Mechanism of antimalarial action of the synthetic trioxolane RBX11160 (OZ277).

abstract：:A multi-center study of 1,838 clinical isolates established the accuracy of diffusion susceptibility tests with 30-mug cephalothin disks and 30-mug cefamandole disks. The same interpretive zone standards can be applied to tests with either disk but the two drugs cannot be tested interchangeably. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barry AL,Schoenknecht FD,Shadomy S,Sherris JC,Thornsberry C,Washington JA,Kammer RB

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：: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：:As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program in 2002, five multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates were detected with metallo-beta-lactamase (MbetaL) activity. The isolates were recovered from different patients in a medical center located in Dusseldorf, Germany. The resistant determin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Castanheira M,Toleman MA,Jones RN,Schmidt FJ,Walsh TR

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus faecalis strain WCH9 displays a moderate level of resistance to vancomycin (MIC = 16 microgram/ml) and full susceptibility to teicoplanin but is negative by PCR analysis using primers specific for all known enterococcal vancomycin resistance genotypes (vanA, vanB, vanC, vanD, and vanE). We have isolated a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McKessar SJ,Berry AM,Bell JM,Turnidge JD,Paton JC

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avibactam is a new non-β-lactam β-lactamase inhibitor that shows promising restoration of ceftazidime activity against microorganisms producing Ambler class A extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and carbapenemases such as KPCs, class C β-lactamases (AmpC), and some class D enzymes. To determine optimal dosing combi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Berkhout J,Melchers MJ,van Mil AC,Seyedmousavi S,Lagarde CM,Schuck VJ,Nichols WW,Mouton JW

更新日期：2015-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the pharmacodynamic parameter and the magnitude of that parameter that was predictive of the efficacy of fluconazole in the treatment of disseminated candidiasis. We used a neutropenic murine model of disseminated Candida albicans infection to characterize the time course of activity of fluconazole. Quan...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Andes D,van Ogtrop M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology of cells of the H37Ra strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis exposed to 0.5 mug of isonicotinic acid hydrazide (isoniazid) per ml was examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Cells that were exposed to isoniazid for 3 h showed no detectable change, whereas cells exposed to the drug for 24 h exhibit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Takayama K,Wang L,Merkal RS

更新日期：1973-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simocyclinone D8, a coumarin derivative isolated from Streptomyces antibioticus Tü 6040, represents an interesting new antiproliferative agent. It was originally suggested that this drug recognizes the GyrA subunit and interferes with the gyrase catalytic cycle by preventing its binding to DNA. To further characterize...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sissi C,Vazquez E,Chemello A,Mitchenall LA,Maxwell A,Palumbo M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii and Cryptosporidium parvum, members of the phylum Apicomplexa, are significant pathogens of both humans and animals worldwide for which new and effective therapeutics are needed. Here we describe the activity of the antibiotic boromycin against Toxoplasma and Cryptosporidium Boromycin potently inhibi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Abenoja J,Cotto-Rosario A,O'Connor R

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Defensins are small cationic bactericidal peptides present abundantly in the granules of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs). Human PMNs contain four defensins termed HNP-1 to HNP-4. We used a new assay system in agar plates, the radial diffusion assay, to evaluate the effects of human defensins against gram-positive...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Takemura H,Kaku M,Kohno S,Hirakata Y,Tanaka H,Yoshida R,Tomono K,Koga H,Wada A,Hirayama T,Kamihira S

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the nitroaromatic agents used in medicine function as prodrugs and must undergo activation before exerting their toxic effects. In most cases, this is catalyzed by flavin mononucleotide (FMN)-dependent type I nitroreductases (NTRs), a class of enzyme absent from higher eukaryotes but expressed by bacteria and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Voak AA,Seifert K,Helsby NA,Wilkinson SR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutant (TX5127) of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF was generated by disruption mutagenesis of a previously described autolysin gene. TX5127 formed longer chains (2 to 10 cells per chain) than wild-type OG1RF (mainly single cells) during growth in broth even though it had a growth rate similar to that of the parental str...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Qin X,Singh KV,Xu Y,Weinstock GM,Murray BE

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Portugal erythromycin resistance of 26.6% (n = 352) remained constant during 1998 to 2003, however in 1998 the MLS(B) phenotype dominated (85%), whereas in 2003 the M phenotype prevailed (77%). A decline in T12/emm22 MLS(B) isolates could partially explain the drop in this phenotype, but the rise of the M phenotype...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Silva-Costa C,Ramirez M,Melo-Cristino J,Portuguese Surveillance Group for the Study of Respiratory Pathogens.

