Association of QnrB determinants and production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases or plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae.

abstract：:High-performance liquid chromatography was used to determine the penetration of 19 antimicrobial agents into human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. The ratios of the intracellular concentration to the extracellular concentration of ampicillin, piperacillin, cefazolin, ceftizoxime, cefpimizole, and ceftazidime were all le...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Koga H

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic peptides with an even number of alternating d,l-alpha-amino acid residues are known to self-assemble into organic nanotubes. Such peptides previously have been shown to be stable upon protease treatment, membrane active, and bactericidal and to exert antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and othe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dartois V,Sanchez-Quesada J,Cabezas E,Chi E,Dubbelde C,Dunn C,Granja J,Gritzen C,Weinberger D,Ghadiri MR,Parr TR Jr

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new strategy for predicting novel antibiotic mechanisms of action based on the analysis of whole-genome microarray data. We first built up a reference compendium of Bacillus subtilis expression profiles induced by 14 different antibiotics. This data set was expanded by adding expression profiles from muta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Freiberg C,Fischer HP,Brunner NA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoperoxides are a new class of antimalarial agents, of which artemisinin (qinghaosu) is the prototype. We have previously shown that artemisinin is capable of alkylating proteins in model reactions. In the present study, we showed that when Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes are treated with a radiolabe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Asawamahasakda W,Ittarat I,Pu YM,Ziffer H,Meshnick SR

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Past studies conducted in Australian and American families have demonstrated that alpha 2b interferon (IFN) is effective in preventing rhinovirus-associated illnesses in exposed family members. IFN had been used by intranasal application for 7 days after exposure (5 x 10(6) IU/day). We used the same approach but with ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Monto AS,Schwartz SA,Albrecht JK

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a marked increase in the resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Korea to penicillin, ampicillin, and tetracycline. In contrast, there has been no increased resistance to spectinomycin. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wilson C,Rose DL,Tramont EC

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The K70E mutation in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) has become more prevalent in clinical samples, particularly in isolates derived from patients for whom triple-nucleoside regimens that include tenofovir (TNV), abacavir, and lamivudine (3TC) failed. To elucidate the molecular m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sluis-Cremer N,Sheen CW,Zelina S,Torres PS,Parikh UM,Mellors JW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of the new triazole, ravuconazole (BMS-207147), were compared to those of fluconazole and itraconazole against 541 clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans. Isolates were obtained from cerebrospinal fluid (396), blood (116), and miscellaneous clinical specimens (29). Overall, ravuconazole (...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yamazumi T,Pfaller MA,Messer SA,Houston A,Hollis RJ,Jones RN

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected from eight patients in five German hospitals were investigated. Six isolates produced the OXA-48 carbapenemase, and three isolates produced OXA-162, which is a point mutant form of OXA-48. Both carbapenemase genes were located on IncL/M-type conjugative p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pfeifer Y,Schlatterer K,Engelmann E,Schiller RA,Frangenberg HR,Stiewe D,Holfelder M,Witte W,Nordmann P,Poirel L

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central-line-associated bloodstream infections are increasingly recognized to be associated with intraluminal microbial biofilms, and effective measures for the prevention and treatment of bloodstream infections remain lacking. This report evaluates a new commercially developed antimicrobial catheter lock solution (AC...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chandra J,Long L,Isham N,Mukherjee PK,DiSciullo G,Appelt K,Ghannoum MA

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifolate activity and the transport characteristics of isoaminopterin (IA) in HeLa cells were studied and compared with those of methotrexate (MTX). Both IA and MTX inhibited the incorporation of [2-(14)C]deoxyuridine into HeLa cell DNA by 50% at a concentration of 0.09 muM by 8 h postaddition of the compounds. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rosemond-Hornbeak H,Nair MG

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For 177 gram-negative isolates, the MICs for ciprofloxacin ranged from 0.02 microgram/ml (Escherichia coli) to 0.31 microgram/ml (Pseudomonas aeruginosa). In time-kill curves, ciprofloxacin at 8 X the MIC almost completely killed 10(6) CFU of P. aeruginosa by 24 h. Ciprofloxacin at 4 X the MIC allowed bacterial regrow...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rudin JE,Norden CW,Shinners EM

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E5531, a novel synthetic lipid A analogue, antagonizes the toxic effects of lipopolysaccharide, making it a potential intravenously administered therapeutic agent for the treatment of sepsis. This report describes the distribution of E5531 in human blood and its activity when it is associated with different lipoprotei...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rose JR,Mullarkey MA,Christ WJ,Hawkins LD,Lynn M,Kishi Y,Wasan KM,Peteherych K,Rossignol DP

