Antimicrobial and immunologic activities of clarithromycin in a murine model of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-induced pneumonia.

abstract：:We assessed the in vitro toxicity of tenofovir (TFV) and compared it with those of zidovudine (AZT), didanosine (ddI), ritonavir (RTV), and lopinavir (LPV) alone and in combination in human renal proximal tubule epithelial cells (RPTECs). The cells were treated with various concentrations and combinations of the teste...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vidal F,Domingo JC,Guallar J,Saumoy M,Cordobilla B,Sánchez de la Rosa R,Giralt M,Alvarez ML,López-Dupla M,Torres F,Villarroya F,Cihlar T,Domingo P

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria remains a global health burden partly due to Plasmodium parasite resistance to first-line therapeutics. The molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) has emerged as an essential protein for blood-stage Plasmodium parasites, but details about its function during malaria's elusive liver stage are unclear...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Posfai D,Eubanks AL,Keim AI,Lu KY,Wang GZ,Hughes PF,Kato N,Haystead TA,Derbyshire ER

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 91 multiply resistant bacterial strains, including Klebsiella pneumoniae (32 strains), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (16 strains), and Serratia marcescens (43 strains), were collected during hospital epidemics of nosocomial infection from 1975 to 1979. These strains were resistant to gentamicin, tobramycin, cephal...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hall WH,Opfer BJ,Gerding DN

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of a loading dose of 20 mg of chloroquine per kg of body weight per os given at intervals during the first day was evaluated in 27 patients in Madagascar with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. The conventional regimen of 25 mg/kg over 3 days (schedule 1) was thus compared with a regimen of 30 mg/kg over 2 da...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pussard E,Lepers JP,Clavier F,Raharimalala L,Le Bras J,Frisk-Holmberg M,Bergqvist Y,Verdier F

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiviral effects of selenazofurin (2-beta-D-ribofuranosylselenazole-4-carboxamide, selenazole), ribavirin (1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide), and 3-deazaguanosine (6-amino-1-beta-D-ribofuranosylimidazo-[4.5-C]pyridin-4(5H)-one) were investigated separately and in various combinations in an in v...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kirsi JJ,McKernan PA,Burns NJ 3rd,North JA,Murray BK,Robins RK

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the efficacy of pentamidine (PNT) as prophylaxis or early treatment in acute pulmonary fusariosis in neutropenic mice. PNT-preexposed mice had significantly improved survival and reduced fungal burden compared to amphotericin B-preexposed and untreated mice. PNT-treated mice had increased survival but no di...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lionakis MS,Chamilos G,Lewis RE,Wiederhold NP,Raad II,Samonis G,Kontoyiannis DP

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial pathogens have specific virulence factors (e.g., toxins) that contribute significantly to the virulence and infectivity of microorganisms within the human hosts. Virulence factors are molecules expressed by pathogens that enable colonization, immunoevasion, and immunosuppression, obtaining nutrients from the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jekle A,Yoon J,Zuck M,Najafi R,Wang L,Shiau T,Francavilla C,Rani SA,Eitzinger C,Nagl M,Anderson M,Debabov D

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several antibiotics have disulfiram-like effects; we evaluated disulfiram for its antibiotic-like effects. Disulfiram inhibited the in vitro growth of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, with an MIC of 1.33 micrograms/ml, but was not effective against members of the family Enterobacteriaceae or Pseudomonas sp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Phillips M,Malloy G,Nedunchezian D,Lukrec A,Howard RG

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using measured free fraction and 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) values for the human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitors lopinavir (LPV) and ritonavir (RTV) in tissue culture media with various protein concentrations ranging from 5 to 50%, we estimated serum-free IC50 values for each drug. The range of ser...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hickman D,Vasavanonda S,Nequist G,Colletti L,Kati WM,Bertz R,Hsu A,Kempf DJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for daily parenteral administration is an important limitation in the clinical use of pentavalent antimonial drugs against leishmaniasis. In this study, amphiphilic antimony(V) complexes were prepared from alkylmethylglucamides (L8 and L10, with carbon chain lengths of 8 and 10, respectively), and their poten...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fernandes FR,Ferreira WA,Campos MA,Ramos GS,Kato KC,Almeida GG,Corrêa JD Junior,Melo MN,Demicheli C,Frézard F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro potency and in vivo efficacy of Q-35, a new fluoroquinolone, against Mycoplasma pneumoniae were investigated by pharmacokinetic studies with M. pneumoniae-infected hamsters. By using fluoroquinolones, macrolides, and tetracyclines as references, Q-35 was found to possess the greatest mycoplasmacidal activ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gohara Y,Arai S,Akashi A,Kuwano K,Tseng CC,Matsubara S,Matumoto M,Furudera T

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nationwide susceptibility survey of the Bacteroides fragilis group was continued at New England Medical Center in 1983. A total of 555 strains were obtained from eight centers in the United States. In addition to the nine antimicrobial agents studied in the two previous years, three other agents were added to the ev...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tally FP,Cuchural GJ Jr,Jacobus NV,Gorbach SL,Aldridge K,Cleary T,Finegold SM,Hill G,Iannini P,O'Keefe JP

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although information about the efficacy and safety experience with caspofungin at 50 mg/m(2) daily is available for children and adolescents, the dosing regimen in infants and toddlers 3 to 24 months of age has yet to be established. We studied the pharmacokinetics and safety of caspofungin at 50 mg/m(2) once daily in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Neely M,Jafri HS,Seibel N,Knapp K,Adamson PC,Bradshaw SK,Strohmaier KM,Sun P,Bi S,Dockendorf MF,Stone JA,Kartsonis NA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Composite data describing ocular pharmacokinetics are unreliable because of intersubject variation. To address this problem, an animal model was developed in which multiple aqueous samples from single subjects were obtained. Following direct anterior chamber or intravenous administration of amikacin or chloramphenicol...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mayers M,Rush D,Madu A,Motyl M,Miller MH

