Teicoplanin pharmacokinetics in intravenous drug abusers being treated for bacterial endocarditis.

abstract：:Remdesivir was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Remdesivir is the prodrug of an adenosine analogue that inhibits viral replication of several RNA virus families, including Coronaviridae Preclinical data in animal ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aleissa MM,Silverman EA,Paredes Acosta LM,Nutt CT,Richterman A,Marty FM

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of 15 selected penicillin- and amoxicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates (MICs of 2 to 8 and 8 to 16 microg/ml, respectively) were studied. In addition to typical changes in PBPs 1A and 2X, these strains had 10 unique changes in PBP 2B, including a (618)A-G substitution...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kosowska K,Jacobs MR,Bajaksouzian S,Koeth L,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae causes common and severe hospital- and community-acquired infections with a high incidence of multidrug resistance. The emergence and spread of beta-lactamase-producing K. pneumoniae strains highlight the need to develop new therapeutic strategies. In this study, we developed antisense peptide nu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kurupati P,Tan KS,Kumarasinghe G,Poh CL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mycobacterial phosphoglycosyltransferase WecA, which initiates arabinogalactan biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been proposed as a target of the caprazamycin derivative CPZEN-45, a preclinical drug candidate for the treatment of tuberculosis. In this report, we describe the functional characterizati...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huszár S,Singh V,Polčicová A,Baráth P,Barrio MB,Lagrange S,Leblanc V,Nacy CA,Mizrahi V,Mikušová K

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical blockade of the gp41 fusogenic protein of HIV-1 is one possible strategy by which microbicides could prevent HIV transmission, working early against infection, by inhibiting viral entry into host cells. In this study, we examined the potential of gp41 fusion inhibitors (FIs) as candidate anti-HIV microbicides....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Harman S,Herrera C,Armanasco N,Nuttall J,Shattock RJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:In order to study the mechanism of insusceptibility of Spiroplasma citri to rifampin, we have cloned and sequenced its rpoB gene, which encodes the beta subunit of RNA polymerase. By comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence with sequences of beta subunits from susceptible and resistant bacteria, it was possible t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gaurivaud P,Laigret F,Bove JM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella suis histidinol dehydrogenase (HDH) can be efficiently targeted by substrate analogues. The growth of this pathogen in minimal medium was inhibited and the multiplication in human macrophages was totally abolished in the presence of the drugs. These effects have been shown to be correlated with the previously...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Joseph P,Abdo MR,Boigegrain RA,Montero JL,Winum JY,Köhler S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weak T-cell reactivity to hepatitis B virus (HBV) is thought to be the dominant cause for chronic HBV infection. Treatment with adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) increases the rate of HBV e antigen (HBeAg) loss; however, the immune mechanisms associated with this treatment response are not understood. Serial analysis of HBV-sp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cooksley H,Chokshi S,Maayan Y,Wedemeyer H,Andreone P,Gilson R,Warnes T,Paganin S,Zoulim F,Frederick D,Neumann AU,Brosgart CL,Naoumov NV

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-human immunodeficiency virus type I (anti-HIV-1) effects of gamma-glutamylcysteine ethyl ester (gamma-GCE; TEI-2306) were examined in vitro. In initial studies using a vigorously HIV-1-producing human T-lymphocytic cell line, gamma-GCE displayed a novel biphasic repressive effect on chronic HIV-1 infection th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kubota S,Shetty S,Zhang H,Kitahara S,Pomerantz RJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an isogenic system, we have determined the impact that the four promoters known to control bla(TEM) gene expression have on beta-lactamase activity. For both TEM-1 and TEM-30, this activity gradually increased in relation to the presence of promoters P3, Pa/Pb, and P4 upstream of the corresponding gene. Promoter...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lartigue MF,Leflon-Guibout V,Poirel L,Nordmann P,Nicolas-Chanoine MH

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a life-threatening disease of immunocompromised patients that requires aggressive therapy. Detection of the disease and monitoring of the therapeutic response during IPA are complex, and current molecular diagnostics are not suitably robust. Here, we explored proteomic profile...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Krel M,Petraitis V,Petraitiene R,Jain MR,Zhao Y,Li H,Walsh TJ,Perlin DS

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary infiltrates in neutropenic hosts with invasive aspergillosis are due to vascular invasion and hemorrhagic infarction. In order to measure the effect of antifungal compounds on this organism-mediated tissue injury, we monitored the course of pulmonary infiltrates by serial ultrafast computerized tomography (U...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Walsh TJ,Garrett K,Feurerstein E,Girton M,Allende M,Bacher J,Francesconi A,Schaufele R,Pizzo PA

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrosequencing was used to detect rapidly and estimate the number of 23S rRNA genes with a G2576T mutation in 43 linezolid-resistant and -susceptible clinical isolates of enterococci. The method showed 100% concordance with PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism for detecting isolates homozygous for either G2576...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sinclair A,Arnold C,Woodford N

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned a 4.9-kilobase (kb) HincII fragment which contains a tetracycline resistance determinant (tetM) from the chromosome of Ureaplasma urealyticum. The 4.9-kb HincII fragment contains DNA in addition to the structural gene, is closely related to the previously characterized 5.0-kb fragment from pJI3, and con...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brown JT,Roberts MC

