Staphylococcus aureus isolates with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides belong to accessory gene regulator group I or II.

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic pathogen with increasing prevalence, which is able to cause infections in immunocompromised patients or in those with a previous pathology. The treatment of the infections caused by this bacterium is often complicated due to the several intrinsic antibiotic resistance m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Blanco P,Corona F,Sánchez MB,Martínez JL

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the transport functions of individual Candida albicans plasma membrane drug efflux pumps is hampered by the multitude of endogenous transporters. We have stably expressed C. albicans Cdr1p, the major pump implicated in multiple-drug-resistance phenotypes, from the genomic PDR5 locus in a Saccharomyces cere...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nakamura K,Niimi M,Niimi K,Holmes AR,Yates JE,Decottignies A,Monk BC,Goffeau A,Cannon RD

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ST5 lineage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most globally disseminated hospital-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) lineages. We isolated a new local variant (designated ST764) over at least 5 years that causes invasive infections, including necrotizing fasciitis, and is carried by medica...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Takano T,Hung WC,Shibuya M,Higuchi W,Iwao Y,Nishiyama A,Reva I,Khokhlova OE,Yabe S,Ozaki K,Takano M,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current therapy for toxoplasmosis with a synergistic combination of pyrimethamine plus sulfadiazine or pyrimethamine plus clindamycin is not always efficacious and is frequently discontinued due to intolerable toxic effects in immunocompromised individuals, particularly those with AIDS. Trovafloxacin, a new fluoroquin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Khan AA,Slifer T,Araujo FG,Polzer RJ,Remington JS

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Helicobacter pylori SS1 mouse model was used to characterize the development of resistance in H. pylori after treatment with metronidazole monotherapy and to examine the effect of prior exposure to metronidazole on the efficacy of a metronidazole-containing eradication regimen. Mice colonized with the metronidazol...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jenks PJ,Labigne A,Ferrero RL

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teicoplanin was evaluated in 47 patients with severe infections, including 14 patients with bone infections, 11 patients with soft-tissue infections, 7 patients with endocarditis, 5 patients with pneumonia, 3 patients with septic thrombophlebitis, 3 patients with septicemia of unknown origin, and 4 patients with misce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Glupczynski Y,Lagast H,Van der Auwera P,Thys JP,Crokaert F,Yourassowsky E,Meunier-Carpentier F,Klastersky J,Kains JP,Serruys-Schoutens E

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oseltamivir is the most widely used anti-influenza drug. In the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, in which the influenza viruses were oseltamivir sensitive, obesity was identified as a risk factor for severe disease and unfavorable outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the pharmacokinetic properties of oseltamivir and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jittamala P,Pukrittayakamee S,Tarning J,Lindegardh N,Hanpithakpong W,Taylor WR,Lawpoolsri S,Charunwattana P,Panapipat S,White NJ,Day NP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease and reverse transcriptase (RT) mutations selected by antiretroviral (ARV) drugs requires ongoing reassessment as ARV treatment patterns evolve and increasing numbers of protease and RT sequences of different viral subtypes are published. Accordingly,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shahriar R,Rhee SY,Liu TF,Fessel WJ,Scarsella A,Towner W,Holmes SP,Zolopa AR,Shafer RW

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-associated infections due to Escherichia coli producing CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamases are increasingly recognized in the United States. The bla(CTX-M) genes are frequently carried on IncF group plasmids. In this study, bla(CTX-M-15)-harboring plasmids pCA14 (sequence type 131 [ST131]) and pCA28 (...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Li JJ,Spychala CN,Hu F,Sheng JF,Doi Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of newer macrolides in acute Q fever for 113 patients was recorded. The mean times to defervescence were 2.9 days for doxycycline and 3.3, 3.9, 3.9, and 6.4 days for clarithromycin, roxithromycin, erythromycin, and beta-lactams, respectively (P < 0.01 for macrolides versus beta-lactams). We conclude ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gikas A,Kofteridis DP,Manios A,Pediaditis J,Tselentis Y

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weak mutators are common among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli. We show that the relative mutation rate and the "evolvability of fluoroquinolone resistance" are related by a power law slope of 1.2 over 3 orders of magnitude. Thus, even weak mutators can drive the evolution of fluoroquinolone resistance under sel...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Orlén H,Hughes D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from the airways of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are sensitive to antibiotics in susceptibility testing, but eradication of the infection is difficult. The main reason is the biofilm formation in the airways of patients with CF. The pharmacokinetics (PKs) and pharmacodynamics...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hengzhuang W,Wu H,Ciofu O,Song Z,Høiby N

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GSK1322322 is a novel inhibitor of peptide deformylase (PDF) with good in vitro activity against bacteria associated with community-acquired pneumonia and skin infections. We have characterized the in vivo pharmacodynamics (PD) of GSK1322322 in immunocompetent animal models of infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hoover J,Lewandowski T,Straub RJ,Novick SJ,DeMarsh P,Aubart K,Rittenhouse S,Zalacain M

更新日期：2015-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that penicillin resistance of bacteria is mainly caused by the inactivation of penicillin by penicillinase derived from such strains. We have developed a screening procedure for penicillinase inhibitors. Several microorganisms were found to produce such inhibitors, and from the culture filtrate of Streptom...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Iwai Y,Ono H,Takeshima H,Yamaguchi N,Omura S

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotypes of samples from protease inhibitor-naïve patients in Frankfurt's HIV Cohort were analyzed with five tipranavir resistance prediction algorithms. Mean scores were higher in non-B than in B subtypes. The proportion of non-B subtypes increased with increasing scores, except in weighted algorithms. Virtual and i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Stürmer M,Stephan C,Gute P,Knecht G,Bickel M,Brodt HR,Doerr HW,Gürtler L,Lecocq P,van Houtte M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gentamicin resistance determinant of a conjugative plasmid from Enterobacter cloacae was cloned on a 3.2-kilobase fragment in the PstI site of pBR322. Substrate profiles for eight aminoglycosides at three concentrations showed that the resistance was due to aminoglycoside-(3)-N-acetyltransferase isoenzyme II. Insert...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vliegenthart JS,Ketelaar-van Gaalen PA,van de Klundert JA

