Effects of amphotericin B and fluconazole on the extracellular and intracellular growth of Candida albicans.

abstract：:We investigated the impact of low-level resistance to fluoroquinolones on the bactericidal activity of ciprofloxacin in a murine model of urinary tract infection. The susceptible Escherichia coli strain CFT073 (ciprofloxacin MIC [CIP MIC] of 0.008 microg/ml) was compared to its transconjugants harboring qnrA1 or qnrS1...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Allou N,Cambau E,Massias L,Chau F,Fantin B

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes nosocomial infections worldwide. This microbe's propensity to form biofilms allows it to persist and to survive on clinical abiotic surfaces for long periods. In fact, A. baumannii biofilm formation and its multidrug-resistant nature severely compromise ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Krishnamoorthy S,Shah BP,Lee HH,Martinez LR

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:lacZ fusion strains were constructed using the promoters of five cell wall stress stimulon genes: pbp2, tcaA, vraSR, sgtB, and lytR. All fusion strains were induced only in the presence of cell wall-active antibiotics, suggesting the potential of these strains for use in high-throughput screening for new cell wall-act...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Steidl R,Pearson S,Stephenson RE,Ledala N,Sitthisak S,Wilkinson BJ,Jayaswal RK

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporadic isolates of carbapenem-resistant KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae were isolated in Tel Aviv Medical Center during 2005 and 2006, parallel to the emergence of the KPC-3-producing K. pneumoniae sequence type 258 (ST 258). We aimed to study the molecular epidemiology of these isolates and to characterize th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Leavitt A,Carmeli Y,Chmelnitsky I,Goren MG,Ofek I,Navon-Venezia S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluroquinolone antibiotics have been reported to have antiviral properties against RNA viruses, including hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the present study, five patients with advanced liver disease secondary to chronic HCV received 500 mg daily of oral ciprofloxacin for 30 days. Serum HCV-RNA levels and liver enzyme abno...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kojima H,Kaita KD,Hawkins K,Uhanova J,Minuk GY

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified GRL-1388 and -1398, potent nonpeptidic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitors (PIs) containing a bicyclic P2 functional moiety, tetrahydropyrano-tetrahydrofuran (Tp-THF). GRL-1388 was as potent as darunavir (DRV) against various drug-resistant HIV-1 laboratory strains with 50% ef...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ide K,Aoki M,Amano M,Koh Y,Yedidi RS,Das D,Leschenko S,Chapsal B,Ghosh AK,Mitsuya H

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All cells need to protect themselves against the osmotic challenges of their environment by maintaining low permeability to ions across their cell membranes. This is a basic principle of cellular function, which is reflected in the interactions among ion transport and drug efflux genes that have arisen during cellular...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cohen BE

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene coding for aminoglycoside 2'-N-acetyltransferase Ia [AAC(2')-Ia] from Providencia stuartii was amplified by PCR and cloned. The resulting construct, pACKF2, was transferred into Escherichia coli for overexpression of AAC(2')-Ia as a fusion protein with an N-terminal hexa-His tag. The fusion protein was isolat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Franklin K,Clarke AJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether low concentrations of aminoglycosides in combination with penicillin could effectively kill enterococci in vitro, we tested penicillin (20 micrograms/ml) in combination with decreasing concentrations of either streptomycin (20, 10, 5, and 1 micrograms/ml) or gentamicin (5, 3, 1, and 0.5 micrograms...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Matsumoto JY,Wilson WR,Wright AJ,Geraci JE,Washington JA 2nd

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacies of ciprofloxacin and ampicillin against Listeria monocytogenes in an immunosuppressed mouse model of listeriosis were compared. Immunosuppression was achieved by administration of 2.5 mg of hydrocortisone acetate daily. Both ciprofloxacin and ampicillin were effective in reducing the number of viable L....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： van Ogtrop ML,Mattie H,Sekh BR,van Strijen E,van Furth R

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if saquinavir mesylate (saquinavir) is a substrate of human multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (hMRP1 [ABCC1]) or hMRP2 (cMOAT, or ABCC2), MDCKII cells that overexpress either hMRP1 (MDCKII-MRP1) or hMRP2 (MDCKII-MRP2) were used to investigate saquinavir's cytotoxicity and transport in comparison w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Williams GC,Liu A,Knipp G,Sinko PJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA microarrays were used to analyze Candida glabrata oropharyngeal isolates from seven hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients whose isolates developed azole resistance while the recipients received fluconazole prophylaxis. Transcriptional profiling of the paired isolates revealed 19 genes upregulated in the ma...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tsai HF,Sammons LR,Zhang X,Suffis SD,Su Q,Myers TG,Marr KA,Bennett JE

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Cambodia, multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum undermines the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, and new therapeutic options are needed. Pyronaridine-artesunate has not previously been evaluated in eastern Cambodia. We conducted a single-arm, open-label, prospective study between July and December 2017 at the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Leang R,Mairet-Khedim M,Chea H,Huy R,Khim N,Mey Bouth D,Dorina Bustos M,Ringwald P,Witkowski B

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Class D beta-lactamase OXA-57 was identified in a range of isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia thailandensis. Comparative kinetic analyses of wild-type and mutant forms of B. pseudomallei OXA-57 are reported. Implications of these data for beta-lactam resistance and the proposed role of Ser-104 in b...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Keith KE,Oyston PC,Crossett B,Fairweather NF,Titball RW,Walsh TR,Brown KA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-site enzyme-linked lactate dehydrogenase enzyme immunodetection assay was tested against field isolates of Plasmodium falciparum for assessing in vitro drug susceptibilities to a wide range of antimalarial drugs. Its sensitivity allowed the use of parasite densities as low as 200 parasites/microl of blood. Be...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brockman A,Singlam S,Phiaphun L,Looareesuwan S,White NJ,Nosten F

