Enterococcus gallinarum N04-0414 harbors a VanD-type vancomycin resistance operon and does not contain a D-alanine:D-alanine 2 (ddl2) gene.

abstract：:High-throughput screening of transposon insertion libraries is a useful strategy for unveiling bacterial genes whose inactivation results in an altered susceptibility to antibiotics. A potential drawback of these studies is they are usually based on just one model antibiotic for each structural family, under the assum...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sanz-García F,Alvarez-Ortega C,Olivares-Pacheco J,Blanco P,Martínez JL,Hernando-Amado S

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a rapid, continuous method for monitoring the effectiveness of several antibacterial agents in real time, noninvasively, by using a recently described mouse model of chronic biofilm infection (J. L. Kadurugamuwa et al., Infect. Immun. 71:882-890, 2003), which relies on biophotonic imaging of biolumin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kadurugamuwa JL,Sin LV,Yu J,Francis KP,Kimura R,Purchio T,Contag PR

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered from the lower respiratory tract of an 81-year-old patient hospitalized in Belgium was sent to the national reference center to determine its resistance mechanism. PCR sequencing identified a new GES variant, GES-18, which differs from the carbapenem-hydrolyzing e...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bebrone C,Bogaerts P,Delbrück H,Bennink S,Kupper MB,Rezende de Castro R,Glupczynski Y,Hoffmann KM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given that tedizolid exhibits substantial lung penetration, we hypothesize that it could achieve good efficacy against Streptococcus pneumoniae lung infections. We evaluated the pharmacodynamics of tedizolid for treatment of S. pneumoniae lung infections and compared the efficacies of tedizolid human-simulated epithel...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Abdelraouf K,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The trypanocidal action of green tea catechins against two different developmental stages of Trypanosoma cruzi is reported for the first time. This activity was assayed with the nonproliferative bloodstream trypomastigote and with the intracellular replicative amastigote parasite forms. An ethyl acetate fraction from ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Paveto C,Güida MC,Esteva MI,Martino V,Coussio J,Flawiá MM,Torres HN

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonucleic acid (RNA) synthesis in the sorbitol-dependent, fragile yeast mutant VY1160 (Venkov et al., 1974) is rapidly inhibited by rifampin. The growth of the mutant cells and protein synthesis are more slowly affected by the antibiotic, apparently as secondary phenomena. Lower doses of rifampin (50 to 100 mug/ml) ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Venkov PV,Milchev GI,Hadjiolov AA

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a novel variant of mecA known as mecC (mecA(LGA251)) was identified in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from both humans and animals. In this study, we identified a Staphylococcus xylosus isolate that harbors a new allotype of the mecC gene, mecC1. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that mecC1 forms part of a cl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Harrison EM,Paterson GK,Holden MT,Morgan FJ,Larsen AR,Petersen A,Leroy S,De Vliegher S,Perreten V,Fox LK,Lam TJ,Sampimon OC,Zadoks RN,Peacock SJ,Parkhill J,Holmes MA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of moxifloxacin against 923 recent anaerobic isolates obtained from pretreatment cultures in patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections was studied using the CLSI M11-A-6 agar dilution method. Moxifloxacin was active against 87% (96 of 110) Bacteroides fragilis strains at < or = 1 micro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goldstein EJ,Citron DM,Warren YA,Tyrrell KL,Merriam CV,Fernandez H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of the antiviral action of sulfated polyanions in human immunodeficiency virus and other viral infections, we studied the effect of dextran sulfate and heparin on duck hepatitis B virus infection. These agents do not affect viral uptake and replication in liver cells in vitro or in vivo. Sulfated polyanio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Offensperger WB,Offensperger S,Walter E,Blum HE,Gerok W

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem resistance due to KPC has rarely been observed outside the United States. We noticed a sharp increase in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains possessing KPC in Tel Aviv Medical Center from 2004 to 2006. Sixty percent of the isolates belonged to a single clone susceptible only to gentamicin and...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Leavitt A,Navon-Venezia S,Chmelnitsky I,Schwaber MJ,Carmeli Y