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloramphenicol-resistant strains of Bacteroides fragilis (minimum inhibitory concentration, 12.5 mug/ml) were isolated from a stool specimen which contained multiply resistant Escherichia coli. The enzyme responsible for resistance, chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, was produced constitutively by these strains; the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Britz ML,Wilkinson RG

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciprofloxacin, a fluorinated 4-quinolone, is useful for the clinical treatment of infections due to its antibacterial properties and also modulates the immune response of monocytes isolated from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. In the present study, we found that ciprofloxacin induced the production of prosta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Takahashi HK,Iwagaki H,Xue D,Katsuno G,Sugita S,Mizuno K,Mori S,Saito S,Yoshino T,Tanaka N,Nishibori M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the inhibitory activities of 10 polyether antibiotics on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1. These compounds caused concentration-dependent inhibition of HIV replication in primary infected cultures of human T-lymphoblastoid H9 cells. The ratio of 50% effective concentrations for cellular cytotoxici...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nakamura M,Kunimoto S,Takahashi Y,Naganawa H,Sakaue M,Inoue S,Ohno T,Takeuchi T

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new natural TEM-2 derivative, named TEM-72, was identified in a Proteus mirabilis strain and in a Morganella morganii strain isolated in Italy in 1999. Compared to TEM-1, TEM-72 contains the following amino acid substitutions: Q39K, M182T, G238S, and E240K. Kinetic analysis showed that TEM-72 exhibits an extended-sp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Perilli M,Segatore B,de Massis MR,Riccio ML,Bianchi C,Zollo A,Rossolini GM,Amicosante G

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)-beta-D-2-Aminopurine dioxolane (APD) and (-)-beta-D-2-amino-6-chloropurine dioxolane (ACPD) are recently synthesized dioxolanylpurine nucleoside derivatives being developed as potential prodrugs for the antiviral nucleoside analog (-)-beta-D-dioxolane guanine (DXG). In vitro, APD and ACPD are converted to DXG by x...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen H,Boudinot FD,Chu CK,Mcclure HM,Schinazi RF

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2',3'-Dideoxyadenosine (DDA) was shown not only to possess antibacterial activity in vitro against a variety of Enterobacteriaceae, but also to be effective in vivo, DDA was active in experimental mouse infections by the oral route against 5 Salmonella strains, 2 of 3 Arizona strains, 5 of 7 Citrobacter strains, 3 of ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Beskid G,Eskin B,Cleeland R,Siebelist J,Cappetta A,Hill AD,Geiger RH

更新日期：1981-03-01 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：:Titanium (Ti) is a promising candidate biomaterial for an artificial corneal skirt. Antimicrobial peptide (AMP) immobilization may improve the bactericidal effect of the Ti substrate. In this study, we tested the bactericidal efficacy of a functionalized Ti surface in a rabbit keratitis model. A corneal stromal pocket...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tan XW,Goh TW,Saraswathi P,Nyein CL,Setiawan M,Riau A,Lakshminarayanan R,Liu S,Tan D,Beuerman RW,Mehta JS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that xylitol can be added to polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement to enhance the elution of daptomycin in terms of both the peak and sustained release of antibiotic. We also demonstrate that a PMMA-xylitol formulation optimized for daptomycin can be used to enhance the elution of both vancomycin an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Weiss BD,Weiss EC,Haggard WO,Evans RP,McLaren SG,Smeltzer MS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective analysis of 189 nonredundant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sequentially recovered from the sputum samples of 46 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients over a 10-year period (1998 to 2007) revealed that 53 out of 189 (28%) samples were hypersusceptible to the beta-lactam antibiotic ticarcillin (MIC < or = 4 mi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vettoretti L,Plésiat P,Muller C,El Garch F,Phan G,Attrée I,Ducruix A,Llanes C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole and fractionated latex of Asclepias syriaca was tested for antimicrobial or growth-promoting activity with 16 genera and species of bacteria. Latex and extracted fractions (distilled water, acetic acid, sodium bicarbonate, sulfuric acid, and ethyl ether) possessed no detectable antimicrobial activity. Comparison...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McCay S,Mahlberg P

更新日期：1973-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MICs of a newly developed benzoxazinorifamycin derivative, KRM-1648, for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) were determined by the BACTEC 460 TB system and compared with those of other known antimicrobial agents. The radiometric method gave a fast, accurate, and reproducible MIC for each antimicrobial agent. MICs of KR...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tomioka H,Saito H,Fujii K,Sato K,Hidaka T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of woodchuck hepatitis virus infections with 1-(2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl)-5-iodocytosine (FIAC) and 1-(2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl)-5-methyluracil (FMAU), given intraperitoneally, caused complete and permanent decrease of serum virus endogenous DNA polymerase and viral DN...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fourel I,Hantz O,Watanabe KA,Jacquet C,Chomel B,Fox JJ,Trepo C

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of voriconazole in 107 patients with scedosporiosis was analyzed. Principal infection sites were the lungs/sinuses (24%), central nervous system (CNS) (20%), and bone (18%), while 21% of patients had disseminated infection. Solid organ transplantation (22%), hematological malignancy (21%), and surgery/tra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Troke P,Aguirrebengoa K,Arteaga C,Ellis D,Heath CH,Lutsar I,Rovira M,Nguyen Q,Slavin M,Chen SC,Global Scedosporium Study Group.

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00