Synthetic analogues of beta-1,2 oligomannosides prevent intestinal colonization by the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans.

abstract：:A mixed culture of an hypermutable hexA Streptococcus pneumoniae mutant strain and its hexA(+) isogenic ancestor was challenged with low cefotaxime concentrations. Despite identical original cefotaxime MICs, the hexA mutant population was significantly selected at very low concentrations, and all of the tested selecte...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Negri MC,Morosini MI,Baquero MR,del Campo R,Blázquez J,Baquero F

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daptomycin is a lipopeptide antibiotic with activity against gram-positive bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus. We defined the pharmacodynamic parameters that determine the activity of daptomycin for S. aureus using in vitro methods and the Craig (W. A. Craig, J. Redington, and S. C. Ebert, J. Antimicrob. Chemot...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Louie A,Kaw P,Liu W,Jumbe N,Miller MH,Drusano GL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The postantibiotic subminimum inhibitory concentration effect (PA SME) may simulate in vivo drug exposure more accurately than the postantibiotic effect (PAE) since subinhibitory concentrations of drug persist between antibiotic dosings. In this study, we compared the PAEs and PA SMEs of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Licata L,Smith CE,Goldschmidt RM,Barrett JF,Frosco M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral pathogens causing global disease burdens are often characterized by high rates of evolutionary changes. The extensive viral diversity at baseline can shorten the time to escape from therapeutic or immune selective pressure and alter mutational pathways. The impact of genotypic background on the barrier to resist...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Theys K,Libin PJK,Van Laethem K,Abecasis AB

更新日期：2019-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii enters host cells via an active, self-driven process to fulfill its need for intracellular replication and survival. Successful host cell invasion is governed by sequential release of secretory proteins from three specialized organelles, including the micronemes, which contribute adhesive proteins ne...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Teo CF,Zhou XW,Bogyo M,Carruthers VB

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:We used the Tn10-encoded Tet repressor, which has a highly specific binding capacity for tetracycline, to probe contacts between the drug and protein by chemical interference studies of the antibiotic. For that purpose, the equilibrium association constants of modified tetracyclines with the Tet repressor and Mg2+ cat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Degenkolb J,Takahashi M,Ellestad GA,Hillen W

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli bearing a cryptic tetracycline resistance determinant from Bacteroides fragilis expressed low-level constitutive resistance to tetracycline under aerobic, but not anaerobic, growth conditions and accumulated less tetracycline aerobically than did isogenic susceptible cells. This decreased uptake was e...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Park BH,Hendricks M,Malamy MH,Tally FP,Levy SB

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women in the second half of pregnancy, who were infected with genital mycoplasmas and who gave written informed consent, were randomly assigned to receive capsules of identical appearance containing erythromycin estolate, clindamycin hydrochloride, or a placebo for 6 weeks. Levels of serum glutamic oxalacetic transami...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McCormack WM,George H,Donner A,Kodgis LF,Alpert S,Lowe EW,Kass EH

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of treatment-experienced human immunodeficiency virus patients has become complex, and therapy may need to include two protease inhibitors at therapeutic doses. The objective of this study was to characterize the pharmacokinetics in serum of saquinavir (1,000 mg twice daily [b.i.d.]), lopinavir (400 mg b.i....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ribera E,Lopez RM,Diaz M,Pou L,Ruiz L,Falcó V,Crespo M,Azuaje C,Ruiz I,Ocaña I,Clotet B,Pahissa A

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:A total of 295 ceftiofur-resistant Escherichia coli isolates were obtained from 489 cloacal samples collected at five different Belgian broiler farms with the aim to evaluate the diversity of this resistance at the farm level. Strains were examined for resistance against beta-lactam antibiotics and other antimicrobial...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Smet A,Martel A,Persoons D,Dewulf J,Heyndrickx M,Catry B,Herman L,Haesebrouck F,Butaye P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echinocandins are a preferred therapy for invasive candidiasis due to their potency and broad spectrum. Resistance, especially in Candida glabrata, is an emerging threat to their use. Pharmacodynamic (PD) studies examining reduced susceptibility secondary to fks mutations in C. glabrata are lacking. The current study ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lepak A,Castanheira M,Diekema D,Pfaller M,Andes D

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent widespread emergence of carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae is a major public health concern, as carbapenems are a therapy of last resort against this family of common bacterial pathogens. Resistance genes can mobilize via various mechanisms, including conjugation and transposition; however, the imp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sheppard AE,Stoesser N,Wilson DJ,Sebra R,Kasarskis A,Anson LW,Giess A,Pankhurst LJ,Vaughan A,Grim CJ,Cox HL,Yeh AJ,Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) Informatics Group.,Sifri CD,Walker AS,Peto TE,Crook DW,Mathers AJ

