In vitro activities of ravuconazole (BMS-207147) against 541 clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans.

abstract：:Oseltamivir is the most widely used anti-influenza drug. In the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, in which the influenza viruses were oseltamivir sensitive, obesity was identified as a risk factor for severe disease and unfavorable outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the pharmacokinetic properties of oseltamivir and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jittamala P,Pukrittayakamee S,Tarning J,Lindegardh N,Hanpithakpong W,Taylor WR,Lawpoolsri S,Charunwattana P,Panapipat S,White NJ,Day NP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MUC7 12-mer-L exhibits potent in vitro antifungal activity in low-ionic-strength buffers. In this study, we investigated the anticandidal activity and stability of MUC7 12-mer-L and its all-D-amino-acid isomer, along with Hsn5 12-mer (P113) and magainin-II, in human clarified and unclarified saliva in the absence or p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wei GX,Bobek LA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antituberculosis drugs display large pharmacokinetic variability, which may be influenced by several factors, including body size, genetic differences, and drug-drug interactions. We set out to determine these factors, quantify their effect, and determine the dose adjustments necessary for optimal drug concentrations....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sekaggya-Wiltshire C,Chirehwa M,Musaazi J,von Braun A,Buzibye A,Muller D,Gutteck U,Motta I,Calcagno A,Fehr JS,Kambugu A,Castelnuovo B,Lamorde M,Denti P

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on tetracycline transport into Staphylococcus aureus identified a high-affinity, saturable uptake system for the antibiotic (Km, 4.76 microM) (B.L. Hutchings, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 174:734-738, 1969). However, the earlier results could not be confirmed using conditions that permitted energy-dependent...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chopra I,Ismail S,Oliva B

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection is one of the most important causes of titanium implant failure in vivo A developing prophylactic method involves the immobilization of antibiotics, especially vancomycin, onto the surface of the titanium implant. However, these methods have a limited effect in curbing multiple bacterial infections due to an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nie B,Long T,Ao H,Zhou J,Tang T,Yue B

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Daptomycin, a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic, and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) are commonly administered in the inpatient setting and are associated with creatine phosphokinase (CPK) elevations, myalgias, and muscle weakness. Safety data for coadministration of daptomyc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bland CM,Bookstaver PB,Lu ZK,Dunn BL,Rumley KF,Southeastern Research Group Endeavor (SERGE-45).

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is usually benign in healthy individuals but can cause life-threatening disease in those with compromised immune systems. Approved drugs available to treat HCMV disease, including ganciclovir, cidofovir, and foscarnet, have significant toxicities that limit their use in certain p...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Patel HD,Nikitin P,Gesner T,Lin JJ,Barkan DT,Ciferri C,Carfi A,Akbarnejad Yazdi T,Skewes-Cox P,Wiedmann B,Jarousse N,Zhong W,Feire A,Hebner CM

更新日期：2016-07-22 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：:A fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance rate of 5.9% is reported in 205 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients presenting to field clinics in Karachi, Pakistan (2006 to 2009). FQ resistance among multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains was 11.1% (5/45), and it was 4.9% (5/103) in M. tuberculosis strains susceptible to ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rafiq Y,Jabeen K,Hasan R,Jafri S,Laiq R,Malik F,Mangi R,Channa A,Hasan Z

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated ertapenem-susceptible and -resistant extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacter cloacae isolates obtained from the same patient. Gene transcription of OmpD and OmpF was diminished in the ertapenem-resistant isolate. An efflux pump inhibitor decreased the MICs of ertapenem in the resistant ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Szabó D,Silveira F,Hujer AM,Bonomo RA,Hujer KM,Marsh JW,Bethel CR,Doi Y,Deeley K,Paterson DL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of cefepime following administration of a single 2-g dose were evaluated for 12 adult patients with thermal burn injury and suspected or documented infection. Serial blood and urine samples for cefepime concentration determination were obtained for 24 h following drug administration. Serum and uri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bonapace CR,White RL,Friedrich LV,Norcross ED,Bosso JA

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficiencies of two dosage schedules of amikacin (2 x 10 mg/kg of body weight per 24 h and 1 x 20 mg/kg/24 h intramuscularly for 5 days) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis in rabbits were compared. Blood samples were drawn at various times after the first application, and amikacin concentrations in serum were a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Staneva M,Markova B,Atanasova I,Terziivanov D

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The racemic nucleoside analogue 2'-deoxy-3'-oxa-4'-thiocytidine (dOTC) is in clinical development for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 (HIV-1) infection. dOTC is structurally related to lamivudine (3TC), but the oxygen and sulfur in the furanosyl ring are transposed. Intracellular metabolism ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： de Muys JM,Gourdeau H,Nguyen-Ba N,Taylor DL,Ahmed PS,Mansour T,Locas C,Richard N,Wainberg MA,Rando RF

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyclovir, known as an antiherpetic agent, showed an inhibitory effect on the propagation of pseudorabies virus in BHK-21 cells. The antiviral effect of acyclovir was observed by plaque reduction, as well as by the inhibition of the virus-stimulated uptake of thymidine by BHK-21 cells. Amphotericin B potentiated the a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Malewicz B,Momsen M,Jenkin HM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracycline-resistant isolates of Pasteurella multocida and Pasteurella haemolytica obtained from various locations in the United States and Canada were studied to determine the distribution of the tet(H) gene. Of the 31 isolates examined, 25 were found to contain the tet(H) gene. Chromosomal or plasmid DNA obtained ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hansen LM,Blanchard PC,Hirsh DC

