Crystal structures of biapenem and tebipenem complexed with penicillin-binding proteins 2X and 1A from Streptococcus pneumoniae.

abstract：:While the neuraminidase (NA) inhibitor oseltamivir is currently our first line of defense against a pandemic threat, there is little information about whether in vitro testing can predict the in vivo effectiveness of antiviral treatment. Using a panel of five H5N1 influenza viruses (H5 clades 1 and 2), we determined t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Govorkova EA,Ilyushina NA,McClaren JL,Naipospos TS,Douangngeun B,Webster RG

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rifampin monotherapy was compared to the combination of linezolid or vancomycin with rifampin in an experimental rat model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) chronic foreign body osteomyelitis. MRSA was inoculated into the proximal tibia, and a titanium wire was implanted. Four weeks after infection...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vergidis P,Rouse MS,Euba G,Karau MJ,Schmidt SM,Mandrekar JN,Steckelberg JM,Patel R

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, susceptibilities were determined for AZD0914, a spiropyrimidinetrione DNA gyrase inhibitor, azithromycin, doxycycline, and levofloxacin against Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species. The activity of AZD0914 was comparable to that of levofloxacin and doxycycline against Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Waites KB,Crabb DM,Duffy LB,Huband MD

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrotoxicity is the main complication of gentamicin (GM) treatment. GM induces renal damage by overproduction of reactive oxygen species and inflammation in proximal tubular cells. Phenolic compounds from ginger, called gingerols, have been demonstrated to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. We investiga...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rodrigues FA,Prata MM,Oliveira IC,Alves NT,Freitas RE,Monteiro HS,Silva JA,Vieira PC,Viana DA,Libório AB,Havt A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to examine the effects of resistance mechanisms on several resistance phenotypes among carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates with borderline carbapenem MICs. We compared carbapenemase-negative K. pneumoniae with carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (CPKP) isolates with similar MICs. CPKP isolat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Adler A,Ben-Dalak M,Chmelnitsky I,Carmeli Y

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since transmission of Chagas' disease by the insect vector is under control in Brazil, transmission by blood transfusion is acquiring special relevance in areas where the disease is endemic and also in countries whose populations are free of infection but that are receiving immigrants from areas where the disease is e...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chiari E,Oliveira AB,Prado MA,Alves RJ,Galvão LM,Araujo FG

更新日期：1996-03-01 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

abstract：:Seventy-two (54.5%) out of 132 fecal samples from a group of yellow-legged gulls in Barcelona, Spain, were positive for Escherichia coli producing either extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) (51.5%), carbapenemase (1.5%), or cephamycinase (1.5%). The isolation of two carbapenemase-producing E. coli strains is a matte...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vergara A,Pitart C,Montalvo T,Roca I,Sabaté S,Hurtado JC,Planell R,Marco F,Ramírez B,Peracho V,de Simón M,Vila J

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Dapsone (4,4'-diaminodiphenylsulfone), incorporated into the mouse chow in a concentration of 0.1 g/100 g of diet, was administered for 1 week to mice in which Mycobacterium leprae had multiplied to the level of 10(6) organisms/footpad. M. leprae were harvested from these and also from control mice, diluted serially, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Levy L

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, PAe191, was found to be highly resistant to all anti-Pseudomonas beta-lactam antibiotics (except imipenem) and resistant also to aminoglycosides. It produced a beta-lactamase (with an apparent pI of 7.6) which was not inhibited by clavulanic acid. Cloning and characterizat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mugnier P,Casin I,Bouthors AT,Collatz E

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating data have brought the nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors (NNRTIs) into the forefront of antiretroviral therapy. Among the emerging compounds in this class, a particularly attractive one is efavirenz (Sustiva), recently approved for clinical use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maga G,Ubiali D,Salvetti R,Pregnolato M,Spadari S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physicochemical constants and some structural parameters (topological, steric, and electronic) of eight third-generation monofluorate quinolones (six uncommercialized and two used clinically [ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin]) were determined: pKa, intrinsic solubility (S0), chromatographic capacity factor, partitio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Escribano E,Calpena AC,Garrigues TM,Freixas J,Domenech J,Moreno J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Berberine sulfate is an alkaloid extracted from the roots and bark of various plants and possesses antibacterial, antifungal, and antiprotozoal activities. Most studies have focused on the bacteriostatic or bactericidal activities of this compound. In this study, we report that berberine sulfate is bacteriostatic for ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sun D,Courtney HS,Beachey EH

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for novel antibacterial strategies and the awareness of the importance of quorum sensing (QS) in bacterial infections have stimulated research aimed at identifying QS inhibitors (QSIs). However, clinical application of QSIs identified so far is still distant, likely due to their unsuitability for use in human...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Imperi F,Massai F,Ramachandran Pillai C,Longo F,Zennaro E,Rampioni G,Visca P,Leoni L

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical animal models informing antimalarial drug development are scarce. We have used asexual erythrocytic Plasmodium cynomolgi infections of rhesus macaques to model Plasmodium vivax during preclinical development of compounds targeting parasite phospholipid synthesis. Using this malaria model, we accumulated da...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kocken CH,Remarque EJ,Dubbeld MA,Wein S,van der Wel A,Verburgh RJ,Vial HJ,Thomas AW

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperbaric oxygen exposures were evaluated for treatment of progressive liver abscesses produced by intraperitoneal injection of combined cultures of Fusobacterium necrophorum plus either Bacteroides fragilis subsp. fragilis or Fusobacterium nucleatum in a mouse model. Infected control and hyperbaric oxygen-exposed mi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hill GB

