Comparative stability studies of antipseudomonal beta-lactams for potential administration through portable elastomeric pumps (home therapy for cystic fibrosis patients) and motor-operated syringes (intensive care units).

abstract：:Aminoglycoside resistance in Campylobacter has been routinely monitored in the United States in clinical isolates since 1996 and in retail meats since 2002. Gentamicin resistance first appeared in a single human isolate of Campylobacter coli in 2000 and in a single chicken meat isolate in 2007, after which it increase...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen Y,Mukherjee S,Hoffmann M,Kotewicz ML,Young S,Abbott J,Luo Y,Davidson MK,Allard M,McDermott P,Zhao S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of the outer membrane-disorganizing peptide polymyxin B nonapeptide (PMBN) to gram-negative bacteria was studied by using tritium-labeled PMBN. Smooth Salmonella typhimurium had a binding capacity of ca. 6 nmol of PMBN per mg (dry weight) of bacteria, which corresponds to ca. 1 X 10(6) to 2 X 10(6) molecul...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vaara M,Viljanen P

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha interferon and ribavirin are required in combination to achieve a sustained virological response in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Alpha interferon has direct antiviral activity and also enhances HCV-specific T-cell responses. Ribavirin has little direct activity against HCV but reduces hepa...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barnes E,Salio M,Cerundolo V,Medlin J,Murphy S,Dusheiko G,Klenerman P

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane of mycobacteria presents an effective permeability barrier for many antibiotics. Transport pathways across this membrane are unknown for most drugs. Here, we examined which antibiotics utilize the porin pathway across the outer membrane of the model organism Mycobacterium smegmatis. Deletion of the ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Danilchanka O,Pavlenok M,Niederweis M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preliminary study was conducted with netilmicin, a new aminoglycoside antibiotic. Its effectiveness was evaluated in vitro against 546 strains of Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from clinical material. Its effectiveness against gentamicin-susceptible strains was roughly similar to that of gent...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Klastersky J,Meunier-Carpentier F,Coppens-Kahan L,Daneau D,Prevost JM

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefodizime, an iminomethoxy aminothiazolyl cephalosporin similar to moxalactam and ceftazidime, was less active (minimal inhibitory concentration, 1.6 to 12 micrograms) than cefazolin or cefotaxime against Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. It inhibited Haemophilus and Neisseria spp. at less than 0....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Scully BE,Jules K,Neu HC

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of clinical enterococcal isolates resistant to both ampicillin and vancomycin is a cause of great concern, as there are few therapeutic alternatives for treatment of infections caused by such organisms. We evaluated the effects of the combination of ampicillin with vancomycin against vancomycin-resistant...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cercenado E,Eliopoulos GM,Wennersten CB,Moellering RC Jr

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-influenza drug oseltamivir is an ester prodrug activated by hepatic carboxylesterases. Plasma esterases also convert up to 31.8% of the parent compound to the active metabolite after 4 h ex vivo, with wide interindividual variation. This source of error is removed by adding the esterase inhibitor dichlorvos t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lindegardh N,Davies GR,Tran TH,Farrar J,Singhasivanon P,Day NP,White NJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphonoformate was found to be an inhibitor of the deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase induced by the herpesvirus of turkeys. The apparent inhibition constants were 1 to 3 muM. Phosphonoformate was also able to block the replication in cell culture of Marek's disease herpesvirus, the herpesvirus of turkeys, and herpes ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Reno JM,Lee LF,Boezi JA

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin has been associated with acute kidney injury in preclinical and clinical settings; however, the precise exposure profiles associated with vancomycin-induced acute kidney injury have not been defined. We sought to determine pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics indices associated with the development of acute kid...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： O'Donnell JN,Rhodes NJ,Lodise TP,Prozialeck WC,Miglis CM,Joshi MD,Venkatesan N,Pais G,Cluff C,Lamar PC,Briyal S,Day JZ,Gulati A,Scheetz MH

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel trait for transferable resistance to high concentrations of trimethoprim was found to dominate among enterobacteria collected from different parts of Sri Lanka. Drug resistance was a result of the production of dihydrofolate reductase with a decreased sensitivity to antifolates. By characterization of the part...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sundström L,Vinayagamoorthy T,Sköld O

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MarA47(Yp) from Yersinia pestis, showing 47% identity to Escherichia coli MarA in its N terminus, caused resistance to antibiotics and to organic solvents when expressed in both E. coli and Y. pestis. Resistance was linked to increased expression of the AcrAB multidrug efflux pump. In four of five spontaneous multidru...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Udani RA,Levy SB

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The judicious use of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the infectious complications of surgery. However, increased bacterial resistance within hospitals may make antibiotic prophylaxis less effective in the future and alternative strategies are needed. New immunomodulatory agents might prevent wound infecti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kernodle DS,Gates H,Kaiser AB

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of trimethoprim, sulfadiazine, sulfamethoxazole, and sulfathiazole on the hemagglutination and adhesion by three Escherichia coli strains were studied. The strains were isolated from the urine of patients with acute pyelonephritis and carried P antigen-recognizing fimbriae (P fimbriae). At antimicrobial co...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Väisänen V,Lounatmaa K,Korhonen TK

