Efficacy of amphotericin B or itraconazole in a murine model of central nervous system Aspergillus infection.

abstract：:Brucella suis histidinol dehydrogenase (HDH) can be efficiently targeted by substrate analogues. The growth of this pathogen in minimal medium was inhibited and the multiplication in human macrophages was totally abolished in the presence of the drugs. These effects have been shown to be correlated with the previously...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Joseph P,Abdo MR,Boigegrain RA,Montero JL,Winum JY,Köhler S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum has the capacity to escape the actions of essentially all antimalarial drugs. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter proteins are known to cause multidrug resistance in a large range of organisms, including the Apicomplexa parasites. P. falciparum genome analysis has revealed two genes coding for...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Veiga MI,Osório NS,Ferreira PE,Franzén O,Dahlstrom S,Lum JK,Nosten F,Gil JP

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of binding and the bactericidal action of vancomycin on the arrangement and mobilities of cell wall polymers in Bacillus licheniformis were investigated by (15)N nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The bactericidal action of vancomycin led to reduced mobilities of cell wall teichoic acid and teichuron...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Irving CS,Lapidot A

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very rapid amplification of DNA by PCR in small volumes can be continuously monitored by the detection of the binding of probes with a rapid cycler with built-in fluorometric detection. Primers were designed to amplify approximately 100 bp of the polymerase gene of hepatitis B virus (HBV) spanning codon 550, where mut...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cane PA,Cook P,Ratcliffe D,Mutimer D,Pillay D

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to assess the effect of miconazole oral gel on the pharmacokinetics of oral oxycodone. In an open crossover study with two phases, 12 healthy volunteers took a single oral dose of 10 mg of immediate-release oxycodone with or without thrice-daily 85-mg miconazole oral gel treatment. The plasma concentration...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Grönlund J,Saari TI,Hagelberg N,Neuvonen PJ,Olkkola KT,Laine K

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of the daclatasvir (DCV [BMS-790052]) resistance barrier on authentic or hybrid replicons containing NS5A from hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1 to 6 (GT-1 to -6) was completed using a replicon elimination assay. The data indicated that genotype 1b (GT-1b) has the highest relative resistance barrier and...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang C,Jia L,O'Boyle DR 2nd,Sun JH,Rigat K,Valera L,Nower P,Huang X,Kienzle B,Roberts S,Gao M,Fridell RA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamine levels are greatly increased in alveolar macrophages (AMs) during Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), leading to increased production of H(2)O(2), which causes AMs to undergo apoptosis. One of the mechanisms by which polyamine levels in AMs are elevated is enhanced uptake of exogenous polyamines. In this study, th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Liao CP,Phanstiel O 4th,Lasbury ME,Zhang C,Shao S,Durant PJ,Cheng BH,Lee CH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Ser-235 in the catalytic mechanism of the TEM-1 beta-lactamase has been explored by the study of a mutant enzyme in which Ser-235 has been substituted by alanine (Ala-235 mutant enzyme). A comparative kinetic analysis of both the wild-type and the Ala-235 TEM-1 enzymes revealed little effect of this substi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Imtiaz U,Manavathu EK,Lerner SA,Mobashery S

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxazolidinones are a novel class of antibiotics that inhibit initiation of protein synthesis in bacteria. In order to investigate their novel mechanism of action, the interactions of several oxazolidinones with bacterial 70S ribosomes, 50S subunits, and 30S subunits have been characterized by (1)H nuclear magnetic...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhou CC,Swaney SM,Shinabarger DL,Stockman BJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of inhibitors of P-glycoprotein (verapamil [VE], cyclosporine [CY], and GF120918 [GF]) on the cell handling of macrolides (erythromycin [ERY], clarithromycin [CLR], roxithromycin [ROX], azithromycin [AZM], and telithromycin [TEL]) was examined in J774 murine macrophages. The net influx rates of AZM and T...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Seral C,Michot JM,Chanteux H,Mingeot-Leclercq MP,Tulkens PM,Van Bambeke F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of tosufloxacin (A-61827; T-3262) against 15 clinical isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis and 31 recent clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, including 15 spectinomycin-resistant N. gonorrhoeae and 16 penicillinase-producing N. gonorrhoeae, was determined. Tosufloxacin was compared with doxyc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Segreti J,Hirsch DJ,Harris AA,Kapell KS,Orbach H,Kessler HA

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BO-2727, a new 1-beta-methyl-carbapenem, was active at concentrations of 6.25 micrograms/ml or less against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, including some imipenem- and/or meropenem-resistant (MICs, > or = 12.5 micrograms/ml) Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, against which it proved generally fourfold more act...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nakagawa S,Hashizume T,Matsuda K,Sanada M,Okamoto O,Fukatsu H,Tanaka N

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in a substantial proportion of critically ill patients receiving intravenous colistin. In the pharmacokinetic/toxicodynamic analysis reported here, the relationship of the occurrence of AKI to exposure to colistin and a number of potential patient factors was explored in 153 critically...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Forrest A,Garonzik SM,Thamlikitkul V,Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ,Paterson DL,Li J,Silveira FP,Nation RL