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiviral effects of selenazofurin (2-beta-D-ribofuranosylselenazole-4-carboxamide, selenazole), ribavirin (1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide), and 3-deazaguanosine (6-amino-1-beta-D-ribofuranosylimidazo-[4.5-C]pyridin-4(5H)-one) were investigated separately and in various combinations in an in v...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kirsi JJ,McKernan PA,Burns NJ 3rd,North JA,Murray BK,Robins RK

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mefloquine shows a high capacity to bind plasma proteins, which influences the amount of drug in erythrocytes. The study investigated the association of lipids levels with plasma concentrations of mefloquine and carboxy-mefloquine in 85 Brazilian patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. There were no significan...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vieira JLF,Rivera JGB,de Sena LWP,Ferreira MVD

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the structures of quinolones and their anti-Mycobacterium avium activities has been previously derived by using the Multiple Computer-Automated Structure Evaluation program. A number of substructural constraints required to overcome the resistance of most of the strains have been identified. N...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Klopman G,Li JY,Wang S,Pearson AJ,Chang K,Jacobs MR,Bajaksouzian S,Ellner JJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Aeromonas hydrophila AE036 chromosome contains a cphA gene encoding a metallo-beta-lactamase which is highly active against carbapenem antibiotics such as imipenem. Here we show that the cphA gene product shares inhibitory similarities with a mammalian zinc peptidase, membrane dipeptidase (MDP; dehydropeptidase I)...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Keynan S,Hooper NM,Felici A,Amicosante G,Turner AJ

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of viability of toxin-treated cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae SCF 1717 could be prevented in the period before they altered physiologically if cells were incubated in media with a suitable concentration of potassium (0.08 to 0.13 M) and hydrogen ions (pH 6.2 to 6.7). Incorporation of higher amounts of potassium...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Middelbeek EJ,Crützen QH,Vogels GD

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Lactamase production was investigated in cultures of 25 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates isolated at a hospital in Durban, South Africa, in 1994 and 1996. Twenty of these isolates gave ceftazidime MIC/ceftazidime plus clavulanate MIC ratios of >/=8, implying production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs), ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Essack SY,Hall LM,Pillay DG,McFadyen ML,Livermore DM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) were investigated in rhesus monkeys after subcutaneous administration of 33.3 mg of AZT per kg of body weight alone or in the presence of 100 mg of probenecid per kg. In addition to unchanged drug, two catabolites, 5'-O-glucuronide (GAZT) and 3'-a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cretton EM,Schinazi RF,McClure HM,Anderson DC,Sommadossi JP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of CG400549, a novel FabI inhibitor, were compared to those of linezolid and commonly used antimicrobials against recent bacterial isolates. CG400549 had an MIC(90) of 0.5 microg/ml for Staphylococcus aureus strains and was more potent than either linezolid or vancomycin. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yum JH,Kim CK,Yong D,Lee K,Chong Y,Kim CM,Kim JM,Ro S,Cho JM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of trimethoprim (TMP) and sulfamethoxazole (SMZ), alone and in combination (SMZ-TMP), and of the following antibiotics were tested against 115 clinical isolates of nontyphoid Salmonella species: tobramycin, gentamicin, ampicillin, amoxicillin, neomycin, kanamycin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline. The ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marks MI,Kazemi M,MacKay E

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indwelling device infections are associated with considerable morbidity and extremely high cost. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most frequent gram-negative etiologic agent associated with infections of indwelling catheters and foreign body implants. It is generally agreed that eradication of infection in the presence o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brouqui P,Rousseau MC,Stein A,Drancourt M,Raoult D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-pseudomonas activities of azlocillin and mezlocillin were compared with that of ticarcillin. We measured the minimal inhibitory and minimal bactericidal concentrations of the three drugs against 20 different strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and found significantly lower values for azlocillin than for the oth...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coppens L,Klastersky J

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NK-2, a membrane-acting antimicrobial peptide, was derived from the cationic core region of porcine NK-lysin and consists of 27 amino acid residues. It adopts an amphipathic, alpha-helical secondary structure and has been shown to interact specifically with membranes of negatively charged lipids. We therefore investig...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Andrä J,Koch MH,Bartels R,Brandenburg K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the susceptibility of the murine gamma herpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) to a variety of antiviral agents. The acyclic nucleoside phosphonate analogs cidofovir [(S)-1-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl) cytosine], (S)-1-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)adenine (HPMPA), and adefovir [9-(2-phosphonylmethox...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Neyts J,De Clercq E

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ACH-702, a novel isothiazoloquinolone (ITQ), was assessed for antibacterial activity against a panel of Gram-positive and Gram-negative clinical isolates and found to possess broad-spectrum activity, especially against antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive strains, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (M...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pucci MJ,Podos SD,Thanassi JA,Leggio MJ,Bradbury BJ,Deshpande M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported previously that methylenecyclopropane analogs of nucleosides have excellent activity against certain members of the herpesvirus family. A second generation, the 2,2-bis-hydroxymethyl derivatives, were synthesized, and 18 compounds were tested for activity in vitro against herpes simplex virus types 1 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kern ER,Kushner NL,Hartline CB,Williams-Aziz SL,Harden EA,Zhou S,Zemlicka J,Prichard MN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00