DB75, a novel trypanocidal agent, disrupts mitochondrial function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the leading pathogens that cause a variety of mucosal and invasive infections. With the increased emergence of multidrug-resistant S. pneumoniae, new antimicrobials with mechanisms of action different from conventional antibiotics are urgently needed. In this study, we identified a p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang H,Gong Y,Zhang H,Etobayeva I,Miernikiewicz P,Luo D,Li X,Zhang X,Dąbrowska K,Nelson DC,He J,Wei H

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium abscessus has emerged as an important pathogen in people with chronic inflammatory lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis, and recent reports suggest that it may be transmissible by fomites. M. abscessus exhibits two major colony morphology variants: a smooth morphotype (MaSm ) and a rough morphotype (MaR...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clary G,Sasindran SJ,Nesbitt N,Mason L,Cole S,Azad A,McCoy K,Schlesinger LS,Hall-Stoodley L

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we provide the first biochemical evidence of the existence of a family of structure-related antimicrobial peptides, the siderophore-microcins, in the Enterobacteriaceae family. We isolated and characterized two novel siderophore-microcins, MccM and MccH47, previously characterized through genetic studies...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vassiliadis G,Destoumieux-Garzón D,Lombard C,Rebuffat S,Peduzzi J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-five patients with cystic fibrosis who were experiencing an acute infectious exacerbation of their disease were randomized in double-blind fashion to receive either 50 or 75 mg of ceftazidime per kg (body weight) per dose administered intravenously every 8 h for 14 days. Three patients were dropped from the stu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Reed MD,Stern RC,O'Brien CA,Crenshaw DA,Blumer JL

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mecillinam is an amidino penicillinate derivative with a broad spectrum of activity against many gram-negative bacilli. Moreover, marked in vitro synergy against these organisms occurs when mecillinam is combined with other beta-lactam antibiotics. The purpose of this study was to determine the pharmacokinetic disposi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gambertoglio JG,Barriere SL,Lin ET,Conte JE Jr

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperbaric oxygen exposures were evaluated for treatment of progressive liver abscesses produced by intraperitoneal injection of combined cultures of Fusobacterium necrophorum plus either Bacteroides fragilis subsp. fragilis or Fusobacterium nucleatum in a mouse model. Infected control and hyperbaric oxygen-exposed mi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hill GB

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MICs and minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) for the biocides benzalkonium chloride and chlorhexidine were determined against 1,602 clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. Both compounds showed unimodal MIC and MBC distributions (2 and 4 or 8 mg/liter, respectively) with no apparent subpopulation with r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Furi L,Ciusa ML,Knight D,Di Lorenzo V,Tocci N,Cirasola D,Aragones L,Coelho JR,Freitas AT,Marchi E,Moce L,Visa P,Northwood JB,Viti C,Borghi E,Orefici G,BIOHYPO Consortium.,Morrissey I,Oggioni MR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High dosages of ceftriaxone are used to treat central nervous system (CNS) infections. Dosage adaptation according to the glomerular filtration rate is currently not recommended. Ceftriaxone pharmacokinetics (PK) was investigated by a population approach in patients enrolled in a French multicenter prospective cohort ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Grégoire M,Dailly E,Le Turnier P,Garot D,Guimard T,Bernard L,Tattevin P,Vandamme YM,Hoff J,Lemaitre F,Verdier MC,Deslandes G,Bellouard R,Sébille V,Chiffoleau A,Boutoille D,Navas D,Asseray N

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of miltefosine with amphotericin B, sodium stibogluconate, paromomycin, and sitamaquine was assessed in vitro and additionally for the first three combinations in vivo. In vitro interactions were indifferent for miltefosine combined with amphotericin B (mean sums of fractional inhibitory concentrations...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Seifert K,Croft SL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three structural analogs of 5-ethyl-1-benzyloxymethyl-6-(phenylthio)uracil (E-BPU) inhibited human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication without cytotoxicity in vitro and were more potent than azidothymidine and were as potent as E-BPU. The target of these compounds is HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Reverse ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Piras G,Dutschman GE,Im GJ,Pan BC,Chu SH,Cheng YC

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nationwide susceptibility survey of the Bacteroides fragilis group was continued at New England Medical Center in 1983. A total of 555 strains were obtained from eight centers in the United States. In addition to the nine antimicrobial agents studied in the two previous years, three other agents were added to the ev...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tally FP,Cuchural GJ Jr,Jacobus NV,Gorbach SL,Aldridge K,Cleary T,Finegold SM,Hill G,Iannini P,O'Keefe JP

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ertapenem at 1 g once daily has been suggested to be underdosed in intensive care unit (ICU) patients to attain optimal concentrations in target tissues. Therefore, our study aimed to assess the kinetics of ertapenem in plasma and skeletal muscle in ICU patients using microdialysis. Average muscle free-ertapenem conce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Boyadjiev I,Boulamery A,Simon N,Martin C,Bruguerolle B,Leone M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xylitol is effective in preventing acute otitis media by inhibiting the growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae. To clarify this inhibition we used fructose, which is known to block similar growth inhibition observed in Streptococcus mutans. In addition, we evaluated the efficacy of sorbitol in inhibiting the growth of pne...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tapiainen T,Kontiokari T,Sammalkivi L,Ikäheimo I,Koskela M,Uhari M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia remains a difficult therapeutic problem. Optimal doses and modes of administration of single agents often do not result in acceptable outcomes. Further, emergence of resistance occurs frequently in this setting with single-agent chemotherapy. The purpose of these experiments was to eva...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Louie A,Liu W,Fikes S,Brown D,Drusano GL

