CTX-M expression and selection of ertapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli.

abstract：:The organic salt triethyl-n-hexylammonium triethyl-n-hexylboride (N(2226)B(2226)) has biostatic effects against two gram-positive bacteria, Bacillus subtilis and Micrococcus luteus, and the yeast Candida albicans. Escherichia coli and chicken embryo fibroblasts grown in tissue culture are more refractory to this compo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rosenthal KS,Storm DR,Ford WT

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in ventilator-associated pneumonia is a serious and often life-threatening complication in intensive care unit patients, and new treatment options are needed. We used B-cell-enriched peripheral blood lymphocytes from a volunteer immunized with a P. aeruginosa O-polysaccharide-toxin A c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Horn MP,Zuercher AW,Imboden MA,Rudolf MP,Lazar H,Wu H,Hoiby N,Fas SC,Lang AB

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is the third most significant cause of infectious disease in the world. The search for new antimalarial chemotherapy has become increasingly urgent due to parasite resistance to classical drugs. Trioxaquines are synthetic hybrid molecules containing a trioxane motif (which is responsible for the antimalarial a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Benoit-Vical F,Lelièvre J,Berry A,Deymier C,Dechy-Cabaret O,Cazelles J,Loup C,Robert A,Magnaval JF,Meunier B

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the polymyxin receptor molecules in the membranes of living microorganisms, fusion of intact Acholeplasma laidlawii B with lipid vesicles was investigated according to the procedure of Grant and McConnell (1973). The naturally polymyxin-resistant A. laidlawii B was treated with phospholipid vesicles prepar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Teuber M,Bader J

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2002, the first two clinical isolates of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) containing vanA were recovered in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Tn1546, a mobile genetic element that encodes high-level vancomycin resistance in enterococci, was present in both isolates. With PCR and DNA sequence analysis, we ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clark NC,Weigel LM,Patel JB,Tenover FC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Titanium (Ti) is a promising candidate biomaterial for an artificial corneal skirt. Antimicrobial peptide (AMP) immobilization may improve the bactericidal effect of the Ti substrate. In this study, we tested the bactericidal efficacy of a functionalized Ti surface in a rabbit keratitis model. A corneal stromal pocket...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tan XW,Goh TW,Saraswathi P,Nyein CL,Setiawan M,Riau A,Lakshminarayanan R,Liu S,Tan D,Beuerman RW,Mehta JS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-five strains of Haemophilus influenzae type b, including 45 beta-lactamase-positive strains, were tested by MIC and time kill studies for susceptibility to ampicillin-sulbactam at various ratios. beta-Lactamase-negative strains were inhibited by lower concentrations of ampicillin-sulbactam than beta-lactamase-...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Azimi PH,Dunphy MG

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel trait for transferable resistance to high concentrations of trimethoprim was found to dominate among enterobacteria collected from different parts of Sri Lanka. Drug resistance was a result of the production of dihydrofolate reductase with a decreased sensitivity to antifolates. By characterization of the part...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sundström L,Vinayagamoorthy T,Sköld O

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LFF571 is a novel semisynthetic thiopeptide antibiotic with potent activity against a variety of Gram-positive pathogens, including Clostridium difficile. In vivo efficacy of LFF571 was compared to vancomycin in a hamster model of C. difficile infection (CDI). Infection was induced in Golden Syrian hamsters using a to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Trzasko A,Leeds JA,Praestgaard J,Lamarche MJ,McKenney D

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPCs) by Enterobacteriaceae has become a significant problem in recent years. To identify factors that could predict isolation of KPC-producing K. pneumoniae (KPCKP) in clinical samples from hospitalized patients, we conducted a retrospective, matched (1:2) case-...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tumbarello M,Trecarichi EM,Tumietto F,Del Bono V,De Rosa FG,Bassetti M,Losito AR,Tedeschi S,Saffioti C,Corcione S,Giannella M,Raffaelli F,Pagani N,Bartoletti M,Spanu T,Marchese A,Cauda R,Viscoli C,Viale P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of three newly developed quinolone drugs (T-3262, NY-198, and fleroxacin [AM-833; RO 23-6240]) against 10 strains of clinically isolated Chlamydia trachomatis were assessed and compared with those of other quinolones and minocycline. T-3262 (MIC for 90% of isolates tested, 0.1 microgram/ml) was...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maeda H,Fujii A,Nakata K,Arakawa S,Kamidono S

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posaconazole (POS) is a new antifungal agent for prevention and therapy of mycoses in immunocompromised patients. Variable POS pharmacokinetics after oral dosing may influence efficacy: a trough threshold of 0.5 μg/ml has been recently proposed. Measurement of POS plasma concentrations by complex chromatographic techn...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rochat B,Pascual A,Pesse B,Lamoth F,Sanglard D,Decosterd LA,Bille J,Marchetti O

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacteria has become so threatening to human health that new antibacterial platforms are desperately needed to combat these deadly infections. The concept of siderophore conjugation, which facilitates compound uptake across the outer membrane by hijacking bacterial iron acquisition...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tomaras AP,Crandon JL,McPherson CJ,Banevicius MA,Finegan SM,Irvine RL,Brown MF,O'Donnell JP,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida auris is an emerging pathogen that can cause virulent central-line-associated bloodstream infections. Catheter salvage through the eradication of biofilms is a desirable therapeutic option. We compared taurolidine and minocycline-EDTA-ethanol (MEE) catheter lock solutions in vitro for the eradication of biofil...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Reitzel RA,Rosenblatt J,Gerges BZ,Vargas-Cruz N,Raad II