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms and the overexpression of transporter genes, especially of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily, have been involved in antimalarial drug resistance. The objective of this study was to use 77 Senegalese Plasmodium falciparum isolates to evaluate the association between the number of Asn residues in the po...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gendrot M,Diawara S,Madamet M,Kounta MB,Briolant S,Wade KA,Fall M,Benoit N,Nakoulima A,Amalvict R,Diémé Y,Fall B,Wade B,Diatta B,Pradines B

更新日期：2017-02-23 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 mechanisms of herpes simplex virus (HSV) inactivation by sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and n-lauroylsarcosine (LS), two anionic surfactants with protein denaturant potency, have been evaluated in cultured cells. Results showed that pretreatment of HSV type 1 (HSV-1) strain F and HSV-2 strain 333 with either surfacta...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Piret J,Roy S,Gagnon M,Landry S,Désormeaux A,Omar RF,Bergeron MG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of DU-6859a, levofloxacin, ofloxacin, sparfloxacin, and ciprofloxacin against bite wound isolates were determined by the agar dilution method. DU-6859a was the most active compound (MICs, < or = 0.125 microg/ml) against all Pasteurella species, Staphylococcus aureus, and streptococci; anaerobes were sus...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goldstein EJ,Citron DM,Hunt Gerardo S,Hudspeth M,Merriam CV

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-site enzyme-linked lactate dehydrogenase enzyme immunodetection assay was tested against field isolates of Plasmodium falciparum for assessing in vitro drug susceptibilities to a wide range of antimalarial drugs. Its sensitivity allowed the use of parasite densities as low as 200 parasites/microl of blood. Be...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brockman A,Singlam S,Phiaphun L,Looareesuwan S,White NJ,Nosten F

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten beta-lactamase-producing Enterococcus faecalis isolates were examined for the presence of the staphylococcal beta-lactamase repressor and antirepressor genes. Four isolates, previously shown to be unrelated to each other by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis, were positive for both genes by PCR, although be...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tomayko JF,Zscheck KK,Singh KV,Murray BE

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of clarithromycin in a murine model of acute toxoplasmosis was studied. Clarithromycin was administered alone and concurrently with minocycline, and efficacy was assessed by survival rates and sequential determination of parasite burden in blood, brains, and lungs. Limited protection resulted from adminis...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Derouin F,Caroff B,Chau F,Prokocimer P,Pocidalo JJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：:The in vitro susceptibilities of 12 strains of Chlamydia pneumoniae to a new quinolone, trovafloxacin, and ofloxacin, doxycycline, erythromycin, and azithromycin were determined. The activity of trovafloxacin was similar to that of ofloxacin, with a MIC at which 90% of the isolates are inhibited and a minimal concentr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Roblin PM,Kutlin A,Hammerschlag MR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Michaelis-Menten inhibitory constants (Kis) and the concentrations required for 50% inhibition of the Plasmodium falciparum dihydropteroate synthetase were determined for six sulfa drugs. These drugs inhibited the in vitro growth of P. falciparum (50% lethal concentration) at concentrations of 30 to 500 nM; these ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhang Y,Meshnick SR

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For treatment of mild to moderate Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD), oral metronidazole has been recommended as the preferred agent, in part due to concern that vancomycin may be more likely to promote colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). We performed a prospective observational study ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Al-Nassir WN,Sethi AK,Li Y,Pultz MJ,Riggs MM,Donskey CJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine patients with uncomplicated gonorrhea were randomized to receive single, oral 50-, 100-, or 200-mg doses of trovafloxacin (CP-99,219), a new quinolone antibiotic. All 31 evaluable patients were cured of infection. Trovafloxacin was well tolerated. The trovafloxacin MICs at which 50 and 90% of 36 Neisseria ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hook EW 3rd,Pinson GB,Blalock CJ,Johnson RB

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to ceftazidime, detected in isolates of Escherichia coli 5518 and Enterobacter gergoviae 3773 from our hospital, was transferred, together with resistance to aminoglycosides, trimethoprim, sulfonamide, and other beta-lactam antibiotics, by conjugation to E. coli JP559. Both E. coli transconjugants were resi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cheng Y,Chen M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omadacycline is a first-in-class aminomethylcycline antibiotic with microbiological activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobes and anaerobes and atypical bacteria that is being developed for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) and community-acquired bacterial pneu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sun H,Ting L,Machineni S,Praestgaard J,Kuemmell A,Stein DS,Sunkara G,Kovacs SJ,Villano S,Tanaka SK

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphotericin B, the principal drug used for treating systemic mycoses, possesses undesirable toxic properties. The ability of this antibiotic to potentiate antifungal activity of other compounds suggests that lower doses of amphotericin B could be used in combination with a second drug without loss of therapeutic effi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huppert M,Pappagianis D,Sun SH,Gleason-Jordan I,Collins MS,Vukovich KR

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive antibody administration is a potentially useful approach for the therapy of human Cryptococcus neoformans infections. To evaluate the efficacy of the human immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) constant region against C. neoformans and to construct murine antibody derivatives with reduced immunogenicities and longer half-l...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zebedee SL,Koduri RK,Mukherjee J,Mukherjee S,Lee S,Sauer DF,Scharff MD,Casadevall A

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of three plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants, QnrA, QnrB, and QnrS, among 526 nonreplicate clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae collected at a Taiwanese university hospital in 2004 was determined by PCR and colony hybridization, and the association of Qnr with the IMP-8 metallo-beta-...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wu JJ,Ko WC,Tsai SH,Yan JJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00