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of anthrax countermeasures that may be used concomitantly in a postexposure setting requires an understanding of the interaction between these products. Anthrax immune globulin intravenous (AIGIV) is a candidate immunotherapeutic that contains neutralizing antibodies against protective antigen (PA), a comp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Malkevich NV,Basu S,Rudge TL Jr,Clement KH,Chakrabarti AC,Aimes RT,Nabors GS,Skiadopoulos MH,Ionin B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve healthy volunteers participated in this randomized crossover study to compare the concentrations and recovery levels of fleroxacin and pefloxacin in urine and to assess their bactericidal activities against 12 strains of urinary pathogens with different susceptibilities over a wide range of MICs. The volunteers...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Naber KG,Theuretzbacher U,Kinzig M,Savov O,Sörgel F

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymyxin B (PMB) binds to and neutralizes endotoxin, but its systemic clinical utility is limited by neuro- and nephrotoxicity. PMX622 is a covalent conjugate of PMB and Dextran-70 designed to retain the ability of PMB to neutralize endotoxin and to retain the favorable colloidal, pharmacokinetic, and metabolic prope...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lake P,DeLeo J,Cerasoli F,Logdberg L,Weetall M,Handley D

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we completely sequenced four mcr-1-haboring plasmids, isolated from two extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli and two carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates. The mcr-1-harboring plasmids from an E. coli sequence type 2448 (ST2448) isolate and two K. pneumoniae ST...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Li A,Yang Y,Miao M,Chavda KD,Mediavilla JR,Xie X,Feng P,Tang YW,Kreiswirth BN,Chen L,Du H

更新日期：2016-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the ultrastructural alterations induced during the proliferative stages of Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas' disease, by two ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors, ketoconazole and terbinafine, which had previously been shown to be potent growth inhibitors whose effects are pote...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lazardi K,Urbina JA,de Souza W

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied eight strains of Escherichia coli resistant to high levels of trimethoprim that were isolated over a 6-week period in a commercial breeding flock of broilers. The strains originated from fecal samples and from a carcass immediately after slaughter. Seven of eight strains belonged to the same infrequent biot...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chaslus-Dancla E,Gerbaud G,Lagorce M,Lafont JP,Courvalin P

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two multidrug-resistant (MDR) mcr-1-harboring Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from patients with urinary tract infections and one MDR Klebsiella quasipneumoniae isolate from a patient with bloodstream infection were identified to carry tmexCD1-toprJ1 The addition of the efflux pump inhibitor reduced the tigecycline MIC...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： He R,Yang Y,Wu Y,Zhong LL,Yang Y,Chen G,Qin M,Liang X,Ahmed MAEE,Lin M,Yan B,Xia Y,Dai M,Chen H,Tian GB

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 104 carbapenemase (serine- and metallo-beta-lactamase [MbetaL])-producing strains of the Enterobacteriaceae family collected from 2000 to 2005 in medical centers distributed worldwide were tested against tigecycline and 25 comparators by reference broth microdilution methods. The most frequent carbapenemase...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Castanheira M,Sader HS,Deshpande LM,Fritsche TR,Jones RN

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While Candida albicans remains the most common Candida isolate, Candida glabrata accounts for approximately 15 to 20% of all Candida infections in the United States. In this study we used immunosuppressed mice infected with C. glabrata to investigate the efficacy of liposomal amphotericin B alone or in combination wit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Olson JA,Adler-Moore JP,Smith PJ,Proffitt RT

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biotransformation of the parenterally effective cephalosporin antibiotic cefamandole nafate (I) has been studied in rats and dogs. After rapid in vivo hydrolysis of the nafate pharmaceutical form to cefamandole (II), the antibiotic was found to be very resistant to metabolic degradation in both species. In dogs, c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sullivan HR,Due SL,Kau DL,Quay JF,Miller WM

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the antistaphylococcal activity of daptomycin, vancomycin, oxacillin, gentamicin, and rifampin in human monocyte-derived macrophages. Compared with vancomycin and oxacillin, daptomycin had the most rapid and greatest antibacterial activity, but that of oxacillin was most sustained. The combination of d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Baltch AL,Ritz WJ,Bopp LH,Michelsen PB,Smith RP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, two identical copies of a 23S-5S gene cluster, which are separately situated within the Helicobacter pylori UA802 chromosome, were cloned and sequenced. Comparison of the DNA sequence of the H. pylori 23S rRNA gene with known sequences of other bacterial 23S rRNA genes indicated that the H. pylori UA802...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Taylor DE,Ge Z,Purych D,Lo T,Hiratsuka K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that the bacterial load at the infection site could impact considerably on the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) parameters of fluoroquinolones. Using a rat lung infection model, we measured the influence of different marbofloxacin dosage regimens on selection of resistant bacteria after...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kesteman AS,Ferran AA,Perrin-Guyomard A,Laurentie M,Sanders P,Toutain PL,Bousquet-Mélou A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice infected with Plasmodium berghei served as donors of erythrocytes with a high level of parasitemia for the study of ferriprotoporphyrin IX (FP) polymerization. Six hours after treatment of these mice with 3 micromol of chloroquine per 25 g of body weight, there were significant losses of heme polymerase I (HPA I)...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fitch CD,Chou AC

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-kill studies were used to examine the in vitro activities of penicillin G, RP 59500, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, and vancomycin against 10 pneumococci expressing various degrees of susceptibility to penicillin and erythromycin. RP 59500 MICs for all strains were 0.5 to 2.0 micrograms/ml, while eryt...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pankuch GA,Jacobs MR,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00