Plasmid-mediated 16S rRNA methylase in Serratia marcescens conferring high-level resistance to aminoglycosides.

abstract：:To investigate whether grapefruit juice inhibits the metabolism of clarithromycin, 12 healthy subjects were given water or grapefruit juice before and after a clarithromycin dose of 500 mg in a randomized crossover study. Administration of grapefruit juice increased the time to peak concentration of both clarithromyci...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cheng KL,Nafziger AN,Peloquin CA,Amsden GW

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mycobacterial phosphoglycosyltransferase WecA, which initiates arabinogalactan biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been proposed as a target of the caprazamycin derivative CPZEN-45, a preclinical drug candidate for the treatment of tuberculosis. In this report, we describe the functional characterizati...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huszár S,Singh V,Polčicová A,Baráth P,Barrio MB,Lagrange S,Leblanc V,Nacy CA,Mizrahi V,Mikušová K

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve straight-chain esters, C(5) to C(14), C(16), and C(18), of p-hydroxybenzoic acid were prepared, and their melting points, solubilities in water at 25 degrees C, infrared spectra, dissociation constants (pK(a)), and activities against Clostridium botulinum were determined. These studies also included four commer...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dymicky M,Huhtanen CN

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological signal molecule nitric oxide (NO) was found to induce biofilm dispersal across a range of bacterial species, which led to its consideration for therapeutic strategies to treat biofilms and biofilm-related infections. However, biofilms are often not completely dispersed after exposure to NO. To better un...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhu X,Oh HS,Ng YCB,Tang PYP,Barraud N,Rice SA

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Class D beta-lactamase OXA-57 was identified in a range of isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia thailandensis. Comparative kinetic analyses of wild-type and mutant forms of B. pseudomallei OXA-57 are reported. Implications of these data for beta-lactam resistance and the proposed role of Ser-104 in b...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Keith KE,Oyston PC,Crossett B,Fairweather NF,Titball RW,Walsh TR,Brown KA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) causes hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). The rates of STEC infection and complications, including death, are highest among young children and elderly individuals. There are no causal therapies. Because Stx is the primary pathological agent lead...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bitzan M,Poole R,Mehran M,Sicard E,Brockus C,Thuning-Roberson C,Rivière M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied polymyxin B resistance in 10 pairs of clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, two of which had developed polymyxin B resistance in vivo. All polymyxin B-resistant isolates had lower growth rates than and substitution mutations in the lpx or pmrB gene compared to their parent isolates. There were signific...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lim TP,Ong RT,Hon PY,Hawkey J,Holt KE,Koh TH,Leong ML,Teo JQ,Tan TY,Ng MM,Hsu LY

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potent antiretroviral pyrimidinediones IQP-0528 (PYD1) and IQP-0532 (PYD2) were formulated in polyurethane intravaginal rings (IVRs) as prophylactic drug delivery systems to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV-1. To aid in the selection of a pyrimidinedione candidate and the optimal loading of the drug in the I...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Johnson TJ,Srinivasan P,Albright TH,Watson-Buckheit K,Rabe L,Martin A,Pau CP,Hendry RM,Otten R,McNicholl J,Buckheit R Jr,Smith J,Kiser PF

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of TR-700 (torezolid) was evaluated against a collection of 660 staphylococcal blood isolates. TR-700 showed excellent activity against all the staphylococci tested. The MIC(50) and MIC(90) values of TR-700, linezolid, daptomycin, and vancomycin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Betriu C,Morales G,Rodríguez-Avial I,Culebras E,Gómez M,López-Fabal F,Picazo JJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporangiomycin and micrococcin inhibit the binding of aminoacyl-transfer ribonucleic acid into the ribosomal A site in intact bacterial protoplasts. They also prevent the assembly of [ribosome-elongation factor G-guanine nucleotide] complexes in vitro and compete with [(35)S]thiostrepton for ribosomal binding sites. W...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cundliffe E,Dixon PD

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxin A is a category A bioterrorism agent. Current antitoxin therapies are scarce and produce adverse reactions. XOMA 3AB consists of 3 IgG1 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), each with a distinct human or humanized variable region, which bind to distinct epitopes on botulinum neurotoxin serotype A. This fi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nayak SU,Griffiss JM,McKenzie R,Fuchs EJ,Jurao RA,An AT,Ahene A,Tomic M,Hendrix CW,Zenilman JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome studies suggest that DNA gyrase is the sole type II topoisomerase and likely the unique target of quinolones in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Despite the emerging importance of quinolones in the treatment of mycobacterial disease, the slow growth and high pathogenicity of M. tuberculosis have precluded direct pur...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aubry A,Pan XS,Fisher LM,Jarlier V,Cambau E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen healthy male volunteers participated in a randomized, balanced, three-way crossover study comparing the pharmacokinetics of cefmetazole, cefoxitin, and cefmetazole with probenecid pretreatment. Single 2-g doses of cefmetazole sodium and cefoxitin sodium were given intravenously as a 5-min infusion. Concentrati...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ko H,Cathcart KS,Griffith DL,Peters GR,Adams WJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal and pandemic influenza causes 650,000 deaths annually in the world. The emergence of drug resistance to specific anti-influenza virus drugs such as oseltamivir and baloxavir marboxil highlights the urgency of novel anti-influenza chemical entity discovery. In this study, we report a series of novel thiazolide...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhao L,Yan Y,Dai Q,Li X,Xu K,Zou G,Yang K,Li W,Guo X,Yang J,Li Y,Xia Q,Cao R,Zhong W

