Functional cloning and characterization of a multidrug efflux pump, mexHI-opmD, from a Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutant.

abstract：:Cinodine, a broad-spectrum glycocinnamoylspermidine antibiotic, binds to DNA and irreversibly inhibits bacterial and phase DNA synthesis. Cinodine was found to inhibit the activity of Micrococcus luteus DNA gyrase in vitro, but it did not inhibit the activities of two other DNA-binding enzymes, namely, topoisomerase I...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Osburne MS,Maiese WM,Greenstein M

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-onset (CO) candidemia, defined as a positive blood culture taken at or within 2 days of hospital admission, represents a distinct clinical entity associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Reference MIC results from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2008-2009) were analyzed to compare ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pfaller MA,Moet GJ,Messer SA,Jones RN,Castanheira M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multidrug resistance profiles of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) producers have led to increased clinical polymyxin use. Combination therapy with polymyxins may improve treatment outcomes, but it is uncertain which combinations are most effective. Clinical successes with intravenous minocycline-based com...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huang D,Yu B,Diep JK,Sharma R,Dudley M,Monteiro J,Kaye KS,Pogue JM,Abboud CS,Rao GG

更新日期：2017-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Levofloxacin is an antituberculosis drug with substantial interindividual pharmacokinetic variability; therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) could therefore be helpful to improve treatment results. TDM would be more feasible with limited sampling strategies (LSSs), a method to estimate the area under the concentration cur...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： van den Elsen SHJ,Sturkenboom MGG,Van't Boveneind-Vrubleuskaya N,Skrahina A,van der Werf TS,Heysell SK,Mpagama S,Migliori GB,Peloquin CA,Touw DJ,Alffenaar JC

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilm formation mediated by polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) is the major virulence factor of Staphylococcus epidermidis and is often associated with methicillin resistance. Transposon Tn917 insertions leading to a biofilm-negative phenotype in the biofilm-producing S. epidermidis strain 1457 (mecA-negativ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mack D,Sabottke A,Dobinsky S,Rohde H,Horstkotte MA,Knobloch JK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical isolates of Gardnerella vaginalis, Streptococcus agalactiae, Bacteroides spp., and Mobiluncus spp. were screened for resistance to tetracycline and for the presence of the streptococcal tetM determinant. The S. agalactiae and G. vaginalis strains contained DNA sequences homologous to the tetM determinant, whi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Roberts MC,Hillier SL,Hale J,Holmes KK,Kenny GE

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MICs for 90% of the organisms tested (MIC90S) of 11 antibiotics against 24 clinical isolates of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans were determined by the MIC 2000 system. The lowest MIC90S (16 micrograms/ml) were observed with ceftriaxone and rifampin. The next lowest MIC90S were found with cephapirin, tetracycl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yogev R,Shulman D,Shulman ST,Glogowski WG

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified recombinant protein encoded by the BXLF-I open reading frame of the Epstein-Barr virus genome has thymidine kinase activity. The substrate behaviors of various nucleosides toward this enzyme were tested. Halogenated deoxyuridines, zidovudine, and bromovinyldeoxyuridine are efficient substrates, while acyclovi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tung PP,Summers WC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of daptomycin (DAP)-nonsusceptible (DNS) vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) vertebral osteomyelitis cases complicated by bacteremia treated with high-dose daptomycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Both patients responded rapidly and favorably to this combination. The clinical ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Avery LM,Steed ME,Woodruff AE,Hasan M,Rybak MJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of resistance to antimicrobial agents within the salmonellas is a worldwide and severe problem. A case of treatment failure due to the emergence of resistance to ceftriaxone in Salmonella enterica serotype Anatum was studied. S. enterica serotype Anatum and Escherichia coli, both of which are susceptible...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Su LH,Chiu CH,Chu C,Wang MH,Chia JH,Wu TL

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleoprotein (NP) binds the viral RNA genome and associates with the polymerase in a ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP) required for transcription and replication of influenza A virus. NP has no cellular counterpart, and the NP sequence is highly conserved, which led to considering NP a hot target in the search for ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lejal N,Tarus B,Bouguyon E,Chenavas S,Bertho N,Delmas B,Ruigrok RW,Di Primo C,Slama-Schwok A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A structurally diverse library of 93 lipophilic di- and tricyclic diaminopyrimidine derivatives was tested for the ability to inhibit recombinant dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) cloned from human and bovine isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum (J. R. Vásquez et al., Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 79:153-165, 1996). In parallel...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nelson RG,Rosowsky A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery and use of penicillin, the increase of antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens has become a major health concern. The most prevalent resistance mechanism in Gram-negative bacteria is due to β-lactamase expression. Class D β-lactamases are of particular importance due to their presence in mu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： June CM,Vallier BC,Bonomo RA,Leonard DA,Powers RA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telithromycin MICs for 13,874 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected in the first 3 years of the global PROTEKT study (1999 to 2003) were studied. There was no change in the distribution of telithromycin MICs over this period, even in countries where telithromycin is in use. The telithromycin MICs for 10 isolates...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Farrell DJ,Felmingham D

