Synergistic activity of clarithromycin and minocycline in an animal model of acute experimental toxoplasmosis.

abstract：:In published studies, cohorts of patients with bacteremia due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) have predominantly been infected with Enterococcus faecium. Little is known about the epidemiology and outcomes associated with bacteremia due to VR Enterococcus faecalis. A retrospective study of isolates obtained...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hayakawa K,Marchaim D,Martin ET,Tiwari N,Yousuf A,Sunkara B,Pulluru H,Kotra H,Hasan A,Bheemreddy S,Sheth P,Lee DW,Kamatam S,Bathina P,Nanjireddy P,Chalana IK,Patel S,Kumar S,Vahia A,Ku K,Yee V,Swan J,Pogue JM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is a major source of nosocomial infections worldwide and is mainly associated with the acquisition of OXA-type carbapenemases and, to a lesser extent, metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs). In this study, 82 nonepidemiologically related Acinetobacter strains carrying different types ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vergara A,Zboromyrska Y,Mosqueda N,Morosini MI,García-Fernández S,Roca I,Cantón R,Marco F,Vila J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed prophylactic or continuous therapy of isavuconazole, posaconazole, or voriconazole in treating pulmonary murine mucormycosis. In the prophylaxis studies, only isavuconazole treatment resulted in significantly improved survival and lowered tissue fungal burden of immunosuppressed mice infected with Rhizopus...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gebremariam T,Alkhazraji S,Baldin C,Kovanda L,Wiederhold NP,Ibrahim AS

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Many potent antiviral drugs have been developed against HIV-1, and their combined action is usually successful in achieving durable virus suppression in infected individuals. This success is based on two effects: additive or even synergistic virus inhibition and an increase in the genetic threshold for development of ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhao N,Wang G,Das AT,Berkhout B

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild-type Proteus strains are usually resistant to colistin. We have observed an increase in the level of colistin resistance in four clinical isolates of P. vulgaris, P. morganii, and P. rettgeri by prior treatment with subinhibitory concentrations of the drug. The enhanced resistance in these strains was lost after ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shimizu S,Iyobe S,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The postantibiotic effect (PAE) (10 times the MIC of quinolones, 5 times the MIC of macrolides) and postantibiotic sub-MIC effect (PAE-SME) at 0.125, 0.25, and 0.5 times the MIC were determined for levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, erythromycin, azithromycin, and clarithromycin against 20 pneumococci. Quinolone ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Spangler SK,Lin G,Jacobs MR,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum poses a major threat to current frontline artemisinin combination therapies. Artemisinin resistance is widely associated with mutations in the P. falciparum Kelch13 (PfKelch13) propeller region, leading to delayed parasite clearance and increased survival of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tong JX,Ang SEL,Tan EHN,Tan KSW

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibiotic tolerances of bacterial persisters have been attributed to transient dormancy. While persisters have been observed to be growth inhibited prior to antibiotic exposure, we sought to determine whether such a trait was essential to the phenotype. Furthermore, we sought to provide direct experimental eviden...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Orman MA,Brynildsen MP

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium smegmatis DSM43756 inactivates rifampin, and the inactivated antibiotic product recovered from culture medium was ribosylated on the 23-OH group. To study this process, the gene responsible for the inactivation was expressed at high levels by the lac promoter in Escherichia coli conferring resistance to ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Quan S,Imai T,Mikami Y,Yazawa K,Dabbs ER,Morisaki N,Iwasaki S,Hashimoto Y,Furihata K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluconazole, an inhibitor of certain human cytochrome P-450 isozymes, is used for the prevention and treatment of a broad range of fungal infections that predominantly affect immunocompromised individuals. This study evaluated the influence of fluconazole on the steady-state pharmacokinetics of delavirdine, a nonnucle...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Borin MT,Cox SR,Herman BD,Carel BJ,Anderson RD,Freimuth WW

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we present the biochemical and biological evaluation of N-arylmethyl-substituted iminoribitol derivatives as potential chemotherapeutic agents against trypanosomiasis. Previously, a library of 52 compounds was designed and synthesized as potent and selective inhibitors of Trypanosoma vivax inosine-adeno...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Berg M,Kohl L,Van der Veken P,Joossens J,Al-Salabi MI,Castagna V,Giannese F,Cos P,Versées W,Steyaert J,Grellier P,Haemers A,Degano M,Maes L,de Koning HP,Augustyns K

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the fast-growing species Mycobacterium abscessus are two important human pathogens causing persistent pulmonary infections that are difficult to cure and require long treatment times. The emergence of drug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains and the high level of intrinsic resistance of M....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gupta R,Rodrigues Felix C,Akerman MP,Akerman KJ,Slabber CA,Wang W,Adams J,Shaw LN,Tse-Dinh YC,Munro OQ,Rohde KH

更新日期：2018-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the didanosine (ddI) arm of the randomized, placebo-controlled Jaguar trial in order to define a genotypic score for ddI associated with virologic response. In this arm, 111 patients experiencing virologic failure received ddI in addition to their current combination therapy for 4 weeks. The impact of muta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marcelin AG,Flandre P,Pavie J,Schmidely N,Wirden M,Lada O,Chiche D,Molina JM,Calvez V,AI454-176 Jaguar Study Team.

