Inducible AmpC beta-lactamase of a new member Enterobacteriaceae.

abstract：:Six strains of ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae type b were studied in vitro for synergy between ampicillin and nafcillin. The minimal inhibitory concentrations for these strains with 10(4) colony-forming units per ml were 6.25 to 12.5 microgram of ampicillin per ml and 6.25 to 25 microgram of nafcillin per...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yogev R,Burkholder E,Davis AT

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal transfer of plasmids encoding antimicrobial resistance and virulence determinants has been instrumental in Staphylococcus aureus evolution, including the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (CA-MRSA). In the early 1990s, the first CA-MRSA strain isolated in Western Australia (W...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yui Eto K,Firth N,Davis AM,Kwong SM,Krysiak M,Lee YT,O'Brien FG,Grubb WB,Coombs GW,Bond CS,Ramsay JP

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A-837093 is a potent and specific nonnucleoside inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 5B (NS5B) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. It possesses nanomolar potencies in both enzymatic and replicon-based cell culture assays. In rats and dogs this compound demonstrated an oral plasma half-life of great...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen CM,He Y,Lu L,Lim HB,Tripathi RL,Middleton T,Hernandez LE,Beno DW,Long MA,Kati WM,Bosse TD,Larson DP,Wagner R,Lanford RE,Kohlbrenner WE,Kempf DJ,Pilot-Matias TJ,Molla A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we describe a new method to measure intracellular zidovudine triphosphate (ZDV-TP) levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients treated with ZDV by utilizing inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase activity by ZDV-TP. Intracellular levels of ZDV-TP ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Robbins BL,Rodman J,McDonald C,Srinivas RV,Flynn PM,Fridland A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel plasmid-borne resistance gene cluster comprising the genes erm(T) for macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance, dfrK for trimethoprim resistance, and tet(L) for tetracycline resistance was identified in a porcine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 (ST398) strain. This erm(T)-...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kadlec K,Schwarz S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem resistance rates in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Colombia, as in many South American countries, are high for reasons that remain unclear. From our nationwide network, we describe the first detection of the metallo-beta-lactamase VIM-2 in clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa from multiple cities within C...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Villegas MV,Lolans K,del Rosario Olivera M,Suarez CJ,Correa A,Queenan AM,Quinn JP,Colombian Nosocomial Resistance Study Group.

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a number of parameters for host defense after the in vitro addition of the antifungal agents ketoconazole, amphotericin B (AMB), and amphotericin B methyl ester (AME). Similar assays were repeated before and after patients received the former two drugs. Viability by trypan blue exclusion, adherence by ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Marmer DJ,Fields BT Jr,France GL,Steele RW

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study we have shown that cultured epithelial cell lines can be used to measure the transepithelial passage of antimicrobial agents across the intestine and to obtain information on the mechanisms of transport utilized and predict the bioavailability of the antimicrobial agents after oral administration. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ranaldi G,Islam K,Sambuy Y

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of resistance to last-resort antibiotics was evaluated among Enterobacteriaceae isolates recovered from hospitalized children in a remote African archipelago, São Tomé and Príncipe, where there is limited access to those antibiotics. Fifty patients were screened for colonization by carbapenem-, pan-amin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Poirel L,Aires-de-Sousa M,Kudyba P,Kieffer N,Nordmann P

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of amoxicillin (AM [administered twice daily in a 25-mg/kg of body weight intravenous dose]) in 17 preterm infants (11 males; gestational age, 29 +/- 1.9 weeks; birth weight, 1,175 +/- 278 g) were evaluated on day 3 of life. Blood samples were collected from an arterial catheter at 0...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Huisman-de Boer JJ,van den Anker JN,Vogel M,Goessens WH,Schoemaker RC,de Groot R

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-living amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba are causing serious chronic conditions such as destructive keratitis in contact lens wearers or granulomatous amoebic encephalitis in individuals with compromised immune systems. Both are characterized by the lack of availability of sufficiently effective and uncomplicated...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Walochnik J,Duchêne M,Seifert K,Obwaller A,Hottkowitz T,Wiedermann G,Eibl H,Aspöck H

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Robust determination of the concentration-time profile of anti-infective agents in certain specialized compartments is often limited by the inability to obtain more than a single sample from such a site in any one subject. Vitreous humor and cerebrospinal fluid are obvious examples for which the determination of conce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Drusano GL,Liu W,Perkins R,Madu A,Madu C,Mayers M,Miller MH

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current treatment of chronic hepatitis C is based on pegylated alpha interferon (PEG-IFN-α) and ribavirin. The aim of this study was to identify biological and clinical variables related to IFN therapy that could predict patient outcome. The study enrolled 47 patients treated with PEG-IFN and ribavirin combined th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： François C,Coulouarn C,Descamps V,Castelain S,Brochot E,Baron A,Duchaussoy I,Capron D,Nguyen-Khac E,Duverlie G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Lactamase was purified from a strain of Legionella gormanii. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was 25,000, and its isoelectric point was 10.5. The enzyme hydrolyzed oxyiminocephalosporins, cephamycins, penicillins, and imipenem. The enzyme activity was inhibited by EDTA, Hg2+, and Cu2+, but not by clavu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fujii T,Sato K,Miyata K,Inoue M,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex ocular infection is a major cause of corneal blindness. Local antiviral treatments exist but are associated with corneal toxicity, and resistance has become an issue. We evaluated the biodistribution and efficacy of a humanized anti-herpes simplex virus (anti-HSV) IgG FAb fragment (AC-8; 53 kDa) followi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Berdugo M,Larsen IV,Abadie C,Deloche C,Kowalczuk L,Touchard E,Dubielzig R,Brandt CR,Behar-Cohen F,Combette JM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antagonism, determined by isobolograms constructed from data from combinations of ampicillin and chloramphenicol at or below the minimal inhibitory or bactericidal concentrations, was observed against 13 clinical isolates of meningococcus and against one isolate of pneumococcus. Synergy occurred against six strains of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Feldman WE,Zweighaft T

