Cysteine protease inhibitors block Toxoplasma gondii microneme secretion and cell invasion.

abstract：:Etest susceptibilities to amoxicillin, chloramphenicol, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole of 240 invasive isolates of Haemophilus influenzae cultured from children in rural Kenya were 66%, 66%, and 38%, respectively. Resistance increased markedly over 9 years and was concentrated among serotype b isolates. In Africa, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Scott JA,Mwarumba S,Ngetsa C,Njenga S,Lowe BS,Slack MP,Berkley JA,Mwangi I,Maitland K,English M,Marsh K

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of antibiotics in the last century is considered one of the most important achievements in the history of medicine. Antibiotic usage has significantly reduced morbidity and mortality associated with bacterial infections. However, inappropriate use of antibiotics has led to emergence of antibiotic resista...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ghosh D,Veeraraghavan B,Elangovan R,Vivekanandan P

更新日期：2020-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging nosocomial pathogen that displays high-level intrinsic resistance to a variety of structurally unrelated antimicrobial agents. Efflux mechanisms are known to contribute to acquired multidrug resistance in this organism, and indeed, one such multidrug efflux system, SmeDEF, w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhang L,Li XZ,Poole K

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective review of 24 patients with histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, or coccidioidomycosis treated with voriconazole (most for salvage therapy), the outcome was favorable (improved or stable) for 22 (95.8%) within 2 months of starting voriconazole and for 20 (83.3%) at the last follow-up. Prospective studies a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Freifeld A,Proia L,Andes D,Baddour LM,Blair J,Spellberg B,Arnold S,Lentnek A,Wheat LJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pefloxacin mesylate is well absorbed by the oral route. The antimicrobial activity in dog, cynomolgus monkey, and human plasma was essentially due to unchanged drug which respectively accounted for 64, 94, and 84% of the total activity (ratios derived from relative area under the curve [AUC] values). Half-lives ranged...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Montay G,Goueffon Y,Roquet F

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：:Detection of bacterial growth by measuring the release of (14)CO(2) from the metabolism of uniformly labeled (14)C-glucose has proven to be accurate, sensitive, and rapid. The inhibition of glucose metabolism by antibiotics as an index of bacterial susceptibility was evaluated based on radiometric methodology. Bacteri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： DeLand FH

更新日期：1972-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance of biofilm-grown bacteria contributes to chronic infections, such as marginal and periapical periodontitis, which are strongly associated with Porphyromonas gingivalis. Concurrent azithromycin (AZM) administration and mechanical debridement improve the clinical parameters of periodontal tissue in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maezono H,Noiri Y,Asahi Y,Yamaguchi M,Yamamoto R,Izutani N,Azakami H,Ebisu S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report the first autochthonous cases of infections caused by blaNDM-5 New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli strains recovered from urine and blood specimens of three patients from Algeria between January 2012 and February 2013. The three isolates belong to sequence type 2659 and they coexpr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sassi A,Loucif L,Gupta SK,Dekhil M,Chettibi H,Rolain JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria and trypanosomiasis are diseases which afflict millions and for which novel therapies are urgently required. We have tested two well-characterized cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) for antiparasitic activity. One CPP, designated TP10, has broad-spectrum antiparasitic activity against Plasmodium falciparum, both...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Arrighi RB,Ebikeme C,Jiang Y,Ranford-Cartwright L,Barrett MP,Langel U,Faye I

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The penetration of ciprofloxacin into heart tissue (valve and myocardium), mediastinal fat, and sternal bone marrow was the object of a prospective nonrandomized study involving 36 patients undergoing mitral and/or aortic valve replacement. Patients were divided into two groups of 18. Group 1 patients were administere...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mertes PM,Voiriot P,Dopff C,Scholl H,Clavey M,Villemot JP,Canton P,Dureux JB

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacogenetics of antimalarial agents are poorly known, although the application of pharmacogenetics might be critical in optimizing treatment. This population pharmacokinetic-pharmacogenetic study aimed at assessing the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in cytochrome P450 isoenzyme genes (CYP, n...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Staehli Hodel EM,Csajka C,Ariey F,Guidi M,Kabanywanyi AM,Duong S,Decosterd LA,Olliaro P,Beck HP,Genton B

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our study we examined the anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (anti-HIV-1) activity of a novel HIV-1 protease inhibitor, PNU-140690 (tipranavir), against patient-derived isolates resistant to multiple other protease inhibitors (PIs). The aim of our experiments was to investigate the genotypes and the in vitro ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rusconi S,La Seta Catamancio S,Citterio P,Kurtagic S,Violin M,Balotta C,Moroni M,Galli M,d'Arminio-Monforte A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundChagas disease reactivation in HIV positive people is an opportunistic infection with 79-100% mortality. It commonly involves the central nervous system (CNS). Early treatment with trypanocidal drugs such as benznidazole (BNZ) is crucial for this severe manifestation of Trypanosoma cruzi infection. However, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fernández ML,Marson ME,Mastrantonio GE,Corti MA,Fleitas U,Lloveras SC,Lista N,Priarone MM,Domínguez C,Garcia-Bournissen F

