In vitro assessment of methylene blue on chloroquine-sensitive and -resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains reveals synergistic action with artemisinins.

abstract：:Acute pulmonary exacerbations (APE) involving Pseudomonas aeruginosa are associated with increased morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Drug resistance is a significant challenge to treatment. Ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA) demonstrates excellent in vitro activity against isolates recovered from CF p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bensman TJ,Wang J,Jayne J,Fukushima L,Rao AP,D'Argenio DZ,Beringer PM

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:An inhibitor-resistant beta-lactamase (SHV-10), derived from an SHV-5 variant (SHV-9), was found in an Escherichia coli clinical isolate. In SHV-10, Ser-130 was replaced by Gly. The enzyme partially retained its ability to hydrolyze penicillins, but its activity against cephalosporins was drastically reduced. A Ser-13...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Prinarakis EE,Miriagou V,Tzelepi E,Gazouli M,Tzouvelekis LS

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel and highly accurate diagnostic assay platform was established for rapid identification of FKS mutations associated with echinocandin resistance in Candida glabrata The assay platform uses allele-specific molecular beacon and DNA melt analysis following asymmetric PCR. A dual assay for FKS1 and FKS2 was develop...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhao Y,Nagasaki Y,Kordalewska M,Press EG,Shields RK,Nguyen MH,Clancy CJ,Perlin DS

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Compounds that interact with DNA or RNA generally act as inhibitors of enzymes that unwind DNA or RNA. In the present study we describe the synthesis and properties of some nucleoside analogues that interact with double-stranded DNA but that, in contrast, facilitate the unwinding reaction mediated by West Nile (WN) vi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Borowski P,Lang M,Haag A,Schmitz H,Choe J,Chen HM,Hosmane RS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of activity of levofloxacin was initially determined against 29 strains belonging to 16 species of atypical mycobacteria by measuring radiometric MICs. Levofloxacin MICs were 1 to 2 dilutions lower compared with those obtained for ofloxacin and 8 to 64 dilutions lower compared with those obtained for its ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rastogi N,Goh KS,Bryskier A,Devallois A

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiviral drugs do not currently exist for the treatment of enterovirus infections, which are often severe and potentially life-threatening. We conducted high-throughput molecular screening and identified a structurally diverse set of compounds that inhibit the replication of coxsackievirus B3, a commonly encountered ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zuo J,Kye S,Quinn KK,Cooper P,Damoiseaux R,Krogstad P

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A penicillin beta-lactamase (PCase) was extracted from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Rms139(+) and purified by means of column chromatography. The isoelectric point of Rms139 PCase was 5.7 and its molecular weight was 22,500 +/- 1,000. The optimal pH for the hydrolysis of benzylpenicillin was 7.0 to 7.5 and the optimal tempe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sawada Y,Yaginuma S,Tai M,Iyobe S,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheters and other indwelling devices placed inside human body are prone to bacterial infection, causing serious risk to patients. Infections associated with implants are difficult to resolve, and hence the prevention of bacterial colonization of such surfaces is quite appropriate. In this context, the development of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dave RN,Joshi HM,Venugopalan VP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-level vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus [VISA] and heterogenous VISA [hVISA]) is increasingly reported and leads to glycopeptide treatment failure. Various phenotypic features have been reported for these isolates, but the genetic changes leading to hVISA and VISA have y...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Howden BP,Johnson PD,Ward PB,Stinear TP,Davies JK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most widely used drug for treatment of candidiasis is fluconazole (FCZ). Recently, a new derivative of 1,4-benzothiazine, compound FS5, was developed. FS5 had an appreciable protective effect against murine candidiasis. The present study was designed to dissect the antifungal mechanisms triggered by FS5 and to est...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pitzurra L,Fringuelli R,Perito S,Schiaffella F,Barluzzi R,Bistoni F,Vecchiarelli A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium abscessus is an extensively drug-resistant opportunistic pathogen that can cause chronic otomastoiditis. There are no evidence-based treatment regimens for this severe infection. We treated four children with M. abscessus otomastoiditis with a structured regimen of topical imipenem and tigecycline, intra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： van Wijk F,Waterval J,van Aerde K,Henriet SSV,Meijer FJA,Borra LC,Aarnoutse RE,van Ingen J

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid and global emergence of azole resistance in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus has drawn attention. Thus, a thorough understanding of its mechanisms of drug resistance requires extensive exploration. In this study, we found that the loss of the putative calcium-dependent protein-encoding gene algA caus...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wei X,Chen P,Gao R,Li Y,Zhang A,Liu F,Lu L

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have discovered a remarkable synergistic antimalarial interaction between rufigallol and the structurally similar compound exifone. The synergistic effects were produced in chloroquine-susceptible and chloroquine-resistant clones of Plasmodium falciparum. The degree of potentiation as estimated by standard isobolar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Winter RW,Cornell KA,Johnson LL,Ignatushchenko M,Hinrichs DJ,Riscoe MK

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoglycoside resistance in Campylobacter has been routinely monitored in the United States in clinical isolates since 1996 and in retail meats since 2002. Gentamicin resistance first appeared in a single human isolate of Campylobacter coli in 2000 and in a single chicken meat isolate in 2007, after which it increase...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen Y,Mukherjee S,Hoffmann M,Kotewicz ML,Young S,Abbott J,Luo Y,Davidson MK,Allard M,McDermott P,Zhao S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analogues based on the insect cecropin-bee melittin hybrid peptide (CEME) were studied and analyzed for activity and salt resistance. The new variants were designed to have an increase in amphipathic alpha-helical content (CP29 and CP26) and in overall positive charge (CP26). The alpha-helicity of these peptides was d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Friedrich C,Scott MG,Karunaratne N,Yan H,Hancock RE

