Deciphering tuberactinomycin biosynthesis: isolation, sequencing, and annotation of the viomycin biosynthetic gene cluster.

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibilities of 151 unique clinical isolates of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma fermentans, Mycoplasma genitalium, and Ureaplasma species to DC-159a, an investigational fluoroquinolone, in comparison with those to other agents were determined. Macrolides were the most active agen...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Waites KB,Crabb DM,Duffy LB

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics disrupt the intestinal microbiota, rendering patients vulnerable to colonization by exogenous pathogens. Intermicrobial interactions may attenuate this effect. Incubation with ceftriaxone-resistant, ccrA-positive, β-lactamase-producing Bacteroides strains raised the minimum bactericidal concentration of ce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Stiefel U,Tima MA,Nerandzic MM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus gattii isolates from the Pacific Northwest have exhibited higher fluconazole MICs than isolates from other sites. The mechanism of fluconazole resistance in C. gattii is unknown. We sought to determine the role of the efflux pumps Mdr1 and Pdr11 in fluconazole susceptibility. Using biolistic transformatio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yang ML,Uhrig J,Vu K,Singapuri A,Dennis M,Gelli A,Thompson GR 3rd

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomal formulations of rifabutin were developed, and the effects of some parameters on the incorporation efficiency were studied. The antimycobacterial activity of rifabutin incorporated into liposomes prepared with phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine (molar ratio, 7:3) was evaluated in a murine model of inf...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gaspar MM,Neves S,Portaels F,Pedrosa J,Silva MT,Cruz ME

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic effects produced by formulations of amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid (BRL 25 000A and BRL 25 000G) were compared with those of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid separately against a variety of infections produced by amoxicillin-susceptible and beta-lactamase-producing (amoxicillin-resistant) bacteria. Th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Boon RJ,Beale AS,Comber KR,Pierce CV,Sutherland R

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antistaphylococcal activity of the novel chimeric endolysin PRF-119 was evaluated with the microdilution method. The MIC(50) and MIC(90) of 398 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates were 0.098 μg/ml and 0.391 μg/ml, respectively (range, 0.024 to 0.780 μg/ml). Both the MIC(50) and MIC(90) values of 776...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Idelevich EA,von Eiff C,Friedrich AW,Iannelli D,Xia G,Peters G,Peschel A,Wanninger I,Becker K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent escalation of occurrences of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been recognized globally and threatens to erode the widespread clinical utility of the carbapenem class of compounds for this prevalent health care-associated pathogen. Here, we compared the in vitro inhibitory activity of ceftazid...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Grupper M,Sutherland C,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of measles virus (MV) infection has been significantly reduced in many nations through extensive vaccination; however, the virus still causes significant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Measles outbreaks also occur in some developed countries that have failed to maintain high vaccine cov...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Plemper RK,Doyle J,Sun A,Prussia A,Cheng LT,Rota PA,Liotta DC,Snyder JP,Compans RW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the correlation of mutations in the pyrazinamidase (PZase) gene (pncA) with the pyrazinamide (PZA) resistance phenotype with 60 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. PZase activity was determined by the method of Wayne (L. G. Wayne, Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 109:147-151, 1974), and the entire pncA nucleotide se...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Morlock GP,Crawford JT,Butler WR,Brim SE,Sikes D,Mazurek GH,Woodley CL,Cooksey RC

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the population pharmacokinetics of fosfomycin in critically ill patients. In this observational study, serial blood samples were taken over several dosing intervals of intravenous fosfomycin treatment. Blood samples were analyzed using a validated liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry tec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Parker SL,Frantzeskaki F,Wallis SC,Diakaki C,Giamarellou H,Koulenti D,Karaiskos I,Lipman J,Dimopoulos G,Roberts JA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to describe the blood plasma (BP) and seminal plasma (SP) pharmacokinetics of tenofovir (TFV) in HIV-1-infected men, to assess the role of genetic polymorphism in the variability of TFV transfer into the male genital tract, and to evaluate the impact of TFV SP exposure on seminal plasma HIV...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Valade E,Bouazza N,Lui G,Illamola SM,Benaboud S,Treluyer JM,Cobat A,Foissac F,De Sousa Mendes M,Chenevier-Gobeaux C,Suzan-Monti M,Rouzioux C,Assoumou L,Viard JP,Urien S,Ghosn J,Hirt D

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological factors that contribute to Mycobacterium abscessus lung infections remain unclear. We determined whether antibiotic treatment targeting a major cystic fibrosis pathogen (i.e., Pseudomonas aeruginosa) could provide the ideal conditions for the establishment of M. abscessus infection. Our data showed t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rodríguez-Sevilla G,Crabbé A,García-Coca M,Aguilera-Correa JJ,Esteban J,Pérez-Jorge C

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa AH, isolated in Ankara, Turkey, was highly resistant to ceftazidime (MIC, 128 microg/ml) and produced a beta-lactamase that gave a doublet of bands at pIs 8.7 and 8.9. beta-Lactamase production was transferable to P. aeruginosa PU21 by conjugation and was determined by a ca. 450-kb plasmid, pMLH...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Danel F,Hall LM,Gur D,Livermore DM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New tetracycline and streptomycin resistance genes, tet(44) and ant(6)-Ib, were identified in Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus within a transferable pathogenicity island that is typically unique to Campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis. The 640-amino-acid tetracycline resistance determinant, Tet 44, belongs to a class...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Abril C,Brodard I,Perreten V

