Mechanism of enhanced activity of liposome-entrapped aminoglycosides against resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

abstract：:Phosphonoformate (PF) at a concentration of 5 to 10 mug/ml inhibited the growth of type 1 strains of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in tissue culture, whereas 20 to 30 mug/ml was required for inhibition of type 2 strains and about 50 mug/ml was required for murine cytomegalovirus. In mice inoculated intraperitoneally or i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kern ER,Glasgow LA,Overall JC Jr,Reno JM,Boezi JA

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The VanR-VanS two-component system is responsible for inducing resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics in various bacteria. We have performed a comparative study of the VanR-VanS systems from two streptomyces strains, Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces toyocaensis, to characterize how the two proteins cooperate t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Novotna GB,Kwun MJ,Hong HJ

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates of the same strain, identified in Poland, produced either TEM-47 or TEM-68, which differed by the Arg275Leu substitution. They harbored a few virulence factors, including an iron-chelating factor and capsule overproduction, suggesting that these factors were sufficient to enhance the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Robin F,Hennequin C,Gniadkowski M,Beyrouthy R,Empel J,Gibold L,Bonnet R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of resistant strains among common and rare Candida species necessitates continuous monitoring of the in vitro susceptibilities of those isolates. We therefore assessed the in vitro activities of micafungin against 1,099 molecularly identified isolates belonging to 5 common and 20 rare Candida species by ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Meletiadis J,Geertsen E,Curfs-Breuker I,Meis JF,Mouton JW

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:9-[2-(Boranophosphonomethoxy)ethyl]adenine diphosphate (BH(3)-PMEApp) and (R)-9-[2-(boranophosphonomethoxy)propyl]adenine diphosphate (BH(3)-PMPApp), described here, represent the first nucleoside phosphonates modified on their alpha-phosphates that act as efficient substrates for the human immunodeficiency virus type...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Frangeul A,Barral K,Alvarez K,Canard B

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because macrolide antibiotics are hypothesized to possess immunomodulatory activity independent of their antimicrobial activity, we evaluated the immunomodulatory effect of clarithromycin in a murine model of lung inflammation induced by either live or UV-killed Mycoplasma pneumoniae. BALB/c mice were intranasally ino...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hardy RD,Rios AM,Chavez-Bueno S,Jafri HS,Hatfield J,Rogers BB,McCracken GH,Ramilo O

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 100 Streptococcus pneumoniae strains with various penicillin G susceptibilities, isolated in Barcelona, Spain, from different pediatric sources during 1983 and the first 4 months of 1984, were tested for susceptibility to tetracycline, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, clindamycin, vancomycin, and rifampin. Th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Latorre C,Juncosa T,Sanfeliu I

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of MK-0826, a new carbapenem, against 309 Bacteroides fragilis group strains was investigated and compared with that of 11 other beta-lactam and 5 non-beta-lactam agents. MK-0826 showed excellent activity (MICs ranged from < or =0.06 to 4 microg/ml). The new carbapenem may be useful in the treatment of mi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Betriu C,Sánchez A,Palau ML,Gómez M,Picazo JJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae have been implicated in the development of chronic diseases, such as atherosclerosis and asthma. Although azithromycin, clarithromycin, and levofloxacin are frequently used for the treatment of respiratory C. pneumoniae infections, little is known about the dose and dura...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kutlin A,Roblin PM,Hammerschlag MR

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The racemic nucleoside analogue 2'-deoxy-3'-oxa-4'-thiocytidine (dOTC) is in clinical development for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 (HIV-1) infection. dOTC is structurally related to lamivudine (3TC), but the oxygen and sulfur in the furanosyl ring are transposed. Intracellular metabolism ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： de Muys JM,Gourdeau H,Nguyen-Ba N,Taylor DL,Ahmed PS,Mansour T,Locas C,Richard N,Wainberg MA,Rando RF

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artermisinin and its derivatives are now the mainstays of antimalarial treatment; however, their mechanism of action is only poorly understood. We report on the synthesis of a novel series of epoxy-endoperoxides that can be prepared in high yields from simple starting materials. Endoperoxides that are disubstituted wi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： del Pilar Crespo M,Avery TD,Hanssen E,Fox E,Robinson TV,Valente P,Taylor DK,Tilley L

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VT-1129 is a novel fungal enzyme-specific Cyp51 inhibitor with potent cryptococcal activity. Because of its long half-life (>6 days in mice) and our desire to quickly reach potent efficacy, we evaluated a VT-1129 loading dose-maintenance dose strategy against cryptococcal meningitis. VT-1129 plasma and brain pharmacok...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wiederhold NP,Xu X,Wang A,Najvar LK,Garvey EP,Ottinger EA,Alimardanov A,Cradock J,Behnke M,Hoekstra WJ,Brand SR,Schotzinger RJ,Jaramillo R,Olivo M,Kirkpatrick WR,Patterson TF

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

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：:Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica strains with a nonclassical quinolone resistance phenotype were isolated from patients returning from Thailand or Malaysia to Finland. A total of 10 isolates of seven serovars were studied in detail, all of which had reduced susceptibility (MIC > or = 0.125 microg/ml) to ciprofloxacin ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gunell M,Webber MA,Kotilainen P,Lilly AJ,Caddick JM,Jalava J,Huovinen P,Siitonen A,Hakanen AJ,Piddock LJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high intrinsic penem resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is due to the interplay among the outer membrane barrier, the active efflux system MexAB-OprM, and AmpC beta-lactamase. We studied the roles of two other efflux systems, MexCD-OprJ and MexXY-OprM, in penem resistance by overexpressing each system in an AmpC...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Okamoto K,Gotoh N,Nishino T