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered from the lower respiratory tract of an 81-year-old patient hospitalized in Belgium was sent to the national reference center to determine its resistance mechanism. PCR sequencing identified a new GES variant, GES-18, which differs from the carbapenem-hydrolyzing e...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bebrone C,Bogaerts P,Delbrück H,Bennink S,Kupper MB,Rezende de Castro R,Glupczynski Y,Hoffmann KM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A beta-lactamase was purified from Serratia marcescens GN16694; it hydrolyzed T-5575 and oxime-type cephalosporins, i.e., cefuroxime and ceftazidime. Its isoelectric point and molecular weight were 8.6 and 42,000, respectively. This enzyme was not inhibited by EDTA and clavulanic acid. This enzyme is an unusual beta-l...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Matsumura N,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ST-246, a novel compound that inhibits egress of orthopoxvirus from infected cells, is being evaluated as a treatment for pathogenic orthopoxvirus infections in humans. This phase I, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, escalating multiple-dose study was conducted to determine the safety, tolerability, and ph...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jordan R,Chinsangaram J,Bolken TC,Tyavanagimatt SR,Tien D,Jones KF,Frimm A,Corrado ML,Pickens M,Landis P,Clarke J,Marbury TC,Hruby DE

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:Clostridium difficile is a leading cause of health care-associated diarrhea with significant morbidity and mortality, and new options for the treatment of C. difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) are needed. Cadazolid is a new oxazolidinone-type antibiotic that is currently in clinical development for treatment of CDAD...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Locher HH,Seiler P,Chen X,Schroeder S,Pfaff P,Enderlin M,Klenk A,Fournier E,Hubschwerlen C,Ritz D,Kelly CP,Keck W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are effective antibiotic agents commonly found in plants, animals, and microorganisms, and they have been suggested as the future of antimicrobial chemotherapies. It is vital to understand the molecular details that define the mechanism of action of resistance to AMPs for a rational plann...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maria-Neto S,Cândido Ede S,Rodrigues DR,de Sousa DA,da Silva EM,de Moraes LM,Otero-Gonzalez Ade J,Magalhães BS,Dias SC,Franco OL

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MICs, time-kills, and postantibiotic effects (PAEs) of ABT-773 (a new ketolide) and 10 other agents were determined against 226 pneumococci. Against 78 ermB- and 44 mefE-containing strains, ABT-773 MICs at which 50% of the isolates tested were inhibited (MIC(50)s) and MIC(90)s were 0.016 to 0.03 and 0.125 microgram/ml...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Davies TA,Ednie LM,Hoellman DM,Pankuch GA,Jacobs MR,Appelbaum PC

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains a significant challenge for the effective treatment of tuberculosis in humans. In animals that develop necrotic lung lesions following infection with M. tuberculosis, drug-tolerant bacilli are present and persist in an extracellular microenvironment within the necrotic...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Driver ER,Ryan GJ,Hoff DR,Irwin SM,Basaraba RJ,Kramnik I,Lenaerts AJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo activities of imipenem, meropenem, and cefepime were studied in a model of rat pneumonia caused by a plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase ACT-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain (K. pneumoniae strain 12) and a derivative porin-deficient mutant (K. pneumoniae strain 12dp). No differences between these ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Padilla E,Alonso D,Doménech-Sánchez A,Gomez C,Pérez JL,Albertí S,Borrell N

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of gentamicin was compared with its therapeutic efficacy in rabbits with Streptococcus faecalis endocarditis. The test strain was resistant to gentamicin as measured by MICs and MBCs determined in Mueller-Hinton broth alone or in broth supplemented with 50% rabbit serum. Gentamicin also failed to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sullam PM,Täuber MG,Hackbarth CJ,Sande MA

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two 3-alkyl-substituted 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinones, NSC 113452 (NSC52) and NSC 113455 (NSC55), were evaluated for activity against Toxoplasma gondii in vitro and in murine models of acute toxoplasmosis. In vitro, both NSC52 and NSC55 significantly inhibited intracellular replication of T. gondii. In vivo, each comp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Khan AA,Nasr M,Araujo FG

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physicochemical constants and some structural parameters (topological, steric, and electronic) of eight third-generation monofluorate quinolones (six uncommercialized and two used clinically [ciprofloxacin and enrofloxacin]) were determined: pKa, intrinsic solubility (S0), chromatographic capacity factor, partitio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Escribano E,Calpena AC,Garrigues TM,Freixas J,Domenech J,Moreno J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty strains of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in L cells were tested for susceptibility to macrolide antibiotics. Rokitamycin, a new macrolide antibiotic, was most active against these organisms, with an MIC for 90% of strains of 0.007 microgram/ml. The MICs of erythromycin, josamycin, and kitasamycin for 90% of strains were...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Misu T,Arai S,Furukawa M,Yamamoto Y,Miyazaki T

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike mammalian cells, malarial parasites are completely dependent on the de novo pyrimidine pathway and lack the enzymes to salvage preformed pyrimidines. In the present study, first, it is shown that 1843U89, even without polyglutamylation, is a potent folate-based inhibitor of purified malarial parasite thymidylat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jiang L,Lee PC,White J,Rathod PK

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological modeling of antiparasitic treatment based on a drug's pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties plays an increasingly important role in identifying optimal drug dosing regimens and predicting their potential impact on control and elimination programs. Conventional modeling of treatment relies on m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hodel EM,Kay K,Hastings IM

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory infection with Burkholderia cenocepacia is associated with accelerated decline in lung function and increased mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients (A. M. Jones, M. E. Dodd, J. R. W. Govan, V. Barcus, C. J. Doherty, J. Morris, and A. K. Webb, Thorax 59:948-951, 2004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thx.2003...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Balwan A,Nicolau DP,Wungwattana M,Zuckerman JB,Waters V

更新日期：2015-12-31 00:00:00