Controlled trial of a 5-day course of telithromycin versus doxycycline for treatment of mild to moderate scrub typhus.

abstract：:This study summarizes the linezolid susceptibility testing results for 7,429 Gram-positive pathogens from 60 U.S. sites collected during the 2012 sampling year for the LEADER Program. Linezolid showed potent activity when tested against 2,980 Staphylococcus aureus isolates, inhibiting all but 3 at ≤2 μg/ml. Similarly,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mendes RE,Flamm RK,Hogan PA,Ross JE,Jones RN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Deazauridine, a synthetic analogue of uridine and a potential antitumor agent, was found to possess antiviral activity against a number of ribonucleic acid-containing animal viruses in mammalian cell culture. Inhibition of virus-induced cytopathogenic effects by 3-deazauridine was observed in cells infected with rhi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shannon WM,Arnett G,Schabel FM Jr

更新日期：1972-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the association between previous antibiotic use, particularly long-term prophylaxis, and the occurrence of subsequent resistant infections in children with index infections due to extended-spectrum-cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae We also investigated the concordance...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Das S,Adler AL,Miles-Jay A,Kronman MP,Qin X,Weissman SJ,Burnham CA,Elward A,Newland JG,Selvarangan R,Sullivan KV,Zaoutis T,Zerr DM

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Formimidoyl thienamycin (MK0787) was active against beta-lactamase-producing strains and was an effective inhibitor of beta-lactamases extracted and purified from these strains except for plasmid-mediated penicillinase type IV. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Toda M,Sato K,Nakazawa H,Inoue M,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure-activity relations of myxinidin, a peptide derived from epidermal mucus of hagfish, Myxine glutinosa L., were investigated. Analysis of key residues allowed us to design new peptides with increased efficiency. Antimicrobial activity of native and modified peptides demonstrated the key role of uncharged r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cantisani M,Leone M,Mignogna E,Kampanaraki K,Falanga A,Morelli G,Galdiero M,Galdiero S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene of the Staphylococcus aureus fluoroquinolone efflux transporter protein NorA confers resistance to a number of structurally dissimilar drugs, not just to fluoroquinolones, when it is expressed in Bacillus subtilis. NorA provides B. subtilis with resistance to the same drugs and to a similar extent as the B. s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Neyfakh AA,Borsch CM,Kaatz GW

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel method for isolating plasma-free peripheral blood mononuclear cells retaining intracellular efavirenz. Quantification of efavirenz in 13 human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry showed a higher correlation of intracellular levels with unbound ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tanaka R,Hanabusa H,Kinai E,Hasegawa N,Negishi M,Kato S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of ceftazidime-avibactam, ceftolozane-tazobactam, and comparators were evaluated for 733 isolates displaying resistance to broad-spectrum cephalosporins and carrying extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) genes detected by whole-genome sequencing analysis. Isolates were collected during 2017 in U.S. hospi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Castanheira M,Doyle TB,Mendes RE,Sader HS

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of transmissible plasmids which encode resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were found among five animal isolates of Salmonella krefeld. This is the first report of plasmid-mediated resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in Salmonella strains isolated in the United States. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mathewson JJ,Murray BE

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 8-aminoquinoline tafenoquine showed significant in vitro activity against Leishmania species, including L. donovani amastigotes in macrophages, with 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC(50)s) between 0.1 and 4.0 μM for both pentavalent antimony (SbV)-sensitive and SbV-resistant strains and by oral administration in B...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yardley V,Gamarro F,Croft SL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131) is a pandemic clonal lineage that is responsible for the global increase in fluoroquinolone resistance and extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL) producers. The members of ST131 clade C, especially subclades C2 and C1-M27, are associated with ESBLs. We developed a multiplex con...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Matsumura Y,Pitout JDD,Peirano G,DeVinney R,Noguchi T,Yamamoto M,Gomi R,Matsuda T,Nakano S,Nagao M,Tanaka M,Ichiyama S

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-genome sequencing of trimethoprim-resistant Escherichia coli clinical isolates identified a member of the trimethoprim-resistant type II dihydrofolate reductase gene family (dfrB). The dfrB4 gene was located within a class I integron flanked by multiple resistance genes. This arrangement was previously reported ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Toulouse JL,Edens TJ,Alejaldre L,Manges AR,Pelletier JN

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Candida albicans is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen and the cause of superficial and systemic infections in immunocompromised patients. The classes of antifungal agents most commonly used to treat Candida infections are the azoles, polyenes, and echinocandins. In the present study, we identified chang...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hoehamer CF,Cummings ED,Hilliard GM,Rogers PD

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared a rigid (1-h) screening method for the detection of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) activity with the standard spectrophotometric CAT assay to determine whether CAT-mediated chloramphenicol resistance in Haemophilus influenzae could be determined upon primary isolation. Of 58 H. influenzae cell son...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Azemun P,Stull T,Roberts M,Smith AL