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of amphotericin B, itraconazole, fluconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, and ravuconazole against 39 isolates of Trichosporon spp. were determined by the NCCLS M27-A microdilution method. The azoles tested appeared to be more potent than amphotericin B. Low minimal fungicidal concentration/MIC...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Paphitou NI,Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Paetznick VL,Rodriguez JR,Chen E,Rex JH

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we tested the antimicrobial activity of three metal nanoparticles (NPs), ZnO, MgO, and CaO NPs, against Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis in liquid medium and on solid surfaces. Out of the three tested metal NPs, ZnO NPs exhibited the most significant antimicrobial effect both in liquid medium and...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vidovic S,Elder J,Medihala P,Lawrence JR,Predicala B,Zhang H,Korber DR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation (PDI) was shown to be a promising treatment modality for microbial infections. This study explores the effect of chitosan, a polycationic biopolymer, in increasing the PDI efficacy against Gram-positive bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Strep...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tsai T,Chien HF,Wang TH,Huang CT,Ker YB,Chen CT

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Difloxacin, A-56620, cefazolin, cefotaxime, ceftizoxime, cephapirin, SK&F 88070, and spectinomycin were used to compare the in vitro susceptibilities of Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellular isolates from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), patients without AIDS, and diseased animals. Against the i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Byrne SK,Geddes GL,Isaac-Renton JL,Black WA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis, a bacterium which causes tularemia in humans, is classified as a CDC category A bioterrorism agent. In this study, we demonstrate that celecoxib, an anti-inflammatory cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor in clinical use, exhibits activity against a type A strain of F. tularensis (Schu S4), the live vacci...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chiu HC,Yang J,Soni S,Kulp SK,Gunn JS,Schlesinger LS,Chen CS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysorbate 80 (PS80) is a nonionic surfactant and detergent that inhibits biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa at concentrations as low as 0.001% and is well tolerated in human tissues. However, certain clinical and laboratory strains (PAO1) of P. aeruginosa are able to form biofilms in the presence of PS80. T...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zegans ME,Wozniak D,Griffin E,Toutain-Kidd CM,Hammond JH,Garfoot A,Lam JS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciprofloxacin activity against Leptospira interrogans serogroup icterohaemorrhagiae was studied in vitro and in an animal model. The MBC of ciprofloxacin was 0.6 microgram/ml. Three of three Syrian hamsters died 8 to 9 days after intraperitoneal challenge with 10(6) leptospires. In contrast, five of six animals given ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shalit I,Barnea A,Shahar A

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with newly diagnosed cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis were treated with an induction regimen of intravenous foscarnet, 60 mg/kg of body weight, administered as a 2-h infusion and repeated every 8 h for 14 days. At the end of induction, 9 of 10 patients had stabilized...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jacobson MA,O'Donnell JJ,Mills J

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of OPC-17116 by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes was studied by comparison with three other new quinolones, ofloxacin, levofloxacin, and DR-3354. The intracellular/extracellular concentration ratio was the highest for OPC-17116, being 66.2, followed by 9.8 for levofloxacin, 7.6 for ofloxacin, and 5....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Taira K,Koga H,Kohno S

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy, safety, and tolerance of cefotaxime in 35 adults (25 with pleuropulmonary infections, 7 with genitourinary tract infections, and 3 with soft tissue infections). Of these 35 patients, 18 (51.4%) were seriously or critically ill. In vitro susceptibility testing revealed that 90.4% of the patho...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mullaney DT,John JF Jr

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recalcitrant dermatophytoses are on the rise in India. High MICs of terbinafine (TRB) and squalene epoxidase (SQLE) gene mutations conferring resistance in Trichophyton spp. have been recently documented. However, studies correlating laboratory data with clinical response to TRB in tinea corporis/cruris are lacking. F...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Khurana A,Masih A,Chowdhary A,Sardana K,Borker S,Gupta A,Gautam RK,Sharma PK,Jain D

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The "HACEK" organisms are a group of fastidious Gram-negative bacteria that cause a variety of infections, including infective endocarditis. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is not universally available, and therapy for these infections is often empirical. We report the antimicrobial susceptibilities of 70 clinica...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coburn B,Toye B,Rawte P,Jamieson FB,Farrell DJ,Patel SN

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between four fluoroquinolones (ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, pefloxacin, and ofloxacin) and biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in wells of microtiter plates and on segments of vascular catheters were studied in an in vitro model of vascular catheter colonization. Subinhibitory concentrations (one-half, o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yassien M,Khardori N,Ahmedy A,Toama M

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extended-infusion ceftolozane-tazobactam treatment at 1.5 g every 8 h was used to treat multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a critically ill patient on continuous venovenous hemofiltration. Serum drug concentrations were measured at 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8 h after the start of infusion. Prefilter levels of ceftolo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Oliver WD,Heil EL,Gonzales JP,Mehrotra S,Robinett K,Saleeb P,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Determinations of doxycycline 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50) for 620 isolates from northwest Thailand were performed via the isotopic method, and the data were analyzed by the Bayesian method and distributed into two populations (mean IC50s of 13.15 μM and 31.60 μM). There was no significant difference between t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gaillard T,Sriprawat K,Briolant S,Wangsing C,Wurtz N,Baragatti M,Lavina M,Pascual A,Nosten F,Pradines B

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00