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of nalidixic acid combined with each of 10 other antimicrobial agents on 95 strains of Enterobacteriaceae was studied. Synergism was found less often than antagonism, and the commonest outcome was indifference. Combinations of nalidixic acid with kanamycin, gentamicin, or colistin were more often synergis...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Michel J,Luboshitzky R,Sacks T

更新日期：1973-09-01 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：: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：:We report the sequence of a 630-bp fragment of a gene associated with resistance to high levels of vancomycin in a clinical isolate of Enterococcus faecalis which retained susceptibility to teicoplanin. This gene was similar to the recently sequenced vanB and partially homologous with vanA, but it showed less-marked s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gold HS,Unal S,Cercenado E,Thauvin-Eliopoulos C,Eliopoulos GM,Wennersten CB,Moellering RC Jr

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As opposed to Enterococcus faecalis, which is intrinsically resistant to lincosamides, streptogramins A, and pleuromutilins (LSAP phenotype) by production of the ABC protein Lsa(A), Enterococcus faecium is naturally susceptible. Since this phenotype may be selected for in vivo by quinupristin-dalfopristin (Q-D), the a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Isnard C,Malbruny B,Leclercq R,Cattoir V

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various parameters were examined for their effects on interferon production with human fibroblast cells (FS-4) grown on microcarriers, using a superinduction procedure. Optimal concentrations of cycloheximide and actinomycin D during induction were 10 micrograms/ml, respectively. Cells required 5 to 6 h of exposure to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Giard DJ,Fleischaker RJ

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritonitis is a major complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Relapsing peritonitis after the cessation of antimicrobial therapy is frequently reported and often involves Staphylococcus epidermidis. To investigate the potential role of catheter-associated biofilm in the pathogenesis of relapsing pe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Evans RC,Holmes CJ

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftaroline fosamil is a cephalosporin with activity against Gram-positive pathogens, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The objective of this study was to characterize the dose-response relationship of ceftaroline fosamil against S. aureus in an immunocompromised murine pneumonia model, as ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bhalodi AA,Crandon JL,Biek D,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) offer different recommendations for carbapenem MIC susceptibility breakpoints for Acinetobacter species. In addition, the clinical efficacy of the intermediate category remains uncertain. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang YS,Wang YC,Kuo SC,Chen CT,Liu CP,Liu YM,Chen TL,Lee YT

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibilities of 87 periodontitis-associated strains of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to clarithromycin and erythromycin were determined by standard methodology recommended for Haemophilus influenzae. For clarithromycin the MIC at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited was

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Piccolomini R,Catamo G,Di Bonaventura G

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:Artemisinins are peroxidic antimalarial drugs known to be very potent but highly chemically unstable; they degrade in the presence of ferrous iron, Fe(II)-heme, or biological reductants. Less documented is how this translates into chemical stability and antimalarial activity across a range of conditions applying to in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Parapini S,Olliaro P,Navaratnam V,Taramelli D,Basilico N

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current treatment of chronic hepatitis C is based on pegylated alpha interferon (PEG-IFN-α) and ribavirin. The aim of this study was to identify biological and clinical variables related to IFN therapy that could predict patient outcome. The study enrolled 47 patients treated with PEG-IFN and ribavirin combined th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： François C,Coulouarn C,Descamps V,Castelain S,Brochot E,Baron A,Duchaussoy I,Capron D,Nguyen-Khac E,Duverlie G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloramphenicol acetyltransferases specified by fi(-) (F fertility-noninhibiting) R factors were compared with those specified by the fi(+) R factors R1, 222, and R6-S. Three classes of enzyme were distinguished: class I was determined by group N fi(-) R factors and was indistinguishable from the enzyme determined by ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Foster TJ,Shaw WV

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of Helicobacter pylori infection was analyzed in 114 dyspeptic patients treated with triple-drug therapy including clarithromycin. Clarithromycin resistance (in 20.2% of our isolates) was mainly caused by an A2142G mutation in the 23S rRNA gene of H. pylori. H. pylori eradication was obtained in all patien...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lee JH,Shin JH,Roe IH,Sohn SG,Lee JH,Kang GH,Lee HK,Jeong BC,Lee SH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the nucleotide sequence of the blaOXA-3(pMG25) gene from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The bla structural gene encoded a protein of 275 amino acids representing one monomer of 31,879 Da for the OXA-3 enzyme. Comparisons between the OXA-3 nucleotide and amino acid sequences and those of class A, B, C, and D bet...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sanschagrin F,Couture F,Levesque RC

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer of DNA between Enterococcus faecium strains has been characterized both by the movement of well-defined genetic elements and by the large-scale transfer of genomic DNA fragments. In this work, we report on the whole-genome analysis of transconjugants resulting from mating events between the vancomycin-res...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： García-Solache M,Lebreton F,McLaughlin RE,Whiteaker JD,Gilmore MS,Rice LB

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00