Impact of self-assembly properties on antibacterial activity of short acyl-lysine oligomers.

abstract：:Disk diffusion antibiotic susceptibility tests as performed by the hospital diagnostic microbiology laboratory were read at 4, 8, and 12 h of incubation and compared to the traditional 18-h readings. Both the zone size in millimeters and a judgement of susceptible or resistant were recorded by the investigator at each...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kluge RM

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of caspofungin combined with amphotericin B were investigated with Candida glabrata. Although in vitro experiments showed an indifferent interaction, the combination regimen was the only therapeutic approach yielding organ sterilization in a murine candidemia model. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barchiesi F,Spreghini E,Fothergill AW,Arzeni D,Greganti G,Giannini D,Rinaldi MG,Scalise G

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftizoxime was evaluated in the treatment of 18 patients (6 adults and 12 children) with bacterial meningitis. In seven patients Haemophilus influenzae was the causative agent, in three Neisseria meningitidis, in five Streptococcus pneumoniae, and in one each alpha-streptococcus and Escherichia coli; one case was cul...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Overturf GD,Cable DC,Forthal DN,Shikuma C

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of eight antifungal drugs against clinical isolates of Fonsecaea pedrosoi (n = 21), Fonsecaea monophora (n = 25), and Fonsecaea nubica (n = 9) were tested. The resulting MIC(90)s for all strains (n = 55) were as follows, in increasing order: posaconazole, 0.063 microg/ml; itraconazole, 0.125 mi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Najafzadeh MJ,Badali H,Illnait-Zaragozi MT,De Hoog GS,Meis JF

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MIC of an antimalarial drug for a particular infection is the drug level associated with a net parasite multiplication rate of one per asexual cycle. To ensure the cure of malaria, the MIC must be exceeded until all parasites have been eliminated. The development of highly sensitive and accurate PCR quantitation o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hien TT,White NJ,Thuy-Nhien NT,Hoa NT,Thuan PD,Tarning J,Nosten F,Magnusson B,Jain JP,Hamed K

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to daptomycin in enterococcal clinical isolates remains rare but is being increasingly reported in the United States and worldwide. There are limited data on the genetic relatedness and microbiological and clinical characteristics of daptomycin-nonsusceptible enterococcal clinical isolates. In this study, w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang G,Kamalakaran S,Dhand A,Huang W,Ojaimi C,Zhuge J,Yee LL,Mayigowda P,Surendraiah PK,Dimitrova N,Fallon JT

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rifapentine is highly protein bound in blood, but the free, unbound drug is the microbiologically active fraction. In this exploratory study, we characterized the free plasma fraction of rifapentine in 41 patients with tuberculosis. We found a lower total rifapentine concentration but significantly higher free rifapen...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Egelund EF,Weiner M,Singh RP,Prihoda TJ,Gelfond JA,Derendorf H,Mac Kenzie WR,Peloquin CA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection does not generally cause problems in the immunocompetent adult but can result in severe clinical disease in the fetus, neonate, and immunocompromised host. Ganciclovir (GCV), the agent currently used to treat most HCMV infections, has resulted in much therapeutic success; however...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rybak RJ,Hartline CB,Qiu YL,Zemlicka J,Harden E,Marshall G,Sommadossi JP,Kern ER

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:R1033 is a plasmid of compatibility group P (= P1) transferred from a wild strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It confers resistance to gentamicin by gentamicin acetyl-transferase 1 and to kanamycin and neomycin by neomycin phosphotransferase 1. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Smith DI,Lus RG,Rubio Calvo MC,Datta N,Jacob AE,Hedges RW

更新日期：1975-09-01 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：:The activity of cefotaxime, either alone or combined with an aminoglycoside, was determined against 50 isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, of which 50, 33, and 10 were resistant to gentamicin, tobramycin, and amikacin, respectively. Cefotaxime inhibited 34 isolates at a concentration of 16 microgram/ml and all isolate...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Murray PR

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality rate associated with Vibrio vulnificus sepsis remains high. An in vitro time-kill assay revealed synergism between tigecycline and ciprofloxacin. The survival rate was significantly higher in mice treated with tigecycline plus ciprofloxacin than in mice treated with cefotaxime plus minocycline. Thus, com...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kim SE,Kim HK,Choi SM,Yu Y,Kim UJ,Darboe KS,Kang SJ,Park KH,Kang G,Kim YR,Rhee JH,Jung SI,Jang HC

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequences for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia serial isolates from a bacteremic patient before and after development of levofloxacin resistance were assembled de novo and differed by one single-nucleotide variant in smeT, a repressor for multidrug efflux operon smeDEF. Along with sequenced isolates from five...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pak TR,Altman DR,Attie O,Sebra R,Hamula CL,Lewis M,Deikus G,Newman LC,Fang G,Hand J,Patel G,Wallach F,Schadt EE,Huprikar S,van Bakel H,Kasarskis A,Bashir A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of the macrolide roxithromycin (RU 28965) were studied during and after administration of 150 mg every 12 h for 3 days (five doses) in six volunteers. The concentrations in serum, blister fluid, and urine were measured. Mean levels in serum taken at 1.5 h after the morning dose increased from 4.4 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wise R,Kirkpatrick B,Ashby J,Andrews JM