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports, for the first time, the presence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Moreover, this is the first report of the NDM-1 presence in the Balkan region. Cosmid gene libraries of carbapenem-nonsusceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates MMA83 and MMA533 were scre...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jovcic B,Lepsanovic Z,Suljagic V,Rackov G,Begovic J,Topisirovic L,Kojic M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated from intravenous data based upon a two-compartment open model. These parameters were subsequently used to determine the absorption rates and bioavailability of cephradine administered intramuscularly and orally. The results indicate that cephradine obeys dose-independent kine...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rattie ES,Bernardo PD,Ravin JJ

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of two prodrugs of zidovudine (AZT), 1,4-dihydro-1-methyl-3-[(pyridylcarbonyl)oxy] ester and isoleucinyl ester (DPAZT and IAZT, respectively), were investigated in a rabbit model to determine their potential utility as drugs against human immunodeficiency virus. Drugs were administered by intraven...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lupia RH,Ferencz N,Lertora JJ,Aggarwal SK,George WJ,Agrawal KC

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of the lethal action of metronidazole and the formation of acetamide have been studied in a strain of Bacteroides fragilis which is relatively resistant to metronidazole. As with a susceptible strain of B. fragilis, the data are consistent with a model in which a labile intermediate in metronidazole metab...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McLafferty MA,Koch RL,Goldman P

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro susceptibility tests were performed on 84 strains of Clostridium difficile to 11 antimicrobial agents. All isolates were from the stools of patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea or colitis in which there was a cytopathic toxin that was neutralized by Clostridium sordellii antitoxin. Over 95% of the str...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dzink J,Bartlett JG

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sublethal doses of vincristine (VNC) and bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administered simultaneously to adult male mice resulted in markedly enhanced mortality. All of 10 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa tested, 4 of 7 strains of Bacteroides, and 6 of 10 strains of Listeria monocytogenes were able to substitute fo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Munson AE,Drummond DC,Adams AC,Bradley SG

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current therapy for toxoplasmosis with a synergistic combination of pyrimethamine plus sulfadiazine or pyrimethamine plus clindamycin is not always efficacious and is frequently discontinued due to intolerable toxic effects in immunocompromised individuals, particularly those with AIDS. Trovafloxacin, a new fluoroquin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Khan AA,Slifer T,Araujo FG,Polzer RJ,Remington JS

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA sequences of two plasmids carrying vanA, pVEF1 (39,626 bp) and pVEF2 (39,714 bp), were determined. Forty-three shared coding sequences were identified, and the only nucleotide difference was an 88-bp indel. A postsegregational killing system was identified. This system possibly explains the persistence of the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sletvold H,Johnsen PJ,Simonsen GS,Aasnaes B,Sundsfjord A,Nielsen KM

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrapulmonary pharmacokinetics of azithromycin, clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin, and cefuroxime were studied in 68 volunteers who received single, oral doses of azithromycin (0.5 g), clarithormycin (0.5 g), ciprofloxacin (0.5 g), or cefuroxime (0.5 g). In subgroups of four subjects each, the subjects underwent bron...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Conte JE Jr,Golden J,Duncan S,McKenna E,Lin E,Zurlinden E

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many risk factors associated with aminoglycoside nephrotoxicity have been identified in humans and experimental animals. They include an initial high rate of creatinine clearance, high initial peak levels in serum, age, sex, duration of therapy, liver disease, and renal infection. The concomitant administration of ste...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Beauchamp D,Pettigrew M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persister cells are highly tolerant to different antibiotics and are associated with relapsing infections. In order to understand this phenomenon further, we exposed a transposon library to a lethal concentration of ampicillin, and mutants that survived were identified by transposon sequencing (Tn-Seq). We determined ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Molina-Quiroz RC,Lazinski DW,Camilli A,Levy SB

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibiotic tolerances of bacterial persisters have been attributed to transient dormancy. While persisters have been observed to be growth inhibited prior to antibiotic exposure, we sought to determine whether such a trait was essential to the phenotype. Furthermore, we sought to provide direct experimental eviden...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Orman MA,Brynildsen MP

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that in lung tissue, thioridazine accumulates at high concentrations relative to serum levels, displaying modest synergy with isoniazid and reducing the emergence of isoniazid-resistant mutants in mouse lungs. In this study, we sought to investigate the sterilizing activity of human-equivalent dos...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dutta NK,Pinn ML,Karakousis PC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphotericin B, the principal drug used for treating systemic mycoses, possesses undesirable toxic properties. The ability of this antibiotic to potentiate antifungal activity of other compounds suggests that lower doses of amphotericin B could be used in combination with a second drug without loss of therapeutic effi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huppert M,Pappagianis D,Sun SH,Gleason-Jordan I,Collins MS,Vukovich KR

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mycobacterial embCAB operon encodes arabinosyl transferases, putative targets of the antimycobacterial agent ethambutol (EMB). Mutations in embB lead to resistance to EMB in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The basis for natural, intrinsic resistance to EMB in nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is not known; neither is ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Alcaide F,Pfyffer GE,Telenti A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of dialysis fermentation with the continuous extraction of the dialysate has resulted in a twofold increase in the cycloheximide titer due to relief from product inhibition. Continuous extraction of the dialysate has eliminated the necessity for large reservoir volumes of fermentation medium normally used in d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kominek LA

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00