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report the first autochthonous cases of infections caused by blaNDM-5 New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli strains recovered from urine and blood specimens of three patients from Algeria between January 2012 and February 2013. The three isolates belong to sequence type 2659 and they coexpr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sassi A,Loucif L,Gupta SK,Dekhil M,Chettibi H,Rolain JM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefazolin and cephalothin disk susceptibility and minimal inhibitory concentration determinations were conducted on 591 clinical isolates. Cefazolin demonstrated superior activity, as shown by lower minimal inhibitory concentrations, and a greater percentage of isolates inhibited in the disk susceptibility test. The c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Actor P,Guarini J,Uri J,Dickson J,Pauls JF,Weisbach JA

更新日期：1974-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the clinical outcome of 17 patients with secondary Acinetobacter bacteremia whose isolates had a tigecycline MIC of ≤2 mg/liter and who received tigecycline within 2 days of bacteremia onset. The 14-day mortality rate of the tigecycline cohort was 41.2% (7/17), which was significantly higher than that of t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Liou BH,Lee YT,Kuo SC,Liu PY,Fung CP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies were conducted to better define the mechanism of action of polyethylene hexamethylene biguanide (PEHMB) (designated herein as NB325), which was shown in previous studies to inhibit infection by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Fluorescence-activated flow cytometric analyses of activ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Thakkar N,Pirrone V,Passic S,Zhu W,Kholodovych V,Welsh W,Rando RF,Labib ME,Wigdahl B,Krebs FC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates of the same strain, identified in Poland, produced either TEM-47 or TEM-68, which differed by the Arg275Leu substitution. They harbored a few virulence factors, including an iron-chelating factor and capsule overproduction, suggesting that these factors were sufficient to enhance the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Robin F,Hennequin C,Gniadkowski M,Beyrouthy R,Empel J,Gibold L,Bonnet R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being genetically monomorphic, the limited genetic diversity within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) has practical consequences for molecular methods for drug susceptibility testing and for the use of current antibiotics and those in clinical trials. It renders some representatives of MTBC intrins...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Köser CU,Feuerriegel S,Summers DK,Archer JA,Niemann S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We showed in a previous study that associations of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are key components of the innate immune systems of all living species, with the fluoroquinolone enrofloxacin can successfully cure HeLa cell cultures of Mycoplasma fermentans and M. hyorhinis contamination. In the present work, the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fassi Fehri L,Wróblewski H,Blanchard A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftaroline is a new cephalosporin with bactericidal activity against resistant Gram-positive organisms, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, as well as common Gram-negative organisms. This study tested the prodrug, ceftaroline fosamil, against...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cottagnoud P,Cottagnoud M,Acosta F,Stucki A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stage-dependent susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to a short exposure to docetaxel (Taxotere) was evaluated by subjecting ring-infected, trophozoite-infected, and schizont-infected erythrocytes to a 5-h exposure to various concentrations of the drug. The schizont stage was shown to be the most sensitive stag...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sinou V,Grellier P,Schrevel J

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli K-12 carrying the R-factor R1 or R6K is resistant to streptomycin. The resistance is due to R-factor-coded enzymes that metabolize the drug. Streptomycin can be inactivated in two ways, either by adenylylation or by phosphorylation; both reactions require adenosine 5'-triphosphate. In this work we sho...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lundbäck AK,Nordström K

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenpropimorph was shown to inhibit the accumulation of the pyrimidine bases uracil and cytosine from the growth media in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Uracil prototrophs of S. cerevisiae were more resistant to the growth-inhibitory effects of fenpropimorph than were uracil auxotrophs. High concentrations of uracil rescued...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Crowley JH,Lorenz RT,Parks LW

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recovery of gentamicin from renal cortical tissue (assayed by fluorescence polarization immunoassay) was highest (P less than 0.05) when using a sodium hydroxide (NaOH) digestion procedure without homogenization (90.0 +/- 5.4%), followed by homogenization with NaOH digestion (85.8 +/- 7.7%) and homogenization with tri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brown SA,Sugimoto K,Smith GG,Garry FB

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the most frequently identified enteric pathogen in patients with nosocomially acquired, antibiotic-associated diarrhea. The drugs most commonly used to treat diseases associated with C. difficile are metronidazole and vancomycin. Most clinical laboratories assume that all C. difficile isolates...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Peláez T,Alcalá L,Alonso R,Rodríguez-Créixems M,García-Lechuz JM,Bouza E

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a global health problem affecting ∼75% of women at least once in their lifetime. Here we examined the epidemiology of VVC in a patient cohort to identify the causative organisms associated with VVC. Biofilm-forming capacity and antifungal sensitivity profiles were also assessed. We re...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sherry L,Kean R,McKloud E,O'Donnell LE,Metcalfe R,Jones BL,Ramage G

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical administration of live commensal bacteria to the vaginal tract holds significant potential as a cost-effective strategy for the treatment of sexually transmitted infections and the delivery of mucosal vaccines. Probiotic-releasing intravaginal rings (IVRs) embody significant theoretical advantages over traditi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gunawardana M,Mullen M,Yoo J,Webster P,Moss JA,Baum MM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00