Interactions between glycopeptides and beta-lactams against isogenic pairs of teicoplanin-susceptible and -resistant strains of Staphylococcus haemolyticus.

abstract：:We previously demonstrated the potent in vitro activity of erythromycin against Mycobacterium leprae as determined by its effect on ATP pools and rates of palmitate oxidation and phenolic glycolipid I synthesis. In the present study, the relative in vitro activities of a number of new macrolides with superior pharmaco...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Franzblau SG,Hastings RC

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a real-time PCR assay specific for a mosaic penA allele that has been associated with oral cephalosporin resistance in Asia, 54 available Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates collected in San Francisco, CA, from January to October 2008 were analyzed. Five isolates tested positive for the mosaic penA gene by real-time ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pandori M,Barry PM,Wu A,Ren A,Whittington WL,Liska S,Klausner JD

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new fluoroquinolone trovafloxacin was tested against a ciprofloxacin-sensitive, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain in the rabbit model of endocarditis. Trovafloxacin was more effective than vancomycin (CFU/g of vegetation, 2.65 +/- 1.87 versus 4.54 +/- 2.80 [mean +/- standard deviation]; P < 0.05) ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kim YS,Liu Q,Chow LL,Chambers HF,Täuber MG

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:aac(6')-Ib-cr is a plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance gene embedded within a gene cassette, most often within an integron. It confers resistance to quinolones and aminoglycosides. We investigated the role of a 101-bp fragment frequently present upstream of the aac(6')-Ib-cr gene cassette and found that it contribut...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Raherison S,Jove T,Gaschet M,Pinault E,Tabesse A,Torres C,Ploy MC

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics, oral bioavailability, and ex vivo antimalarial activity of mirincamycin isomers in a healthy rhesus monkey model were assessed to support lead optimization of novel nonhemolytic drugs for radical cure and causal prophylaxis of malaria. Fourteen male rhesus monkeys were randomized to four groups, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Khemawoot P,Saunders D,Rasameesoraj M,Melendez V,Imerbsin R,Ohrt C,Fracisco S,Teja-Isavadharm P

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mupirocin is a topical antimicrobial used to decolonize patients who carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and the topical agent retapamulin may be a potential alternative therapy. The goal of this study was to determine the in vitro activity of retapamulin as well as a panel of 15 antimicrobial ag...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Harrington AT,Black JA,Clarridge JE 3rd

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genes (rpsL and rrs) with mutations associated with streptomycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis were characterized in 78 streptomycin-resistant and 61 streptomycin-susceptible isolates recovered from patients living in the United States, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Fifty-four percent of the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sreevatsan S,Pan X,Stockbauer KE,Williams DL,Kreiswirth BN,Musser JM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus is a leading cause of death in immunocompromised patients and a frequent colonizer of the respiratory tracts of asthma and cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Biofilms enable bacteria and yeasts to persist in infections and can contribute to antimicrobial resistance. We investigated the ability of A. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Seidler MJ,Salvenmoser S,Müller FM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acid, oxgall, and H(2)O(2) on susceptibilities to antibiotics and nisin were examined for 13 strains of bifidobacteria. Susceptibilities to ampicillin, cloxacillin, penicillin, vancomycin, kanamycin, neomycin, paramomycin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, tetracycline, and nisin A were assay...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kheadr E,Dabour N,Le Lay C,Lacroix C,Fliss I

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colistin resistance, although uncommon, is increasingly being reported among Gram-negative clinical pathogens, and an understanding of its impact on the activity of antimicrobials is now evolving. We evaluated the potential for synergy of colistin plus trimethoprim, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (1/19 ratio), or vanco...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vidaillac C,Benichou L,Duval RE

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi has caused a large ongoing outbreak in Pakistan since 2016. In Ontario, Canada, 10 cases of mainly bloodstream infections (n = 9) were identified in patients who traveled to Pakistan. Whole-genome sequencing showed that Canadian cases were ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Eshaghi A,Zittermann S,Bharat A,Mulvey MR,Allen VG,Patel SN

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B beta-hemolytic streptococci (GB-BHS) frequently cause severe infection in newborns. Previous in vitro studies showed accelerated killing of GB-BHS by ampicillin plus gentamicin as compared with ampicillin alone. To extend the in vitro observations, mice were infected experimentally with GB-BHS and treated with...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Deveikis A,Schauf V,Mizen M,Riff L

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains a significant challenge for the effective treatment of tuberculosis in humans. In animals that develop necrotic lung lesions following infection with M. tuberculosis, drug-tolerant bacilli are present and persist in an extracellular microenvironment within the necrotic...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Driver ER,Ryan GJ,Hoff DR,Irwin SM,Basaraba RJ,Kramnik I,Lenaerts AJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current recommendations for intravenous (i.v.) acyclovir dosing in obese patients suggest using ideal body weight (IBW) rather than total body weight (TBW). To our knowledge, no pharmacokinetic analysis has validated this recommendation. This single-dose pharmacokinetic study was conducted in an inpatient oncology...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Turner RB,Cumpston A,Sweet M,Briggs F,Slain D,Wen S,Craig M,Hamadani M,Petros W

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of resistance to last-resort antibiotics was evaluated among Enterobacteriaceae isolates recovered from hospitalized children in a remote African archipelago, São Tomé and Príncipe, where there is limited access to those antibiotics. Fifty patients were screened for colonization by carbapenem-, pan-amin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Poirel L,Aires-de-Sousa M,Kudyba P,Kieffer N,Nordmann P

