In vitro activities of the ketolides telithromycin (HMR 3647) and HMR 3004 compared to those of clarithromycin against slowly growing mycobacteria at pHs 6.8 and 7.4.

abstract：:The in vitro activity of TR-700 (torezolid) was evaluated against a collection of 660 staphylococcal blood isolates. TR-700 showed excellent activity against all the staphylococci tested. The MIC(50) and MIC(90) values of TR-700, linezolid, daptomycin, and vancomycin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Betriu C,Morales G,Rodríguez-Avial I,Culebras E,Gómez M,López-Fabal F,Picazo JJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the study were to investigate the prevalence of azole resistance among Aspergillus fumigatus clinical isolates. A total of 533 clinical isolates that had been collected between 1995 and 2006, from 441 patients, were screened. No resistance was detected in isolates collected between 1995 and 1997. Starting ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lazzarini C,Esposto MC,Prigitano A,Cogliati M,De Lorenzis G,Tortorano AM

更新日期：2015-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to evaluate the results of single-day doxycycline therapy for Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF). This is a prospective cohort study of cases with confirmed MSF treated with the single-day doxycycline regimen in a teaching hospital from 1990 to 2015. Patients received two oral doses of 20...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Espejo E,Andrés M,Garcia MC,Fajardo A,Pérez J,Bella F

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of 26 strains of varicella-zoster virus to cytarabine was tested in vitro by measuring reduction in number and size of plaques using human foreskin fibroblast cells. Most strains showed 50% reduction of plaque number by 0.125 mug of cytarabine per ml or less. Cytarabine levels in sera of 12 patients...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zaky DA,Betts RF,Douglas RG Jr,Bengali K,Neil GL

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A disk agar diffusion method was developed for testing the susceptibility of rapidly growing yeasts in vitro. A totally defined, completely synthetic agar culture medium (synthetic amino acid medium, fungal) and clinical isolates of Candida spp. and Torulopsis glabrata were used. Turbidimetric adjustment of cell suspe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Saubolle MA,Hoeprich PD

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) composite island (SCCmecAI16-SCCczrAI16-CI) was identified in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. Four integration site sequences for SCC subdivided the 60,734-bp island into 41,232-bp SCCmecAI16, 19,400-bp SCCczrAI16, and 102-bp SCC-likeAI16 elements. SCCmecAI16 re...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chanchaithong P,Prapasarakul N,Perreten V,Schwendener S

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to assess whether amphotericin B (AmB)-Myrj 59, AmB-polyoxyethyleneglycol 24 cholesterol (PC), and AmB-Synperonic A50 (SA50) were less nephrotoxic than AmB-deoxycholate (DC). Rats were treated with the different AmB formulations (10 mg/kg of body weight) intraperitoneally or with the s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tasset C,Preat V,Bernard A,Roland M

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We collected 1,353 strains of beta-hemolytic streptococci of groups A, B, C, and G (1,176 strains of which were group A) isolated in 26 institutions throughout Japan in 1972-1974. The strains were grouped and T-typed by our specific group-and T-factor sera, and the minimal inhibitory concentrations of 10 antibiotics w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Miyamoto Y,Takizawa K,Matsushima A,Asai Y,Nakatsuka S

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ro 09-0179 (4',5-dihydroxy-3,3',7-trimethoxyflavone), isolated from a Chinese medicinal herb, was found to have potent antiviral activity. It selectively inhibited the replication of human picornaviruses, such as rhinoviruses and coxsackieviruses in tissue culture, but not other DNA and RNA viruses. Ro 09-0298 (4',5-d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ishitsuka H,Ohsawa C,Ohiwa T,Umeda I,Suhara Y

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desferrioxamine, a safe and effective iron chelator, was evaluated for its antibacterial and antifungal activity. The susceptibilities of 124 urinary tract isolates and 28 clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to desferrioxamine concentrations that are readily achievable in urine were determined. Of all isolates,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lowy FD,Pollack S,Fadl-Allah N,Steigbigel NH

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug repositioning is the only feasible option to immediately address the COVID-19 global challenge. We screened a panel of 48 FDA-approved drugs against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which were preselected by an assay of SARS-CoV. We identified 24 potential antiviral drug candidates aga...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jeon S,Ko M,Lee J,Choi I,Byun SY,Park S,Shum D,Kim S

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of amphotericin B, itraconazole, fluconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, and ravuconazole against 39 isolates of Trichosporon spp. were determined by the NCCLS M27-A microdilution method. The azoles tested appeared to be more potent than amphotericin B. Low minimal fungicidal concentration/MIC...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Paphitou NI,Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Paetznick VL,Rodriguez JR,Chen E,Rex JH