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Lactamase identification by colony hybridization with 32P-labeled DNA probes for TEM-1, SHV-1, OXA-1, OXA-2, PSE-1, PSE-2, and PSE-4 was compared with isoelectric focusing in 122 clinical isolates making a variety of enzyme types. All strains producing a probe-type enzyme gave a positive hybridization reaction. C...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huovinen S,Huovinén P,Jacoby GA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Miconazole, a broad-spectrum antimycotic agent with some antibacterial activity, has recently become available for experimental parenteral use in the United States. Its efficacy as an anticandidal drug was tested in adult Wistar rats. A previously established infectious dose of 5 x 10(6)Candida albicans was intravenou...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Balk MW,Crumrine MH,Fischer GW

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus fumigatus is a leading cause of death in immunocompromised patients and a frequent colonizer of the respiratory tracts of asthma and cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Biofilms enable bacteria and yeasts to persist in infections and can contribute to antimicrobial resistance. We investigated the ability of A. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Seidler MJ,Salvenmoser S,Müller FM

更新日期：2008-11-01 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 effect of protein binding on drug penetration into blister fluid was evaluated by using cefonicid, ceftizoxime, and cefotaxime. Drug concentrations in a chamber with a high surface area/volume ratio (i.e., paper disk) follow changes in serum more closely than do those in a chamber with a low surface area/volume ra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shyu WC,Quintiliani R,Nightingale CH,Dudley MN

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary resistance to azoles in Aspergillus fumigatus isolates from patients taking long-term itraconazole therapy has been described. We studied the acquisition of secondary azole resistance in 20 A. fumigatus isolates with no mutations at codon 54, 98, 138, 220, 432, or 448 in the cyp51A gene. Adjusted conidium in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Escribano P,Recio S,Peláez T,González-Rivera M,Bouza E,Guinea J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleobase and nucleoside transporters play central roles in the biochemistry of parasitic protozoa, as they lack the ability to synthesize purines de novo and are absolutely reliant upon purine salvage from their hosts. Furthermore, such transporters are potentially critical to the pharmacology of these important hum...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Al-Salabi MI,de Koning HP

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the effects of four antimicrobial peptides (MUC7 12-mer, histatin 12-mer, cathelicidin KR20, and a peptide containing lactoferricin amino acids 1 to 11) on the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we employed a genomewide fitness screen of combined collections of mutants with homozygous deletions of nonessential...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lis M,Bhatt S,Schoenly NE,Lee AY,Nislow C,Bobek LA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibility of Brucella melitensis was examined vis-a-vis the clinical outcome in 75 patients with brucellosis. The initial MICs for Brucella isolates from patients who relapsed and from those who did not were similar. Furthermore, the MICs for isolates from patients whose infections relapsed were no d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ariza J,Bosch J,Gudiol F,Liñares J,Viladrich PF,Martín R

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida biofilm infections pose an increasing threat in the health care setting due to the drug resistance associated with this lifestyle. Several mechanisms underlie the resistance phenomenon. In Candida albicans, one mechanism involves drug impedance by the biofilm matrix linked to β-1,3 glucan. Here, we show this i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mitchell KF,Taff HT,Cuevas MA,Reinicke EL,Sanchez H,Andes DR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance of influenza viruses to antiviral drugs can emerge following medication or may result from natural variation. Two classes of anti-influenza virus drugs targeting either the M2 protein (amantadine and rimantadine) or neuraminidase (NA; oseltamivir and zanamivir) are currently licensed. These drugs are expect...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Deyde VM,Nguyen T,Bright RA,Balish A,Shu B,Lindstrom S,Klimov AI,Gubareva LV

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAPs) play important roles in host immune defenses. Plectasin is a defensin-like CAP isolated from the saprophytic fungus Pseudoplectania nigrella. NZ2114 is a novel variant of plectasin with potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria. In this study, we investigated (i) the in vivo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Xiong YQ,Hady WA,Deslandes A,Rey A,Fraisse L,Kristensen HH,Yeaman MR,Bayer AS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-five patients with cystic fibrosis who were experiencing an acute infectious exacerbation of their disease were randomized in double-blind fashion to receive either 50 or 75 mg of ceftazidime per kg (body weight) per dose administered intravenously every 8 h for 14 days. Three patients were dropped from the stu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Reed MD,Stern RC,O'Brien CA,Crenshaw DA,Blumer JL

更新日期：1987-05-01 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：:Approximately 150,000 small-molecule compounds were tested by a robotic screening assay for their ability to inhibit nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase (NTPase), a novel enzyme of the tachyzoite form of Toxoplasma gondii. Five unrelated species of compounds were found to inhibit the activities of both NTPase isoforms (...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Asai T,Takeuchi T,Diffenderfer J,Sibley LD

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the primary etiologic agent responsible for the AIDS pandemic. In this work, we used a chimeric recombinant protein strategy to test the possibility of irreversibly destroying the HIV-1 virion using an agent that simultaneously binds the Env protein and viral membrane. We construc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Contarino M,Bastian AR,Kalyana Sundaram RV,McFadden K,Duffy C,Gangupomu V,Baker M,Abrams C,Chaiken I

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00