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the pharmacokinetics of amphotericin B (AmB) in lung lymph circulation and bronchial-wash fluid after intravenous infusion and inhalation, respectively. For two experiments with awake sheep, we used lung lymph fistulas and tracheotomy. In experiment 1, AmB concentrations in plasma and lung lymph after ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Koizumi T,Kubo K,Kaneki T,Hanaoka M,Hayano T,Miyahara T,Okada K,Fujimoto K,Yamamoto H,Kobayashi T,Sekiguchi M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to a published concern about the potency and quality of generic vancomycin products, the United States Food and Drug Administration investigated a small sampling of the vancomycin products available in North America with regard to purity, content, and potency. To facilitate identification of impurities, a ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hadwiger ME,Sommers CD,Mans DJ,Patel V,Boyne MT 2nd

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel gene cassette, aacA43, was identified in the aadB-aacA43-oxa10-smr2 cassette array in a class 1 integron. Like related aminoglycoside-(6')-acetyltransferases, AacA43 confers clinically relevant resistance to kanamycin, tobramycin, and some less-used aminoglycosides but not to gentamicin. Although transferable ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Partridge SR,Thomas LC,Ginn AN,Wiklendt AM,Kyme P,Iredell JR

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faldaprevir is a potent hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3/4A protease inhibitor with negligible urinary excretion. We assessed the pharmacokinetics and safety of a single oral dose of faldaprevir (480 mg) in 32 HCV-negative subjects with renal impairment or normal renal function. Compared with subjects with normal renal fun...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huang F,Moschetti V,Lang B,Halabi A,Petersen-Sylla M,Yong CL,Elgadi M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substituted benzimidazole omeprazole, used for the treatment of human peptic ulcer disease, inhibits the growth of the metronidazole-resistant bovine pathogen Tritrichomonas foetus in vitro (MIC at which the growth of parasite cultures is inhibited by 50%, 22 microg/ml [63 microM]). The antitrichomonad activity ap...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sutak R,Tachezy J,Kulda J,Hrdý I

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the ability of antimicrobial agents that act on the cell wall to kill enterococci and found defective killing (a minimal bactericidal concentration/minimal inhibitory concentration ratio of greater than or equal to 32) with both beta-lactams (penicillin G and cephalothin) and non-beta-lactams (vancomycin, cy...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Krogstad DJ,Pargwette AR

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are endemic in health care settings. These organisms colonize the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to infection which is associated with increased mortality. There is no treatment for VRE colonization. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Doron S,Hibberd PL,Goldin B,Thorpe C,McDermott L,Snydman DR

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefazolin and cephalothin disk susceptibility and minimal inhibitory concentration determinations were conducted on 591 clinical isolates. Cefazolin demonstrated superior activity, as shown by lower minimal inhibitory concentrations, and a greater percentage of isolates inhibited in the disk susceptibility test. The c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Actor P,Guarini J,Uri J,Dickson J,Pauls JF,Weisbach JA

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CP-65,207 is a new parenteral penem antibiotic with a broad spectrum that includes gram-positive, gram-negative, and anaerobic microorganisms, with MICs for 90% (MIC90s) of the majority of 1,101 clinical pathogens tested being less than or equal to 1 microgram/ml. The compound was from 10- to 100-fold more active than...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gootz T,Retsema J,Girard A,Hamanaka E,Anderson M,Sokolowski S

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artesunate (AS) is used in combination with amodiaquine (AQ) as first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in many countries. We investigated the effect of concomitant AS administration on the pharmacokinetics of AQ and compared concentrations of desethylamodiaquine (DEAQ), the main metabolite of AQ, in plasma bet...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Adjei GO,Kristensen K,Goka BQ,Hoegberg LC,Alifrangis M,Rodrigues OP,Kurtzhals JA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimalarial 9-anilinoacridines are potent inhibitors of parasite DNA topoisomerase II both in vitro and in situ. 3,6-diamino substitution on the acridine ring greatly improves parasiticidal activity against Plasmodium falciparum by targeting DNA topoisomerase II. A series of 9-anilinoacridines were investigated for t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Auparakkitanon S,Noonpakdee W,Ralph RK,Denny WA,Wilairat P

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba keratitis is a severe ocular infection secondary to accidental macro- or microscopic trauma of the cornea. Starting in 1985, a dramatic increase of this infection was recorded along with the spread of contact lens use. This protozoal disease is difficult to treat because of the scarcity of efficacious top...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gatti S,Cevini C,Bruno A,Penso G,Rama P,Scaglia M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic activity of ciprofloxacin, enoxacin, and ofloxacin was evaluated in guinea pigs with acute and chronic experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Intratracheal instillations of P. aeruginosa resulted in fatal pneumonia in all untreated animals within 36 h. Among treatment groups (80 mg/kg [body wei...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kemmerich B,Small GJ,Pennington JE

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial activity of CS-940, a new trifluorinated quinolone drug, was tested against 761 clinical isolates. CS-940 activity against members of the family Enterobacteriaceae was most similar to that of ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin, with a large range of MICs inhibiting 90% of isolates tested (MIC90S) of 0.015 t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Biedenbach DJ,Sutton LD,Jones RN

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：:A total of 6,991 unique patient isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae were collected from October 1997 to June 2002 from 25 medical centers in 9 of the 10 Canadian provinces. Among these isolates, 20.2% were penicillin nonsusceptible, with 14.6% being penicillin intermediate (MIC, 0.12 to 1 microg/ml) and 5.6% being pe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhanel GG,Palatnick L,Nichol KA,Bellyou T,Low DE,Hoban DJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00