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymorphic fungus Candida albicans is one of the most versatile opportunistic pathogens in humans. Many organs of the human body are potential targets for infection by this pathogen, but infection is commonly localized in the gastrointestinal tract, an environment providing anaerobic growth conditions. We describ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dumitru R,Hornby JM,Nickerson KW

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gyrA and gyrB genes of Chlamydia pneumoniae TW-183 were cloned, and their proteins were purified by use of a fusion system with a maltose-binding protein. The 50% inhibitory concentrations of garenoxacin, sparfloxacin, moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin, and levofloxacin were 10.1, 47.5, 39.6, 64.2, and 156.9 microg/ml, r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ameyama S,Shinmura Y,Takahata M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis (TB), has surpassed HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. The increasing occurrence of drug-resistant strains has become a major challenge for health care systems and, in some cases, has rendered TB untreatable. Howe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Meikle V,Mossberg AK,Mitra A,Hakansson AP,Niederweis M

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological factors that contribute to Mycobacterium abscessus lung infections remain unclear. We determined whether antibiotic treatment targeting a major cystic fibrosis pathogen (i.e., Pseudomonas aeruginosa) could provide the ideal conditions for the establishment of M. abscessus infection. Our data showed t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rodríguez-Sevilla G,Crabbé A,García-Coca M,Aguilera-Correa JJ,Esteban J,Pérez-Jorge C

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-l-2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxy-N(4)-hydroxycytidine (l-Hyd4C) was demonstrated to be an effective and highly selective inhibitor of hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in HepG2.2.15 cells (50% effective dose [ED(50)] = 0.03 microM; 50% cytotoxic dose [CD(50)] = 2,500 microM). In the present study, we investigate...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Matthes E,Bünger H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic fate of the orally effective cephalosporin antibiotic cefaclor (Lilly 99638) has been studied in rats, mice, and dogs. Cefaclor is efficiently absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract as the intact antibiotic. In rats and mice, cefaclor, for the most part, escapes metabolism in the body and is eliminated...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sullivan HR,Due SL,Kau DL,Quay JF,Miller W

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report on the anti-influenza virus activity of the mannose-binding agents, Hippeastrum hybrid agglutinin (HHA) and Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA), and the (N-acetylglucosamine)n-specific Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA). These carbohydrate-binding agents (CBA) strongly inhibited various influenza A(H1N1), A...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vanderlinden E,Van Winkel N,Naesens L,Van Damme EJM,Persoons L,Schols D

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:NorC, a new efflux pump, like NorB, contributes to quinolone resistance that includes resistance to moxifloxacin and sparfloxacin in Staphylococcus aureus. norC expression, like that of norB and tet38, is negatively regulated by MgrA, and overexpression of both norC and norB contributes to the quinolone resistance phe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Truong-Bolduc QC,Strahilevitz J,Hooper DC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrazinamide (PZA) has important sterilizing activity in tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy. We describe trends, risk factors, and molecular epidemiology associated with PZA-resistant (PZA(r)) Mycobacterium tuberculosis in New York City (NYC). From 2001 to 2008, all incident culture-positive TB cases reported by the NYC D...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Verdugo D,Fallows D,Ahuja S,Schluger N,Kreiswirth B,Mathema B

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse model was developed to evaluate the efficacy of antibiotic treatment of pneumonic plague; streptomycin was compared to antibiotics with which there is little or no clinical experience. Infection was induced by inhalation of aerosolized Yersinia pestis organisms. Antibiotics were administered by intraperitoneal...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Byrne WR,Welkos SL,Pitt ML,Davis KJ,Brueckner RP,Ezzell JW,Nelson GO,Vaccaro JR,Battersby LC,Friedlander AM