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefamandole nafate, a new cephalosporin for parenteral use, was evaluated in vitro against 231 recent clinical isolates and in 12 patients. Cefamandole had activity equivalent to cefazolin against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Cefamandole was more active than cephalothin or cefazo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shemonsky NK,Carrizosa J,Levison ME

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treating high-density bacterial infections is a challenging clinical problem. We have a paucity of new agents that can address this problem. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a particularly difficult pathogen to treat effectively because of the plethora of resistance mechanisms it carries. Fosfomycin is an agent discovered ci...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Drusano GL,Neely MN,Yamada WM,Duncanson B,Brown D,Maynard M,Vicchiarelli M,Louie A

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Dogs were experimentally inoculated with Rickettsia rickettsii to determine if anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive dosages of prednisolone, when administered in conjunction with an antirickettsial antibiotic (doxycycline), induced therapeutically relevant pathophysiological consequences that ultimately influence di...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Breitschwerdt EB,Davidson MG,Hegarty BC,Papich MG,Grindem CB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ledipasvir (LDV; GS-5885), a component of Harvoni (a fixed-dose combination of LDV with sofosbuvir [SOF]), is approved to treat chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Here, we report key preclinical antiviral properties of LDV, including in vitro potency, in vitro resistance profile, and activity in combination wi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cheng G,Tian Y,Doehle B,Peng B,Corsa A,Lee YJ,Gong R,Yu M,Han B,Xu S,Dvory-Sobol H,Perron M,Xu Y,Mo H,Pagratis N,Link JO,Delaney W

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A mixed culture of an hypermutable hexA Streptococcus pneumoniae mutant strain and its hexA(+) isogenic ancestor was challenged with low cefotaxime concentrations. Despite identical original cefotaxime MICs, the hexA mutant population was significantly selected at very low concentrations, and all of the tested selecte...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Negri MC,Morosini MI,Baquero MR,del Campo R,Blázquez J,Baquero F

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five sequential Cryptococcus neoformans isolates recovered from an AIDS patient with recurrent meningitis were analyzed. Four isolates were fluconazole susceptible, while the fifth isolate developed fluconazole resistance. Analysis of the 14-alpha lanosterol demethylase gene (ERG11) showed a point mutation in the resi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rodero L,Mellado E,Rodriguez AC,Salve A,Guelfand L,Cahn P,Cuenca-Estrella M,Davel G,Rodriguez-Tudela JL

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biliary excretion profile of cefixime was studied in 10 patients provided with T-tube drainage of the common bile duct after cholecystectomy. Following a single 200-mg oral dose, the peak concentration of cefixime in bile reached 56.9 +/- 70 mg/liter, approximately 20 times as high as the peak concentration in ser...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Westphal JF,Jehl F,Schloegel M,Monteil H,Brogard JM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two ceftazidime-resistant variants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA-48, PA-60), obtained from cardiac vegetations of rabbits with endocarditis receiving ceftazidime therapy, were studied for mechanisms of resistance. Both resistant variants were stably derepressed for the type Id beta-lactamase, which was ceftazidime ind...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bayer AS,Peters J,Parr TR Jr,Chan L,Hancock RE

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifungal activities of amphotericin B and two triazoles, Sch 39304 and fluconazole, were tested against Histoplasma capsulatum. In this study Sch 39304 compared favorably with amphotericin B in treating histoplasmosis in normal and leukopenic mice, whereas fluconazole was much less active. The differences in the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kobayashi GS,Travis SJ,Rinaldi MG,Medoff G

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bactericidal activity of the novel beta-defensin hBD-3 against 28 species and 55 strains of gram-positive cocci and gram-negative fermentative and nonfermentative rods was tested. All strains proved to be highly or intermediately susceptible to hBD-3 (minimal bactericidal concentration [MBC],

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sahly H,Schubert S,Harder J,Rautenberg P,Ullmann U,Schröder J,Podschun R

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The creation of new chemotherapeutic regimens that permit shortening the duration of treatment is a major priority for antituberculosis drug development. In this study, we used the murine model of experimental tuberculosis therapy to determine whether incorporation of the investigational new nitroimidazopyran PA-824 i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nuermberger E,Rosenthal I,Tyagi S,Williams KN,Almeida D,Peloquin CA,Bishai WR,Grosset JH

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukocyte chemotaxis was inhibited 9.6% compared with control in the presence of 10 mug of gentamicin per ml and 10.5% when exposed to 20 mug of amikacin per ml. However, cells incubated with an injectable form of gentamicin, containing preservatives, were inhibited an additional 25.8% relative to cells incubated with...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goodhart GL

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical isolate of Enterobacter cloacae, strain NOR-1, exhibited resistance to imipenem and remained susceptible to extended-spectrum cephalosporins. Clavulanic acid partially restored the susceptibility of the strain to imipenem. Two beta-lactamases with isoelectric points (pI) of 6.9 and > 9.2 were detected in st...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nordmann P,Mariotte S,Naas T,Labia R,Nicolas MH

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-influenza drug oseltamivir is an ester prodrug activated by hepatic carboxylesterases. Plasma esterases also convert up to 31.8% of the parent compound to the active metabolite after 4 h ex vivo, with wide interindividual variation. This source of error is removed by adding the esterase inhibitor dichlorvos t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lindegardh N,Davies GR,Tran TH,Farrar J,Singhasivanon P,Day NP,White NJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00