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a devastating disease of immunocompromised patients. Pharmacodynamic (PD) examination of antifungal drug therapy in IPA is one strategy that may improve outcomes. The current study explored the PD target of posaconazole in an immunocompromised murine model of IPA against 10 A....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lepak AJ,Marchillo K,Vanhecker J,Andes DR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a resurgence of interest in aerosolization of antibiotics for treatment of patients with severe pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens. A combination formulation of amikacin-fosfomycin is currently undergoing clinical testing although the exposure-response relationships of these drugs have no...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sime FB,Johnson A,Whalley S,Santoyo-Castelazo A,Montgomery AB,Walters KA,Lipman J,Hope WW,Roberts JA

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of resistance to last-resort antibiotics was evaluated among Enterobacteriaceae isolates recovered from hospitalized children in a remote African archipelago, São Tomé and Príncipe, where there is limited access to those antibiotics. Fifty patients were screened for colonization by carbapenem-, pan-amin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Poirel L,Aires-de-Sousa M,Kudyba P,Kieffer N,Nordmann P

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three isolates of group A streptococci (GAS) recovered from population-based invasive GAS surveillance in the United States were erythromycin resistant, inducibly clindamycin resistant, and lacked known macrolide resistance determinants. These 23 isolates, representing four different clones, contained a broad-h...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Woodbury RL,Klammer KA,Xiong Y,Bailiff T,Glennen A,Bartkus JM,Lynfield R,Van Beneden C,Beall BW,Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team.

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foscarnet is widely used for the treatment of acyclovir-resistant herpesvirus infections, and foscarnet-resistant herpesvirus infections are a serious concern in immunocompromised patients. Twenty-seven single-plaque isolates of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) resistant to foscarnet were selected from foscarnet- a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Saijo M,Suzutani T,Morikawa S,Kurane I

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of an extended-release (XR) formulation of ciprofloxacin has been compared to that of the immediate-release (IR) product in healthy volunteers. The only significant difference in pharmacokinetic parameters between the two formulations was seen in the rate constant of absorption, which was approxim...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Meagher AK,Forrest A,Dalhoff A,Stass H,Schentag JJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:The epileptogenic activity of imipenem was investigated in rats with experimental renal failure induced by uranyl nitrate injection by using electroencephalogram (EEG) recording and a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model including an effect compartment. Results previously obtained with healthy rats were used to estim...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dupuis A,Limosin A,Paquereau J,Mimoz O,Couet W,Bouquet S

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated ertapenem-susceptible and -resistant extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacter cloacae isolates obtained from the same patient. Gene transcription of OmpD and OmpF was diminished in the ertapenem-resistant isolate. An efflux pump inhibitor decreased the MICs of ertapenem in the resistant ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Szabó D,Silveira F,Hujer AM,Bonomo RA,Hujer KM,Marsh JW,Bethel CR,Doi Y,Deeley K,Paterson DL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active nuclear importation of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 (HIV-1) preintegration complex (PIC) is required for the productive infection of nondividing cells, but it is believed to be dispensable for the infection of proliferating cells, such as activated T lymphocytes. To investigate this question, w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Haffar OK,Smithgall MD,Popov S,Ulrich P,Bruce AG,Nadler SG,Cerami A,Bukrinsky MI

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections caused by carbapenem-resistant KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae are responsible for high rates of mortality and represent a major therapeutic challenge, especially when the isolates are also resistant to colistin. We used the checkerboard method to evaluate the synergistic activity of 10 antibiotic combi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tascini C,Tagliaferri E,Giani T,Leonildi A,Flammini S,Casini B,Lewis R,Ferranti S,Rossolini GM,Menichetti F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administering polymyxin antibiotics in a traditional fashion may be ineffective against Gram-negative ESKAPE (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species) pathogens. Here, we explored increasing the dose intensity of poly...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tsuji BT,Landersdorfer CB,Lenhard JR,Cheah SE,Thamlikitkul V,Rao GG,Holden PN,Forrest A,Bulitta JB,Nation RL,Li J

更新日期：2016-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The new oral 200-mg rifamycin SV MMX modified-release tablets, designed to deliver rifamycin SV directly into the colonic lumen, offer considerable advantages over the existing immediate-release antidiarrheic formulations. In two pharmacokinetics studies of healthy volunteers, the absorption, urinary excretion, and fe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Di Stefano AF,Rusca A,Loprete L,Dröge MJ,Moro L,Assandri A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether grapefruit juice inhibits the metabolism of clarithromycin, 12 healthy subjects were given water or grapefruit juice before and after a clarithromycin dose of 500 mg in a randomized crossover study. Administration of grapefruit juice increased the time to peak concentration of both clarithromyci...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cheng KL,Nafziger AN,Peloquin CA,Amsden GW

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftibuten (CFB), a new broad-spectrum cephalosporin for oral administration, possesses potent activity in vitro against a wide range of gram-negative and certain gram-positive pathogens frequently encountered in pediatric patients. Its antimicrobial spectrum and dosage formulation suggest a use for CFB in the treatme...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kearns GL,Reed MD,Jacobs RF,Ardite M,Yogev RD,Blumer JL

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria (CP-GNB) have increasingly spread worldwide, and different families of carbapenemases have been identified in various bacterial species. Here, we report the identification of five VIM metallo-β-lactamase-producing Alcaligenes faecalis isolates associated with a small outb...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Al Laham N,Chavda KD,Cienfuegos-Gallet AV,Kreiswirth BN,Chen L

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00