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A global sample of group A streptococci (GAS) revealed > or =80 separate acquisitions of tetracycline resistance. Of 244 clones, 38 and 25% displayed resistance to tetracycline and erythromycin, respectively; a relatively high proportion (15%) were resistant to both classes of drugs. tet(M) displayed a highly signific...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ayer V,Tewodros W,Manoharan A,Skariah S,Luo F,Bessen DE

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel triazole D0870 was tested for in vitro activity, as well as in vivo in a murine model of pulmonary blastomycosis. In vitro, D0870 had inhibitory and fungicidal activity against Blastomyces dermatitidis (MIC = 0.048 microgram/ml; minimal fungicidal concentration = 0.097 microgram/ml). In vivo, D0870 was appro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clemons KV,Hanson LH,Stevens DA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycograb (NeuTec Pharma plc) is a human genetically recombinant antibody against fungal heat shock protein 90 (HSP90). Antibody to HSP90 is closely associated with recovery in patients with invasive candidiasis who are receiving amphotericin B (AMB). Using in vitro assays developed for efficacy assessment of chemother...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Matthews RC,Rigg G,Hodgetts S,Carter T,Chapman C,Gregory C,Illidge C,Burnie J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We and others recently identified copper resistance as important for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Here, we introduce a high-throughput screening assay for agents that induce a copper hypersensitivity phenotype in M. tuberculosis and demonstrate that such copper-boosting compounds are effective against repl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Speer A,Shrestha TB,Bossmann SH,Basaraba RJ,Harber GJ,Michalek SM,Niederweis M,Kutsch O,Wolschendorf F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The entry of an antibiotic into phagocytes is a prerequisite for its intracellular bioactivity against susceptible facultative or obligatory intracellular microorganisms. Brodimoprim is a dimethoxybenzylpyrimidine that has recently entered into clinical use, and its uptake into and elimination from human polymorphonuc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Braga PC,Dal Sasso M,Maci S,Bondiolotti G,Fonti E,Reggio S

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NK-2, a membrane-acting antimicrobial peptide, was derived from the cationic core region of porcine NK-lysin and consists of 27 amino acid residues. It adopts an amphipathic, alpha-helical secondary structure and has been shown to interact specifically with membranes of negatively charged lipids. We therefore investig...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Andrä J,Koch MH,Bartels R,Brandenburg K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum pharmacokinetic profile of intravenous (i.v.) tobramycin administration was characterized for a sample of nine adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who were hospitalized for an acute pulmonary exacerbation. Current recommended i.v. tobramycin dosing protocols are predicted through modeling and simulation...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Butterfield JM,Lodise TP,Beegle S,Rosen J,Farkas J,Pai MP

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tigecycline is a glycylcycline with activity against Enterobacteriaceae, including multidrug-resistant isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemases. Herein, we used an in vivo murine thigh model to characterize the pharmacodynamic profile o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nicasio AM,Crandon JL,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) were investigated in rhesus monkeys after subcutaneous administration of 33.3 mg of AZT per kg of body weight alone or in the presence of 100 mg of probenecid per kg. In addition to unchanged drug, two catabolites, 5'-O-glucuronide (GAZT) and 3'-a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cretton EM,Schinazi RF,McClure HM,Anderson DC,Sommadossi JP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacies of cilofungin and amphotericin B separately and together in mice with disseminated candidiasis were studied. Male CD-1 mice (age, 5 weeks) were infected intravenously with 3 X 10(5) CFU of Candida albicans. At 4 days postinfection, intraperitoneal therapy was initiated and was continued for 14 days. The...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hanson LH,Perlman AM,Clemons KV,Stevens DA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel sulfonated derivatives of poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (NSPAHs) and N-sulfonated chitosan (NSCH) have been synthesized, and their activity against influenza A and B viruses has been studied and compared with that of a series of carrageenans, marine polysaccharides of well-documented anti-influenza activity. NS...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ciejka J,Milewska A,Wytrwal M,Wojarski J,Golda A,Ochman M,Nowakowska M,Szczubialka K,Pyrc K

更新日期：2016-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid (INH) is largely linked to suppression of a catalase-peroxidase enzyme (KatG) that activates INH. In the absence of KatG, antioxidant protection is provided by enhanced expression of the peroxiredoxin AhpC, which is itself reduced by AhpD, a protein with low al...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Koshkin A,Zhou XT,Kraus CN,Brenner JM,Bandyopadhyay P,Kuntz ID,Barry CE 3rd,Ortiz de Montellano PR

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the bla1 and bla2 genes in an archetypal Bacillus anthracis strain is insufficient for penicillin resistance. In a penicillin-resistant clinical isolate, both genes are highly transcribed, but bla1 is the major contributor to high-level resistance to ampicillin. Differential expression of the bla genes i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen Y,Tenover FC,Koehler TM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin are able to gain access to lung tissue and both pleural and bronchial secretions, the characteristics of transport and cellular uptake of ciprofloxacin in human epithelial lung tissue remain obscure. We have chosen human airway epithelial (Calu-3) cells, recon...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cavet ME,West M,Simmons NL

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthetic gene cluster of lankamycin (LM), a 14-member macrolide antibiotic, is encoded on the 210-kb linear plasmid pSLA2-L in Streptomyces rochei 7434AN4. LM contains a 3-hydroxy-2-butyl group at the C-13 position, which is different from an ethyl group in erythromycin. The following two possibilities could b...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Arakawa K,Kodama K,Tatsuno S,Ide S,Kinashi H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphotericin B derivatives, such as MS-8209, have been evaluated as a therapeutic approach to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We show that MS-8209, like amphotericin B, increases tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) mRNA expression and TNF-alpha production and consequently HIV replication in human mac...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clayette P,Martin M,Beringue V,Dereuddre-Bosquet N,Adjou KT,Seman M,Dormont D

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00