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiological treatment of Chagas disease remains neglected. The compounds available show several limitations, mainly during the chronic phase. Lychnopholide encapsulated in polymeric nanocapsules (LYC-NC) was efficacious in mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and treated by intravenous administration during the ac...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： de Mello CG,Branquinho RT,Oliveira MT,Milagre MM,Saúde-Guimarães DA,Mosqueira VC,Lana Md

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans, an opportunistic fungus, and Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterial pathogen, are two clinically relevant biofilm-forming microbes responsible for a majority of catheter-related infections, with such infections often resulting in catheter loss and removal. Not only do these pathogens cause a substantial ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Peters BM,Ward RM,Rane HS,Lee SA,Noverr MC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moxifloxacin (MXF) is a fluoroquinolone antibiotic that is effective against respiratory infections. However, the mechanisms of MXF lung diffusion are unknown. Active transport in other tissues has been suggested for several members of the fluoroquinolone family. In this study, transport of MXF was systematically inve...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brillault J,De Castro WV,Harnois T,Kitzis A,Olivier JC,Couet W

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete sequence of the carbapenem-resistance-conferring conjugative plasmid pLD209 from a Pseudomonas putida clinical strain is presented. pLD209 is formed by 3 well-defined regions: an adaptability module encompassing a Tn402-like class 1 integron of clinical origin containing blaVIM-2 and aacA4 gene cassettes,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marchiaro PM,Brambilla L,Morán-Barrio J,Revale S,Pasteran F,Vila AJ,Viale AM,Limansky AS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred fifty isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were evaluated for susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, levofloxacin, grepafloxacin, trovafloxacin, and gemifloxacin (SB-265805). Levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and grepafloxacin showed the greatest activity (MIC for 90% of strains tested [MIC(90)] 1 microg...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ruiz-Serrano MJ,Alcalá L,Martínez L,Díaz M,Marín M,González-Abad MJ,Bouza E

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) were investigated in rhesus monkeys after subcutaneous administration of 33.3 mg of AZT per kg of body weight alone or in the presence of 100 mg of probenecid per kg. In addition to unchanged drug, two catabolites, 5'-O-glucuronide (GAZT) and 3'-a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cretton EM,Schinazi RF,McClure HM,Anderson DC,Sommadossi JP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis and scrub typhus are important causes of acute fever in Southeast Asia. Options for empirical therapy include doxycycline and azithromycin, but it is unclear whether their efficacies are equivalent. We conducted a multicenter, open, randomized controlled trial with adult patients presenting with acute fe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Phimda K,Hoontrakul S,Suttinont C,Chareonwat S,Losuwanaluk K,Chueasuwanchai S,Chierakul W,Suwancharoen D,Silpasakorn S,Saisongkorh W,Peacock SJ,Day NP,Suputtamongkol Y

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of meropenem and its ring-opened metabolite (ICI 213,689) were investigated with eight young (20- to 34-year-old) and eight elderly (67- to 80-year-old) healthy male volunteers given single 30-min intravenous infusions of 500 mg of meropenem. All subjects had normal age-correlated glomerular funct...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ljungberg B,Nilsson-Ehle I

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spider venoms are vast natural pharmacopoeias selected by evolution. The venom of the ant spider Lachesana tarabaevi contains a wide variety of antimicrobial peptides. We tested six of them (latarcins 1, 2a, 3a, 4b, 5, and cytoinsectotoxin 1a) for their ability to suppress Chlamydia trachomatis infection. HEK293 cells...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lazarev VN,Polina NF,Shkarupeta MM,Kostrjukova ES,Vassilevski AA,Kozlov SA,Grishin EV,Govorun VM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The single- and multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of and tolerability to a new microfluidized suspension of atovaquone were studied in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive patients with CD4 counts of < or = 200 cells per mm3 in order to define a dosing regimen for the treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Thi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dixon R,Pozniak AL,Watt HM,Rolan P,Posner J

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：:A novel stilbene glycoside [piceid-(1-->6)-beta-d-glucopyranoside; PBG] from Parthenocissus tricuspidata was tested in vivo against Plasmodium berghei. PBG exhibited significant blood schizontocidal activity in a 4-day early infection, a repository evaluation, and an established infection, with a significant mean surv...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Park WH,Lee SJ,Moon HI

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of increasing health threats from multiresistant pathogens, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and, specifically, proline-rich AMPs (PrAMPs) have been investigated in animal models. PrAMPs enter bacteria via the ABC transporter SbmA and inhibit intracellular targets. We used phage transduction (Tn10 insertion) to s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Krizsan A,Knappe D,Hoffmann R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of ticarcillin-clavulanic acid was compared with the efficacies of standard antistaphylococcal agents (flucloxacillin, oxacillin, nafcillin, and vancomycin) and ticarcillin in an experimental model of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis. Therapy was either initiated soon (8 h) after infection, when numbers...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Catherall EJ,Gillon V,Hurn S,Irwin R,Mizen L

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfide production has been proposed to be a universal defense mechanism against antibiotics in bacteria (K. Shatalin, E. Shatalina, A. Mironov, and E. Nudler, Science 334:986-990, 2011, doi:10.1126/science.1209855). To gain insight into the mechanism underlying sulfide protection, we systematically and comparatively ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Weikum J,Ritzmann N,Jelden N,Klöckner A,Herkersdorf S,Josten M,Sahl HG,Grein F

更新日期：2018-09-24 00:00:00