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of a new oral antimicrobial agent, norfloxacin (MK-0366), was compared with those of nalidixic acid, nitrofurantoin, co-trimoxazole, trimethoprim, sulfamethoxazole, cinoxacin, tetracycline, ampicillin, carbenicillin, and cephalexin against 628 urinary bacterial isolates. Norfloxacin was the most ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Khan MY,Gruninger RP,Nelson SM,Klicker RE

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new SHV-derived extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (SHV-24) conferring high-level resistance to ceftazidime but not cefotaxime and cefazolin was identified in Japan. This enzyme was encoded by a transferable 150-kb plasmid from an Escherichia coli clinical isolate. The pI and K(m) for CAZ of this enzyme were 7.5 and 3...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kurokawa H,Yagi T,Shibata N,Shibayama K,Kamachi K,Arakawa Y

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program in 2002, five multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates were detected with metallo-beta-lactamase (MbetaL) activity. The isolates were recovered from different patients in a medical center located in Dusseldorf, Germany. The resistant determin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Castanheira M,Toleman MA,Jones RN,Schmidt FJ,Walsh TR

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report patient-to-patient transmission of Enterobacter hormaechei isolates with reduced susceptibility to ceftazidime-avibactam due to production of KPC-40, a variant of KPC-3 with a two-amino-acid insertion in the Ω-loop region (L167_E168dup). The index patient had received a prolonged course of ceftazidime-avibac...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Munoz-Price LS,Reeme AE,Buchan BW,Mettus RT,Mustapha MM,Van Tyne D,Shields RK,Doi Y

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of a stepwise selection procedure, mutants capable of growing in the presence of relatively high multiplicities of a bacteriocin from Streptococcus mutans GS-5 were obtained from a sensitivie strain of Streptococcus pyogenes. Mutacin-neutralizing activity of cell extracts containing receptor protein was exami...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Franker CK

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of trimethoprim-resistant, sulfonamide-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae causing urinary tract infections is reported. The appearance of these strains followed the introduction of trimethoprim alone for use as treatment. Trimethoprim resistance was attributable to plasmids or transposons less frequently in ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Towner KJ,Smith MA,Cowlishaw WA

更新日期：1983-04-01 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：:There remains an unmet need to address the substantial morbidity and mortality associated with severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP). Recombinant human plasma gelsolin (rhu-pGSN) improves disease outcomes in diverse animal models of infectious and noninfectious inflammation. This blinded dose-escalation safety st...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tannous A,Levinson SL,Bolognese J,Opal SM,DiNubile MJ

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete sequence of the carbapenem-resistance-conferring conjugative plasmid pLD209 from a Pseudomonas putida clinical strain is presented. pLD209 is formed by 3 well-defined regions: an adaptability module encompassing a Tn402-like class 1 integron of clinical origin containing blaVIM-2 and aacA4 gene cassettes,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marchiaro PM,Brambilla L,Morán-Barrio J,Revale S,Pasteran F,Vila AJ,Viale AM,Limansky AS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian serum amyloid A (SAA) is a major acute phase protein that shows a massive increase in plasma concentration during inflammation. In the present study, we demonstrate that the expression of mouse SAA1 in serum was increased when infected with Candida albicans, a major human fungal pathogen, in a systemic infec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gong J,Wu J,Ikeh M,Tao L,Zhang Y,Bing J,Nobile CJ,Huang G

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentamidine is a second-line agent in the treatment of leishmaniasis whose mode of action and resistance mechanism are not well understood. In this work, we show that the intracellular ABC protein PRP1 (pentamidine resistance protein 1) (ABCC7) can confer resistance to pentamidine in Leishmania sp. parasites in the in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coelho AC,Messier N,Ouellette M,Cotrim PC

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a resurgence of interest in aerosolization of antibiotics for treatment of patients with severe pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens. A combination formulation of amikacin-fosfomycin is currently undergoing clinical testing although the exposure-response relationships of these drugs have no...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sime FB,Johnson A,Whalley S,Santoyo-Castelazo A,Montgomery AB,Walters KA,Lipman J,Hope WW,Roberts JA

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a potent endogenous proinflammatory mediator implicated in the pathogenesis of septic shock. A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of an intravenous PAF receptor antagonist (lexipafant) was conducted with 131 adult Thai patients with suspected severe sepsis (66 of whom ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Suputtamongkol Y,Intaranongpai S,Smith MD,Angus B,Chaowagul W,Permpikul C,Simpson JA,Leelarasamee A,Curtis L,White NJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetic properties of an everninomicin antibiotic (SCH27899; Ziracin) were studied with healthy Japanese male volunteers by single (1, 3, 6, and 9 mg/kg of body weight) and multiple 60-min intravenous infusions (3, 6, and 9 mg/kg once daily for 10 consecutive days following a 2-day interval after the initi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kozawa O,Uematsu T,Matsuno H,Niwa M,Kohno K,Kawato A,Takahashi K,Nagashima S,Kanamaru M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients about to undergo pulmonary surgery received a bolus injection of 1 g of cefoxitin. The concentrations of cefoxitin in the serum 1 and 2 h after dosage were 38.5 +/- 1.89 and 23.7 +/- 2.56 mug/ml; the lung concentrations at the respective times were 12.6 +/- 0.7 and 10.06 +/- 0.43 mug/ml. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Perea EJ,Garcia-Iglesias MC,Ayarra J,Loscertales J

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between bacterial biofilms formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and clarithromycin, a macrolide having no anti-P. aeruginosa activity, were investigated. P. aeruginosa incubated for 10 days on membrane filters formed biofilms on the surfaces of the filters. The biofilms were characterized by dense colonizatio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yasuda H,Ajiki Y,Koga T,Kawada H,Yokota T

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin pharmacokinetics were studied in four patients with peritonitis undergoing chronic intermittent peritoneal dialysis. Serum levels exceeding 4.0 micrograms/ml were maintained for 8 and 13 days after a single 1-g intravenous dose. Vancomycin serum concentrations measured before, during, and upon completion of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Magera BE,Arroyo JC,Rosansky SJ,Postic B

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00