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a new class of drugs for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis was demonstrated. 566C80, a hydroxynaphthoquinone, administered orally in a dose of greater than or equal to 100 mg/kg of body weight per day prophylactically prevented P. carinii pneumonitis in 90% or more of rats, while all untreated control a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hughes WT,Gray VL,Gutteridge WE,Latter VS,Pudney M

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy alters the pharmacokinetic properties of many drugs used in the treatment of malaria, usually resulting in lower drug exposures. This increases the risks of treatment failure, adverse outcomes for the fetus, and the development of resistance. The pharmacokinetic properties of artemether and its principal met...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tarning J,Kloprogge F,Dhorda M,Jullien V,Nosten F,White NJ,Guerin PJ,Piola P

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, known for its intrinsic and acquired antibiotic resistance, has a notorious ability to form biofilms, which often facilitate chronic infections. The evolutionary paths to antibiotic resistance have mainly been investigated in planktonic cultures and are ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ahmed MN,Porse A,Sommer MOA,Høiby N,Ciofu O

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the impact of low-level resistance to fluoroquinolones on the bactericidal activity of ciprofloxacin in a murine model of urinary tract infection. The susceptible Escherichia coli strain CFT073 (ciprofloxacin MIC [CIP MIC] of 0.008 microg/ml) was compared to its transconjugants harboring qnrA1 or qnrS1...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Allou N,Cambau E,Massias L,Chau F,Fantin B

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anidulafungin is an echinocandin with activity against Candida species and Aspergillus species. Adult dosages under study are 50 mg/day for esophageal candidiasis and 100 mg/day for invasive candidiasis and aspergillosis. Little is known, however, about the safety and pharmacokinetics of anidulafungin in children. A m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Benjamin DK Jr,Driscoll T,Seibel NL,Gonzalez CE,Roden MM,Kilaru R,Clark K,Dowell JA,Schranz J,Walsh TJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BAL fluid samples from critically ill patients shared a rate of 29% false-positive galactomannan results. We aimed to determine whether Candida species abundance in BAL fluid causes galactomannan (GM) positivity. A total of 89 Candida culture-positive BAL fluid samples from patients without suspicion of invasive asper...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aigner M,Wanner M,Kreidl P,Lass-Flörl C,Lackner M

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Lactam resistance levels vary among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clinical isolates, mediated by chromosomal mutations and exogenous resistance gene mecA However, MRSA resistance mechanisms are incompletely understood. A P440L mutation in the RNA polymerase β' subunit (RpoC) in slow-vancomycin-i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Matsuo M,Yamamoto N,Hishinuma T,Hiramatsu K

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic-impregnated beads are used in the dead bone space following debridement surgery to deliver local, high concentrations of antibiotics. Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), 2,000-molecular-weight (MW) polylactic acid (PLA), Poly(DL-lactide)-coglycolide (PL:CG; 90:10, 80:20, and 70:30), and the combination 2,000-MW ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mader JT,Calhoun J,Cobos J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the widespread occurrence of resistance to sulfonamides among Enterobacteriaceae, some researchers have suggested using trimethoprim (TMP) alone instead of the combination sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (SMX-TMP) in treating infections with TMP-susceptible organisms. To answer whether SMX-TMP suppresses the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Guerrant RL,Wood SJ,Krongaard L,Reid RA,Hodge RH

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) replication in primary duck hepatocytes was monitored by examining the synthesis of both DHBV DNA and DHBV core antigen. Several nucleoside analogs which were previously shown to inhibit the replication of DNA viruses (i.e., herpesviruses) and retroviruses were examined for their inhibito...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yokota T,Konno K,Chonan E,Mochizuki S,Kojima K,Shigeta S,de Clercq E

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovicin HC5, a broad-spectrum lantibiotic produced by Streptococcus bovis HC5, catalyzed the efflux of intracellular potassium from Streptococcus bovis JB1, a sensitive strain. The level of ATP also decreased, but this decline appeared to be caused by the activity of the F(1)F(0) ATPase rather than efflux per se. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mantovani HC,Russell JB

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sterol delta22-desaturase has been purified from a strain of Candida glabrata with a disruption in the gene encoding sterol 14alpha-demethylase (cytochrome P-45051; CYP51). The purified cytochrome P-450 exhibited sterol delta22-desaturase activity in a reconstituted system with NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase in dila...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lamb DC,Maspahy S,Kelly DE,Manning NJ,Geber A,Bennett JE,Kelly SL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen in catheter-related infections. Modifying catheter material with interpenetrating polymer networks is a novel material technology that allows for impregnation with drugs and subsequent controlled release. Here, we evaluated the potential for combining this system with pl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Klein K,Grønnemose RB,Alm M,Brinch KS,Kolmos HJ,Andersen TE

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:MICs of Bay 12-8039 and comparative antimicrobials were determined for 820 recent clinical isolates. Ciprofloxacin was approximately 2-fold more active than Bay 12-8039 and ofloxacin against Enterobacteriaceae and approximately 8-fold more active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Bay 12-8039 was approximately 2- to 16-f...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fass RJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The doripenem MICs at which 90% of the tested strains were inhibited ranged from 0.03 to 1 microg/ml for 10 species of Enterobacteriaceae (n = 351), from 0.03 to 0.12 microg/ml for oxacillin-susceptible staphylococci (n = 119), from 4 to 32 microg/ml for oxacillin-resistant staphylococci (n = 64), from < or =0.008 to ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ge Y,Wikler MA,Sahm DF,Blosser-Middleton RS,Karlowsky JA

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthetic gene cluster of the aminocoumarin antibiotic coumermycin A(1) was cloned by screening of a cosmid library of Streptomyces rishiriensis DSM 40489 with heterologous probes from a dTDP-glucose 4,6-dehydratase gene, involved in deoxysugar biosynthesis, and from the aminocoumarin resistance gyrase gene gyr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang ZX,Li SM,Heide L

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00