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the time-kill curve method, the combination of N-formimidoyl thienamycin and gentamicin showed synergism against 47 of 48 strains of enterococci, whereas the combination of N-formimidoyl thienamycin and tobramycin was synergistic against 46 strains. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Watanakunakorn C,Tisone JC

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro and in vivo activities of modithromycin, a novel bicyclolide, against Legionella pneumophila were compared with those of telithromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin, and levofloxacin. All the test agents decreased the intracellular growth of viable L. pneumophila bacteria over 96 h of incubation in both t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sato T,Tateda K,Kimura S,Ishii Y,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection caused by Mycobacterium avium is common in AIDS patients who do not receive treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) or who develop resistance to anti-HIV therapy. Mefloquine, a racemic mixture used for malaria prophylaxis and treatment, is bactericidal against M. avium in mice. MICs of (+...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bermudez LE,Inderlied CB,Kolonoski P,Chee CB,Aralar P,Petrofsky M,Parman T,Green CE,Lewin AH,Ellis WY,Young LS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative bacteria cause approximately 70% of the infections in intensive care units. A growing number of bacterial isolates responsible for these infections are resistant to currently available antibiotics and to many in development. Most agents under development are modifications of existing drug classes, which ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hernandez V,Crépin T,Palencia A,Cusack S,Akama T,Baker SJ,Bu W,Feng L,Freund YR,Liu L,Meewan M,Mohan M,Mao W,Rock FL,Sexton H,Sheoran A,Zhang Y,Zhang YK,Zhou Y,Nieman JA,Anugula MR,Keramane el M,Savariraj K,

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indinavir dosage regimen currently used for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children is not based on pharmacokinetic data obtained in the target patient population. The purpose of our study was to characterize indinavir pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in HIV-infected children. Eleven children (ag...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gatti G,Vigano' A,Sala N,Vella S,Bassetti M,Bassetti D,Principi N

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimalarial drug quinine has been shown to impair human polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) functions. To gain insight into the mechanism of this phenomenon, we investigated quinine uptake by PMN with a fluorometric assay based on the fluorescence properties of this drug. After 30 min of incubation at 37 degrees C ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： el Benna J,Pasquier C,Labro MT

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine patients with uncomplicated gonorrhea were randomized to receive single, oral 50-, 100-, or 200-mg doses of trovafloxacin (CP-99,219), a new quinolone antibiotic. All 31 evaluable patients were cured of infection. Trovafloxacin was well tolerated. The trovafloxacin MICs at which 50 and 90% of 36 Neisseria ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hook EW 3rd,Pinson GB,Blalock CJ,Johnson RB

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indole-2-carboxamide derivatives are inhibitors of MmpL3, the cell wall-associated mycolic acid transporter of Mycobacterium tuberculosis In the present study, we characterized indoleamide effects on bacterial cell morphology and reevaluated pharmacokinetics and in vivo efficacy using an optimized oral formulation. Mo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lun S,Tasneen R,Chaira T,Stec J,Onajole OK,Yang TJ,Cooper CB,Mdluli K,Converse PJ,Nuermberger EL,Raj VS,Kozikowski A,Bishai WR

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a simple PCR-based high-resolution melt curve analysis for identification of the quinolone resistance gene aac(6')-Ib-cr through regions encompassing the two defining single nucleotide mutations. Dissociation curves showed 100% concordance with DNA sequencing, including the identification of a strain...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hidalgo-Grass C,Strahilevitz J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mongrel dogs with ascites created by inferior vena cava ligation were given cephalothin, cephaloridine, cefazolin, and cefamandole to evaluate the effect of protein binding and serum pharmacokinetics on the distribution of cephalosporins into ascitic fluid. Antibiotics were given intramuscularly (15 mg/kg) every 4 h f...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gerding DN,Peterson LR,Legler DC,Hall WH,Schierl EA

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococci are intrinsically resistant to low levels of aminoglycosides. We previously selected in vitro and in vivo Enterococcus faecalis with intermediate-level resistance to gentamicin that did not abolish synergism with a cell-wall-active agent (E. Aslangul et al., Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 49:4144-4148, 2005...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aslangul E,Massias L,Meulemans A,Chau F,Andremont A,Courvalin P,Fantin B,Ruimy R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the DNA sequence variation of van genes of 34 isolates of Enterococcus spp. The isolates containing the vanB gene exhibited between 0 and 41 base pair changes per 801 bp studied when the vanB sequences were compared to that of the reference strain Enterococcus faecalis V583. The isolates carrying the vanC-2...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Patel R,Uhl JR,Kohner P,Hopkins MK,Steckelberg JM,Kline B,Cockerill FR 3rd

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:7-[alpha-(1-Methyl-4-pyridiniothio)-acetamido] cephalosporanic acid, referred to herein as BL-S 217, is a new broad-spectrum semisynthetic cephalosporin that offers several advantages over cephalothin. A comparison of the activity in vitro of these antibiotics indicates that BL-S 217 is about eightfold more effective ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Buck RE,Leitner F,Price KE

更新日期：1972-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage therapy is a promising alternative treatment to antibiotics, as it has been documented to be efficacious against multidrug-resistant bacteria with minimal side effects. Several groups have demonstrated the efficacy of phage suspension in vivo to treat lung infections using intranasal delivery; however, p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chang RYK,Chen K,Wang J,Wallin M,Britton W,Morales S,Kutter E,Li J,Chan HK

更新日期：2018-01-25 00:00:00