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:An observational study assessed the longitudinal use of a new line probe assay for the detection of protease mutations. Probe assays for detection of reverse transcriptase (Inno-LiPA HIV-1 RT; Innogenetics) and protease (prototype kit Inno-LiPA HIV Protease; Innogenetics) mutations gave results for 177 of 199 sequenti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Servais J,Lambert C,Plesséria JM,Fontaine E,Robert I,Arendt V,Staub T,Hemmer R,Schneider F,Schmit JC

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to clarify the clarithromycin resistance mechanisms of β-lactamase-nonproducing ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae strains. In all clarithromycin-resistant strains, the transcript level of acrB was significantly elevated, and these strains had a frameshift mutation in acrR Introducti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Seyama S,Wajima T,Nakaminami H,Noguchi N

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Tn5801, originally detected in Staphylococcus aureus Mu50, is a Tn916 family element in which a unique int gene (int5801) replaces the int and xis genes in Tn916 (int916 and xis916). Among 62 tet(M)-positive tetracycline-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae isolates, 43 harbored Tn916, whereas 19 harbored a Tn5801-like ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mingoia M,Morici E,Tili E,Giovanetti E,Montanari MP,Varaldo PE

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis isolates occasionally display resistance in vitro to echinocandins and cause breakthrough infections to echinocandins. The degree of the in vivo cross-resistance among echinocandins and the fitness loss associated with caspofungin (CAS) resistance of C. parapsilosis are not well studied. We compar...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dimopoulou D,Hamilos G,Tzardi M,Lewis RE,Samonis G,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABT-492 is a novel quinolone with potent activity against gram-positive, gram-negative, and atypical pathogens, making this compound an ideal candidate for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. We therefore compared the in vitro pharmacodynamic activity of ABT-492 to that of levofloxacin, an antibiotic common...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gunderson SM,Hayes RA,Quinn JP,Danziger LH

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes present in the first 120 clinical isolates harboring extended-spectrum beta-lactamases isolated in Spain were studied. Most of these isolates (84%) were gentamicin resistant. The enzymes most frequently associated and cotransferred with SHV-2 or TEM-type beta-lactamases were AAC(3)...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fernandez-Rodriguez A,Canton R,Perez-Diaz JC,Martinez-Beltran J,Picazo JJ,Baquero F

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolide antibiotics are used as anti-inflammatory agents, e.g., for prevention of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis. Several studies have shown improved outcomes after the addition of macrolides to β-lactam antibiotics for treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia. How...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kasetty G,Bhongir RKV,Papareddy P,Herwald H,Egesten A

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance rate of 5.9% is reported in 205 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients presenting to field clinics in Karachi, Pakistan (2006 to 2009). FQ resistance among multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains was 11.1% (5/45), and it was 4.9% (5/103) in M. tuberculosis strains susceptible to ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rafiq Y,Jabeen K,Hasan R,Jafri S,Laiq R,Malik F,Mangi R,Channa A,Hasan Z

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfer of piperaquine (PQ) into breast milk was examined in 27 Papua New Guinean women given a 3-day course of dihydroartemisinin-PQ or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine-PQ during the second/third trimester. Breast milk was sampled on days 1, 2, 3 to 5, 7 to 11, and 14 to 17 postdelivery, a median of 70 days postdose (range...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moore BR,Salman S,Benjamin J,Page-Sharp M,Yadi G,Batty KT,Siba PM,Mueller I,Davis TM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) is a group of bacterial pathogens that are highly antibiotic resistant and associated with debilitating respiratory infections. Although bacteriophages of the BCC have been isolated and characterized, no studies have yet examined phage therapy against the BCC in vivo. In a caterp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Seed KD,Dennis JJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid infusion of hyperosmolar solutions into the internal carotid artery transiently disrupts the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, permitting entry of substances normally excluded from the nervous system. This study examined the effect of such an infusion on the penetration of vancomycin and tobramycin into ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Perkins BA,Strausbaugh LJ

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen normal subjects were given 2, 3, or 4 g of ceftizoxime intravenously in a prospective single-blinded study. Serum and urine concentrations were measured for 48 h. The beta-phase serum half-life ranged from 1.4 to 1.7 h. Approximately 100% of the agent was recovered unchanged in the urine over 48 h. Six of 13 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Peterson LR,Gerding DN,Van Etta LL,Eckfeldt JH,Larson TA

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial metabolism studies of the antimalarial drug primaquine, using Streptomyces roseochromogenus (ATCC 13400) have produced an N-acetylated metabolite and a methylene-linked dimeric product, both of which have been previously reported, and a novel sulfur-containing microbial metabolite. The structure of the metab...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hufford CD,Baker JK,McChesney JD,Clark AM

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The post-β-lactamase-inhibitor effect (PBLIE) of tazobactam combined with ceftolozane was evaluated by time-kill assays on two clinical Escherichia coli strains producing CTX-M-15 with or without TEM-1. The organisms were exposed (2 h) to 4 μg/ml/4 μg/ml of ceftolozane-tazobactam (4× MIC), 4 μg/ml of ceftolozane, and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sader HS,Rhomberg PR,Jones RN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro pharmacodynamic properties of colistin and colistin methanesulfonate were investigated by studying the MICs, time-kill kinetics, and postantibiotic effect (PAE) against mucoid and nonmucoid strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis. Twenty-three clinical strains, includ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Li J,Turnidge J,Milne R,Nation RL,Coulthard K

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In determining the quality control limits for the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute-recommended quality control organisms with tigecycline, a number of inconsistencies in the results were encountered that appeared to be related to the age of the Mueller-Hinton broth II. This study was performed to examine the ef...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Petersen PJ,Bradford PA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00