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently approved combination of meropenem and vaborbactam (Vabomere) is highly active against Gram-negative pathogens, especially Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae We evaluated the efficacy of meropenem-vaborbactam against three clinically relevant isolat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Weiss WJ,Pulse ME,Nguyen P,Peterson K,Silva J,Simecka JW,Valtierra D,Sabet M,Griffith DC

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We found earlier that deferoxamine (DFO), a drug used for treatment of iron overload, is active against a rat model of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). We had assumed a mode of action by deprivation of nutritional iron; however, data here show that DFO penetrates P. carinii, causing irreversible damage, thus indi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Clarkson AB Jr,Turkel-Parrella D,Williams JH,Chen LC,Gordon T,Merali S

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic data on potassium release from and killing of Candida albicans by the four polyene antibiotics amphotericin B, amphotericin B methyl ester hydrochloride, nystatin, and nystatin methyl ester hydrochloride are presented. The nystatins were relatively more effective than the amphotericins in causing potassium rel...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen WC,Chou DL,Feingold DS

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-center study of 1,838 clinical isolates established the accuracy of diffusion susceptibility tests with 30-mug cephalothin disks and 30-mug cefamandole disks. The same interpretive zone standards can be applied to tests with either disk but the two drugs cannot be tested interchangeably. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barry AL,Schoenknecht FD,Shadomy S,Sherris JC,Thornsberry C,Washington JA,Kammer RB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of incubation with interferon prior to the stimulation of interferon production (priming) and of sequential treatment with cycloheximide and actinomycin D (superinduction) on the interferon yield from polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly I.poly C)-induced diploid human foreskin cell cultures (FS-3 strain) ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Havell EA,Vilcek J

更新日期：1972-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two clinical isolates of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae were noted to be less susceptible than expected to imipenem. Both were missing outer membrane proteins that serve as channels for antibiotic entry. The role of beta-lactamase in resistance was investigated by eliminating t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Martínez-Martínez L,Pascual A,Hernández-Allés S,Alvarez-Díaz D,Suárez AI,Tran J,Benedí VJ,Jacoby GA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Against 198 viridans group streptococci, 25 Streptococcus bovis strains, and 5 Cardiobacterium hominis strains, MICs of DX-619, a des-F(6)-quinolone, were between 0.004 and 0.25 microg/ml. These MICs were lower than those of other quinolones (< or = 0.008 to > 32 microg/ml). Beta-lactam MICs were between < or = 0.008 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kosowska-Shick K,Smith K,Bogdanovich T,Ednie LM,Jones RN,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida species are the cause of 60% of all mycoses in immunosuppressed individuals, leading to ∼150,000 deaths annually due to systemic infections, whereas the current antifungal therapies either have toxic side effects or are insufficiently efficient. We performed a screening of two compound libraries, the Enzo and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Stylianou M,Kulesskiy E,Lopes JP,Granlund M,Wennerberg K,Urban CF

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an ever-growing public health problem worldwide. The low rate of antibiotic discovery coupled with the rapid spread of drug-resistant bacterial pathogens is causing a global health crisis. To facilitate the drug discovery processes, we present a large-scale study of reference antibiot...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： O'Rourke A,Beyhan S,Choi Y,Morales P,Chan AP,Espinoza JL,Dupont CL,Meyer KJ,Spoering A,Lewis K,Nierman WC,Nelson KE

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics, distribution, and plasma and renal clearance of a new aminoglycoside antibiotic, tobramycin, was studied in the treatment of 18 elderly male patients (average age, 69 years) with urinary tract infections. Ten of these patients had normal renal function and eight had impaired renal function of var...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Naber KG,Westenfelder SR,Madsen PO

更新日期：1973-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spider venoms are vast natural pharmacopoeias selected by evolution. The venom of the ant spider Lachesana tarabaevi contains a wide variety of antimicrobial peptides. We tested six of them (latarcins 1, 2a, 3a, 4b, 5, and cytoinsectotoxin 1a) for their ability to suppress Chlamydia trachomatis infection. HEK293 cells...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lazarev VN,Polina NF,Shkarupeta MM,Kostrjukova ES,Vassilevski AA,Kozlov SA,Grishin EV,Govorun VM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported the isolation of a laboratory-derived Staphylococcus aureus mutant, 523k, that has constitutive low-level resistance to vancomycin (MIC = 5 micrograms/ml) and teicoplanin (MIC = 5 micrograms/ml) and elaborates a ca. 39-kDa cytoplasmic protein that was not detected in the parent strain 523 (MIC =...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Milewski WM,Boyle-Vavra S,Moreira B,Ebert CC,Daum RS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) continues to rise in concert with increasing numbers of immune suppression techniques to treat other medical conditions and transplantation. Despite these advances, morbidity and mortality rates remain unacceptably high. One strategy used to optimize outcomes is antifungal pharma...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lepak AJ,Marchillo K,Vanhecker J,Andes DR

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the penetration of ciprofloxacin into bronchial secretions from mechanically ventilated patients with nosocomial bronchopneumonia. For this purpose, in each patient studied, simultaneous serial blood and bronchial secretion samples were obtained over a 12-h period on days 2 and 4. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Saux P,Martin C,Mallet MN,Papazian L,Bruguerolle B,De Micco P,Gouin F

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00