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspofungin (CAS) is approved for second-line management of proven or probable invasive aspergillosis at a dose of 50 mg once daily (QD). Preclinical and limited clinical data support the concept of the dose-dependent antifungal efficacy of CAS with preservation of its favorable safety profile. Little is known, howeve...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Würthwein G,Cornely OA,Trame MN,Vehreschild JJ,Vehreschild MJ,Farowski F,Müller C,Boos J,Hempel G,Hallek M,Groll AH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal infections are a leading cause of morbidity and death for hospitalized patients, mainly because they remain difficult to diagnose and to treat. Diseases range from widespread superficial infections such as vulvovaginal infections to life-threatening systemic candidiasis. For systemic mycoses, only a restricted ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Keller P,Müller C,Engelhardt I,Hiller E,Lemuth K,Eickhoff H,Wiesmüller KH,Burger-Kentischer A,Bracher F,Rupp S

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of metallo-beta-lactamase and 16S rRNA methylase production were investigated in 51 imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates collected from hospitals in São Paulo, Brazil. Of them, 57% and 75% produced SPM-1 and RmtD, respectively. Of note, 51% produced both enzymes, suggesting that their copr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Doi Y,Ghilardi AC,Adams J,de Oliveira Garcia D,Paterson DL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonionic surface-active agents possessing ether or amide linkages between the hydrophillic and hydrophobic portions of the molecule rapidly inactivated the infectivity of herpes simplex viruses. The activity stemmed from the ability of nonionic surfactants to dissolve lipid-containing membranes. This was confirmed by ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Asculai SS,Weis MT,Rancourt MW,Kupferberg AB

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of WY-49605 (SUN5555) (WY) was compared with those of cefaclor, cefixime, and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid against 2,958 consecutive clinical isolates from five medical centers and 402 respiratory pathogens from 18 other facilities. Most members of the family Enterobacteriaceae were inhibited by W...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sewell D,Barry A,Allen S,Fuchs P,McLaughlin J,Pfaller M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pokeweed antiviral protein at a concentration of 3 microM inhibited both the synthesis and release of infectious herpes simplex virus type 1 in cell culture by 90 and 99%, respectively. Addition of pokeweed antiviral protein to Vero cell monolayers before virus infection was 10 to 15% more effective in reducing virus ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Teltow GJ,Irvin JD,Aron GM

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a substudy of a larger randomized controlled trial on HIV-infected Zambian children, which revealed that cotrimoxazole prophylaxis reduced morbidity and mortality despite a background of high cotrimoxazole resistance. The impact of cotrimoxazole on the carriage and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mwenya DM,Charalambous BM,Phillips PP,Mwansa JC,Batt SL,Nunn AJ,Walker S,Gibb DM,Gillespie SH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surotomycin (formerly called CB-183,315) is a novel, orally administered cyclic lipopeptide antibacterial in development for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) that has potent activity against vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) but limited activity against Gram-negative bacilli, including Bacte...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Deshpande A,Hurless K,Cadnum JL,Chesnel L,Gao L,Chan L,Kundrapu S,Polinkovsky A,Donskey CJ

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemisinin and its derivatives are important new antimalarials which are now used widely in Southeast Asia. Clinically relevant artemisinin resistance has not yet been reported but is likely to occur. In order to understand how the malaria parasite might become resistant to this drug, we studied artemisinin resistanc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Walker DJ,Pitsch JL,Peng MM,Robinson BL,Peters W,Bhisutthibhan J,Meshnick SR

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients received a loading dose of tobramycin of 60 mg/m2 intravenously over 0.5 h followed immediately by 60 mg/m2 over 2 h every 4 h. The highest mean serum concentration (at the end of the loading dose) was 6.0 +/- 0.3 microgram/ml (range, 3.2 to 10.9 microgram/ml). The mean serum concentration 2 h after the e...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lawson RD,Bodey GP,Pan T,Smith TL

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00