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While it is well-known that adjunctive corticosteroid use improves the outcome of moderate-to-severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PcP) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), there are limited data on its efficacy in non-HIV-infected patients with PcP. Patients undergoing fiber-optic bronchoscopy wit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moon SM,Kim T,Sung H,Kim MN,Kim SH,Choi SH,Jeong JY,Woo JH,Kim YS,Lee SO

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyclovir-resistant clinical isolates of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) were analyzed in vitro for their susceptibilities to essential oils of ginger, thyme, hyssop, and sandalwood. All essential oils exhibited high levels of virucidal activity against acyclovir-sensitive strain KOS and acyclovir-resistant HSV-1 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Schnitzler P,Koch C,Reichling J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was previously found that certain nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) possess virucidal activity against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), and it was suggested that the tight-binding mode of inhibition of reverse transcriptase might be important for this virucidal activity (Borkow et a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Motakis D,Parniak MA

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the combination of posaconazole with amphotericin B in vitro and in a murine model of systemic infections caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis and Sporothrix schenckii sensu stricto. In vitro data demonstrated a synergistic effect, and although posaconazole alone was effective against sporotrichosis, efficac...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mario DN,Guarro J,Santurio JM,Alves SH,Capilla J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Staphylococcus aureus was planted on filter membranes placed on Trypticase soy agar (BBL). After incubation, the membranes with growing staphylococci were transferred to Trypticase soy agar containing a subinhibitory concentration of penicillin (one-third minimal inhibitory concentration) and again incubat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lorian V

更新日期：1975-06-01 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：:The susceptibility of 26 strains of varicella-zoster virus to cytarabine was tested in vitro by measuring reduction in number and size of plaques using human foreskin fibroblast cells. Most strains showed 50% reduction of plaque number by 0.125 mug of cytarabine per ml or less. Cytarabine levels in sera of 12 patients...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zaky DA,Betts RF,Douglas RG Jr,Bengali K,Neil GL

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of niridazole and metronidazole were compared by an agar dilution method against 40 strains of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni of human origin. Niridazole had a markedly higher activity than metronidazole. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Freydière AM,Gille Y,Tigaud S,Vincent P

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control of membrane permeability is a key step in regulating the intracellular concentration of antibiotics. Efflux pumps confer innate resistance to a wide range of toxic compounds such as antibiotics, dyes, detergents, and disinfectants in members of the Enterobacteriaceae. The AcrAB-TolC efflux pump is involved in ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pérez A,Poza M,Aranda J,Latasa C,Medrano FJ,Tomás M,Romero A,Lasa I,Bou G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual In0-like class 1 integron containing a common region that includes the putative recombinase gene named orf513 (CR1) and bla(CTX-M-2) was characterized from Escherichia coli. The integron contained an unusual gene cassette array, estX-aadA1, embedded between the 5'-conserved segment (5'-CS) and 3'-CS1 region...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Valverde A,Cantón R,Galán JC,Nordmann P,Baquero F,Coque TM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients received a loading dose of tobramycin of 60 mg/m2 intravenously over 0.5 h followed immediately by 60 mg/m2 over 2 h every 4 h. The highest mean serum concentration (at the end of the loading dose) was 6.0 +/- 0.3 microgram/ml (range, 3.2 to 10.9 microgram/ml). The mean serum concentration 2 h after the e...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lawson RD,Bodey GP,Pan T,Smith TL

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since currently available therapies against HIV/AIDS still show important drawbacks, the development of novel anti-HIV treatments is a key issue. We recently characterized methylated oligoribonucleotides (mONs) that extensively inhibit HIV-1 replication in primary T cells at nanomolar concentrations. The mONs were sho...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Avilov SV,Boudier C,Gottikh M,Darlix JL,Mély Y

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief therapeutic regimen of praziquantel, reduced to a single day, has been effective for treatment of neurocysticercosis. To study its pharmacokinetic characteristics, levels of praziquantel in plasma were determined for eight healthy volunteers after the administration of three oral doses of 25 mg/kg of body weig...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jung H,Medina R,Castro N,Corona T,Sotelo J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daptomycin is an investigational lipopeptide antibiotic active against gram-positive organisms. The mechanism of action is unique, resulting in interference with cell membrane transport. The bactericidal activity of daptomycin was evaluated against glycopeptide-intermediate susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (GISA), va...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Akins RL,Rybak MJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that simian immunodeficiency virus-infected macaque macrophages contacting uninfected CD4+ lymphocytes caused extensive cell fusion and synthesis of phlogistic cytokines. In this study, macaque macrophage cultures inoculated with SIVmac251 and treated simultaneously with 10 microM 3'-azidothymidin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McEntee MF,Flexner C,Farzadegan H,Pitha P,Narayan O

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii synthesizes sterols with a double bond at C-7 of the sterol nucleus and an alkyl group with one or two carbons at C-24 of the side chain. Also, some human-derived Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis strains contain lanosterol derivatives with an alkyl group at C-24. These unique sterols have not b...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kaneshiro ES,Collins MS,Cushion MT

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00