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the occurrence of multidrug resistance in 44 Enterobacter aerogenes and Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates. Efflux was involved in resistance in E. aerogenes isolates more frequently than in K. pneumoniae isolates (100 versus 38% of isolates) and was associated with the expression of phenylalanine...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tran QT,Dupont M,Lavigne JP,Chevalier J,Pagès JM,Sotto A,Davin-Regli A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) strains belong to seven genotypes with numerous subtypes that respond differently to antiviral therapies. Genotype 1, and primarily subtype 1b, is the most prevalent genotype worldwide. The development of recombinant HCV infectious cell culture systems for different variants, permitted by the h...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pham LV,Ramirez S,Carlsen THR,Li YP,Gottwein JM,Bukh J

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining voriconazole and flucloxacillin is indicated in patient cohorts experiencing both invasive aspergillosis and Gram-positive infections (e.g., patients with chronic granulomatous disease or postinfluenza pulmonary aspergillosis). We report a highly relevant interaction between voriconazole and flucloxacillin, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Muilwijk EW,Dekkers BGJ,Henriet SSV,Verweij PE,Witjes B,Lashof AMLO,Groeneveld GH,van der Hoeven J,Alffenaar JWC,Russel FGM,van de Veerdonk F,Brüggemann RJM

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We encountered three clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus which were susceptible to netilmicin and arbekacin in the absence of beta-lactam antibiotics but which were resistant to them in the presence of beta-lactam antibiotics. One of these strains, KU5801, was used to further investigate t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ida T,Okamoto R,Nonoyama M,Irinoda K,Kurazono M,Inoue M

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:VX-787 is a novel inhibitor of influenza virus replication that blocks the PB2 cap-snatching activity of the influenza viral polymerase complex. Viral genetics and X-ray crystallography studies provide support for the idea that VX-787 occupies the 7-methyl GTP (m(7)GTP) cap-binding site of PB2. VX-787 binds the cap-bi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Byrn RA,Jones SM,Bennett HB,Bral C,Clark MP,Jacobs MD,Kwong AD,Ledeboer MW,Leeman JR,McNeil CF,Murcko MA,Nezami A,Perola E,Rijnbrand R,Saxena K,Tsai AW,Zhou Y,Charifson PS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linezolid is the first synthetic oxazolidone agent to treat infections caused by Gram-positive pathogens. Infected patients with liver dysfunction (LD) are more likely to suffer from adverse reactions, such as thrombocytopenia, when standard-dose linezolid is used than patients with LD who did not use linezolid. Curre...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhang SH,Zhu ZY,Chen Z,Li Y,Zou Y,Yan M,Xu Y,Wang F,Liu MZ,Zhang M,Zhang BK

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of 112 clinical isolates, 28 type strains, and 9 reference strains of Nocardia were determined using the Sensititre Rapmyco microdilution panel (Thermo Fisher, Inc.). Isolates were identified by highly discriminatory multilocus sequence analysis and were chosen to represent the di...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McTaggart LR,Doucet J,Witkowska M,Richardson SE

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of the SHV-1 beta-lactamase gene was analyzed in 97 epidemiologically unrelated Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from clinical samples. beta-Lactamase bands that focused at a pI of 7.6 (SHV-1-type) in 74 strains, at a pI of 7.1 (LEN-1-type) in 13 strains, and at a pI of 5.4 (TEM-1-type) in 10 strains ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chaves J,Ladona MG,Segura C,Coira A,Reig R,Ampurdanés C

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a multidrug-resistant organism increasingly isolated from the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. One hundred twenty-five S. maltophilia isolates from 85 CF patients underwent planktonic and biofilm susceptibility testing against 9 different antibiotics, alone and in double antibiot...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wu K,Yau YC,Matukas L,Waters V

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propolis, a resinous bee product, has been shown to inhibit the growth of oral microorganisms and the activity of bacterium-derived glucosyltransferases (GTFs). Several compounds, mainly polyphenolics, have been identified in this natural product. The present study evaluated the effects of distinct chemical groups fou...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Koo H,Rosalen PL,Cury JA,Park YK,Bowen WH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 11 fluoroquinolone antibacterial agents, including 8 newly synthesized molecules and 3 reference compounds (pefloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and sparfloxacin), were tested for their MICs against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The intracellular accumulation of fluoroquinolone...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bazile S,Moreau N,Bouzard D,Essiz M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was directed at characterizing the genetic elements carrying the methylase gene erm(B), encoding ribosome modification-mediated resistance to macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin B (MLS) antibiotics, in Streptococcus pyogenes. In this species, erm(B) is responsible for MLS resistance in constitutively ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brenciani A,Bacciaglia A,Vecchi M,Vitali LA,Varaldo PE,Giovanetti E

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:Ten strains each of 18 clinically important species of Clostridium were tested for susceptibility to clindamycin. Of the 180 strains tested, 56 (31%) were resistant to more than 1.6 mug/ml. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wilkins TD,Thiel T

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid infusion of hyperosmolar solutions into the internal carotid artery transiently disrupts the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, permitting entry of substances normally excluded from the nervous system. This study examined the effect of such an infusion on the penetration of vancomycin and tobramycin into ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Perkins BA,Strausbaugh LJ

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00