, indicating that resistance to potentially toxic compounds is mediated by their active efflux from the cell. We have sought to determine whether resistance to azoles in some strains of Candida species may be due in part t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clark FS,Parkinson T,Hitchcock CA,Gow NA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a 5-day treatment with coumermycin A1 (hereafter referred to as coumermycin) (at three dosage regimens), with ciprofloxacin, or with coumermycin plus ciprofloxacin was tested in experimental aortic valve endocarditis induced in rats by a strain of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and was c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Perronne CM,Malinverni R,Glauser MP

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a number of parameters for host defense after the in vitro addition of the antifungal agents ketoconazole, amphotericin B (AMB), and amphotericin B methyl ester (AME). Similar assays were repeated before and after patients received the former two drugs. Viability by trypan blue exclusion, adherence by ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marmer DJ,Fields BT Jr,France GL,Steele RW

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspofungin (CAS) is approved for second-line management of proven or probable invasive aspergillosis at a dose of 50 mg once daily (QD). Preclinical and limited clinical data support the concept of the dose-dependent antifungal efficacy of CAS with preservation of its favorable safety profile. Little is known, howeve...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Würthwein G,Cornely OA,Trame MN,Vehreschild JJ,Vehreschild MJ,Farowski F,Müller C,Boos J,Hempel G,Hallek M,Groll AH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tested against 9,412 recent clinical isolates, cefotaxime exhibited 8 to 64 times greater activity against the Enterobacteriaceae than did cephalothin and two to four times greater activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but only one-half to one-eighth the activity of cephalothin against staphylococci. Using 420 diff...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fuchs PC,Barry AL,Thornsberry C,Jones RN,Gavan TL,Gerlach EH,Sommers HM

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of 26 strains of varicella-zoster virus to cytarabine was tested in vitro by measuring reduction in number and size of plaques using human foreskin fibroblast cells. Most strains showed 50% reduction of plaque number by 0.125 mug of cytarabine per ml or less. Cytarabine levels in sera of 12 patients...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zaky DA,Betts RF,Douglas RG Jr,Bengali K,Neil GL

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00