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enterococcal peptide AS-48 exerts a concentration-dependent bactericidal effect on Enterococcus faecalis subsp. liquefaciens S-47; cell rescue by cardiolipin and trypsin can be effected only in the first few minutes after antibiotic addition. Gramicidin-exposed cells are protected from killing by AS-48. Long-term ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Galvez A,Valdivia E,Martinez M,Maqueda M

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial proteins and peptides (AMPs) are essential effectors of innate immunity, acting as a first line of defense against bacterial infections. Many AMPs exhibit high affinity for cell wall structures such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a potent endotoxin able to induce sepsis. Hence, understanding how AMPs can i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pulido D,Moussaoui M,Andreu D,Nogués MV,Torrent M,Boix E

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients undergoing liver transplantation universally experience rapid reinfection of their new liver graft. Current treatment protocols do not prevent graft reinfection and, in addition, an accelerated disease progression is observed. In the present study, we have evaluated a novel st...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Meuleman P,Albecka A,Belouzard S,Vercauteren K,Verhoye L,Wychowski C,Leroux-Roels G,Palmer KE,Dubuisson J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate maternal-fetal pharmacology of cefatrizine (BL-S 640), a new oral cephalosporin, a single oral 1,000-mg dose was administered to 33 gravidas (8 to 20 weeks' gestation) at varying intervals within 46 h of an elective therapeutic abortion by hysterectomy or intra-amniotic prostaglandin F(2a) induction. Mean ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bernard B,Thielen P,Garcia-Cázares J,Ballard CA

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current antimalarials are under continuous threat due to the relentless development of drug resistance by malaria parasites. We previously reported promising in vitro parasite-killing activity with the histone methyltransferase inhibitor BIX-01294 and its analogue TM2-115. Here, we further characterize these diaminoqu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Malmquist NA,Sundriyal S,Caron J,Chen P,Witkowski B,Menard D,Suwanarusk R,Renia L,Nosten F,Jiménez-Díaz MB,Angulo-Barturen I,Santos Martínez M,Ferrer S,Sanz LM,Gamo FJ,Wittlin S,Duffy S,Avery VM,Ruecker A,Delves MJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Nosocomial pneumonia and sepsis, as well as severe diffuse peritonitis, must be treated early in order to prevent complications such as septic shock and organ dysfunctions. With the availability of new broad-spectrum and highly bactericidal antibiotics, the need of combining beta-lactams with aminoglycosides for the t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cometta A,Baumgartner JD,Lew D,Zimmerli W,Pittet D,Chopart P,Schaad U,Herter C,Eggimann P,Huber O

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cluster of genes involved in antibiotic and heavy metal resistance has been characterized from a clinical isolate of the gram-negative bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. These genes include a macrolide phosphotransferase (mphBM) and a cadmium efflux determinant (cadA), together with the gene cadC coding for its...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Alonso A,Sanchez P,Martínez JL

更新日期：2000-07-01 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 growth-inhibitory properties of a 5-nitrothiazole series were evaluated against Trypanosoma brucei. A subset of related compounds displayed the greatest potency toward the parasite while exhibiting little cytotoxic effect on mammalian cells, with this antiparasitic activity dependent on expression of a type I nitr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： O'Shea IP,Shahed M,Aguilera-Venegas B,Wilkinson SR

更新日期：2015-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae mainly involves stepwise mutations predominantly in the parC and gyrA genes. We have developed a single-run real-time PCR assay for detection of the four most common mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining regions of these genes. This assay provides a us...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Page S,Vernel-Pauillac F,O'Connor O,Bremont S,Charavay F,Courvalin P,Goarant C,Le Hello S

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:Trypanosomiasis remains a significant disease across the sub-Saharan African continent, with 50,000 to 70,000 individuals infected. The utility of current therapies is limited by issues of toxicity and the need to administer compounds intravenously. We have begun a program to pursue lead optimization around MDL 73811,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barker RH Jr,Liu H,Hirth B,Celatka CA,Fitzpatrick R,Xiang Y,Willert EK,Phillips MA,Kaiser M,Bacchi CJ,Rodriguez A,Yarlett N,Klinger JD,Sybertz E

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of an L1 metallo-β-lactamase and an L2 serine active-site β-lactamase precludes the use of β-lactams for the treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections. Preclinical data suggest that cefiderocol is the first approved β-lactam with reliable activity against S. maltophilia, but data on strains r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Biagi M,Vialichka A,Jurkovic M,Wu T,Shajee A,Lee M,Patel S,Mendes RE,Wenzler E

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes belonging to different erm DNA hybridization classes were selectively amplified by polymerase chain reaction with a pair of oligonucleotides that corresponded to conserved amino acid motifs in known ERM methylases. Identification of the resistance mechanism was possible despite substantial nucleotide sequence di...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Arthur M,Molinas C,Mabilat C,Courvalin P

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiviral activity of a new series of thymidine analogs was determined against vaccinia virus (VV), cowpox virus (CV), herpes simplex virus, and varicella-zoster virus. Several compounds were identified that had good activity against each of the viruses, including a set of novel 5-substituted deoxyuridine analogs....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Prichard MN,Keith KA,Johnson MP,Harden EA,McBrayer A,Luo M,Qiu S,Chattopadhyay D,Fan X,Torrence PF,Kern ER

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00