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the in vitro activity of SCH-56592 (SCH), a new triazole antifungal agent. We compared the activity of SCH with those of itraconazole (ITZ) and amphotericin B (AB) against 60 clinical isolates of Aspergillus spp. by using a microtiter format. Incubation was done at 37 degrees C for 48 h,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Oakley KL,Moore CB,Denning DW

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of OPC-17116, a new C-5 methyl fluoroquinolone, was compared with the activities of other fluoroquinolones. OPC-17116 inhibited 50% of the members of the family Enterobacteriaceae tested and 90% of Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria species, and Moraxella catarrhalis isolates at less than or equal...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Neu HC,Fang W,Gu JW,Chin NX

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of four fluoroquinolone compounds were tested against 92 Escherichia coli strains of ovine and caprine origin under aerobic and anaerobic incubation conditions. The four fluoroquinolones proved to be highly effective against the E. coli isolates tested. When bacteria were cultured anaerobically...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cid D,Piriz S,Ruiz-Santa-Quiteria JA,Valle J,Garcia S,Vadillo S,de la Fuente R

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attenuated activity of echinocandin antifungals at high concentrations, known as the "paradoxical effect," is a well-established phenomenon in Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus. In the yeast C. albicans, upregulation of chitin biosynthesis via the protein kinase C (PKC), high-osmolarity glycerol response (HOG...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fortwendel JR,Juvvadi PR,Perfect BZ,Rogg LE,Perfect JR,Steinbach WJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports an evaluation of a melamino nitroheterocycle, a potential lead for further development as an agent against human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Studies on its efficacy, physicochemical and biopharmaceutical properties, and potential for toxicity are described. The compound previously had been shown ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Giordani F,Buschini A,Baliani A,Kaiser M,Brun R,Barrett MP,Pellacani C,Poli P,Gilbert IH

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of accelerated metabolism of voriconazole during therapy for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, resulting in subtherapeutic levels. Target voriconazole levels were restored with high dosages of voriconazole (up to 40 mg/kg of body weight/day) and the addition of cimetidine as a cytochrome P450 enzyme i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moriyama B,Elinoff J,Danner RL,Gea-Banacloche J,Pennick G,Rinaldi MG,Walsh TJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study confirms that CBA/J mice are susceptible to several clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, including four of five penicillin-susceptible and all five penicillin-resistant strains tested, thus providing the first noncompromised animal model for penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae pneumonia. In ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tateda K,Takashima K,Miyazaki H,Matsumoto T,Hatori T,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TAN 1057-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli strains were selected to elucidate the mechanism of resistance and the mode of action of this dipeptide antibiotic. Cell-free translation with isolated ribosomes and S150 fractions from sensitive and resistant S. aureus strains demonstrated that alterations...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Limburg E,Gahlmann R,Kroll HP,Beyer D

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with multiple ganciclovir-resistant human cytomegalovirus mutants, containing different substitutions and deletions in the UL97 gene, was found in a patient with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) within 3 weeks of ganciclovir therapy. A novel 11-codon deletion at positions 590 to 600 was identified. Th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wolf DG,Yaniv I,Ashkenazi S,Honigman A

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though the primary action of the cationic antibiotic polymyxin B is against the membrane of susceptible bacteria, severe morphological changes are detected in the cytoplasm. Using fluorescence microscopy and a mono-N-dansyl-polymyxin B derivative, we could demonstrate aggregations of the antibiotic with cellular mater...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Schindler PR,Teuber M

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternate therapies are needed for treatment of secondary bacterial pneumonia following influenza. The immunomodulatory peptide P4 has shown promise in mouse models of primary pneumococcal infection. Mice infected with influenza virus and then challenged with Streptococcus pneumoniae were treated with a combination of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Weeks JN,Boyd KL,Rajam G,Ades EW,McCullers JA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium smegmatis is a fast-growing nonpathogenic species particularly useful in studying basic cellular processes of relevance to pathogenic mycobacteria. This study focused on the D-alanine racemase gene (alrA), which is involved in the synthesis of D-alanine, a basic component of peptidoglycan that forms the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chacon O,Feng Z,Harris NB,Cáceres NE,Adams LG,Barletta RG

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique group of viridans streptococci has been found in South Africa. These organisms were isolated in close temporal and physical proximity to the isolation of penicillin-resistant pneumococci. The strains were resistant to penicillin, oxacillin, the cephalosporins (all generations), piperacillin, azlocillin, and m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Farber BF,Eliopoulos GM,Ward JI,Ruoff KL,Syriopoulou V,Moellering RC Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five R plasmids transferred from Asian strains of Vibrio cholerae all proved to be members of compatibility group C. A non-self-transmissible plasmid, stable in V. cholerae, was mobilized for transfer to Escherichia coli K-12 and found to be unstably inherited in that host. Plasmids of group C and P transferred to a w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hedges RW,Vialard JL,Pearson NJ,O'Grady F

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of tedizolid and 10 antistaphylococcal agents were compared against 111 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains from 14 epidemiologically characterized groups. Tedizolid, tigecycline, and daptomycin were the most potent agents, with tedizolid 4-fold more potent than linezolid...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Thomson KS,Goering RV

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of pneumonia, meningitis, septicemia, and middle ear infections. The incidence of S. pneumoniae isolates that are not susceptible to penicillin has risen worldwide and may be above 20% in some countries. Beta-lactam antibiotic resistance in pneumococci is associated with sig...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jensen A,Valdórsson O,Frimodt-Møller N,Hollingshead S,Kilian M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00