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attachment of giardias to intestinal cells has been difficult to study because of a lack of a convenient in vitro model. We developed an assay for attachment of radiolabeled trophozoites to IEC-6 cells that can be done in microtiter trays. Attachment was confirmed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Trop...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： McCabe RE,Yu GS,Conteas C,Morrill PR,McMorrow B

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compound 2242, also known as 2-amino-7-[(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxy)methyl]purine, is the first known antivirally active nucleoside analog with the side chain substituted at the N-7 position of the purine ring system. Our purpose was to evaluate its retinal toxicity and assess the efficacy of its highest nontoxic concent...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Besen G,Chavez-de la Paz E,Tatebayashi M,Flores-Aguilar M,Gangan PA,Munguia D,Wiley CA,Jähne G,Winkler I,Helsberg M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piperacillin and vancomycin were used as initial empirical therapy for 211 febrile episodes in cancer patients. The response rate in 95 episodes of documented infection was 72%. The response of bacteremias, soft tissue infections, and pneumonias was 78, 71, and 38%, respectively. The response in infections caused by g...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jadeja L,Bolivar R,Fainstein V,Keating M,McCredie K,Hay M,Bodey GP

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experimental model of infected fibrin clots in rabbits was used to study the penetration and in vivo activity of cefixime against Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus. The respective MICs of cefixime against these strains were 0.25, 2, and 8 micrograms/ml. The clots were infected with...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bergeron MG,Turcotte A

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broth dilution minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) readings were compared after different incubation periods and with different inoculum concentrations. The purpose was to determine the best conditions for obtaining early results as close as possible to overnight readings. Initially, 76 antibiotic-organism combinat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lampe MF,Aitken CL,Dennis PG,Forsythe PS,Patrick KE,Schoenknecht FD,Sherris JC

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated fleroxacin, a newer fluoroquinolone, against isolates from sputum from patients with cystic fibrosis. These isolates included rough and mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas cepacia, Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae, and Escherichia coli. Selected isolates were tested by the broth microd...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Akaniro JC,Vidaurre CE,Stutman HR,Marks MI

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bactericidal activity in serum produced after administration of 1-g intravenous doses of cefoperazone, cefotaxime, ceftizoxime, and moxalactam was ascertained in six healthy subjects. The assay organisms were a strain of Staphylococcus aureus which was moderately susceptible to the drugs (MBC, 2 to 8 micrograms/ml) an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barriere SL,Ozasa DC,Mordenti J

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioassay-guided fractionation of the extract from the fermentation broth of Streptomyces spectabilis BCC 4785 led to the isolation of three principle antimalarial agents, metacycloprodigiosin, bafilomycin A(1), and spectinabilin. Metacycloprodigiosin exhibited potent in vitro activity against Plasmodium falciparum K1,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Isaka M,Jaturapat A,Kramyu J,Tanticharoen M,Thebtaranonth Y

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PER-1 is an extended-spectrum β-lactamase that is encoded by a gene located in composite transposon Tn1213 made by two distinct insertion sequences, namely, ISPa12 and ISPa13. In vitro mobilization performed in Escherichia coli shows that Tn1213 is functional and is able to mobilize the blaPER-1 gene, although at a ve...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mancini S,Poirel L,Kieffer N,Nordmann P

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoniazid (INH) remains the most safe and cost-effective drug for the treatment and prophylaxis of tuberculosis. The use of INH has increased over the past years, largely as a result of the coepidemic of human immunodeficiency virus infection. It is frequently given chronically to critically ill patients who are copre...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Desta Z,Soukhova NV,Flockhart DA

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of various test meals and fluid volumes on the relative bioavailability of commercial formulations of doxycycline hyclate and tetracycline hydrochloride was studied in healthy human volunteers. Serum levels of tetracycline were uniformly reduced by approximately 50% by all test meals, whereas serum level...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Welling PG,Koch PA,Lau CC,Craig WA

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is inherently resistant to most conventional antibiotics. The mechanism of resistance of this bacterium is mainly associated with the low permeability of its outer membrane to these agents. We sought to assess the bactericidal efficacy of liposome-entrapped aminoglycosides against resistant clin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mugabe C,Halwani M,Azghani AO,Lafrenie RM,Omri A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovicin HC5, a broad-spectrum lantibiotic produced by Streptococcus bovis HC5, catalyzed the efflux of intracellular potassium from Streptococcus bovis JB1, a sensitive strain. The level of ATP also decreased, but this decline appeared to be caused by the activity of the F(1)F(0) ATPase rather than efflux per se. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mantovani HC,Russell JB

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The promotion of colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) is one potential side effect during treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD), resulting from disturbances in gut microbiota. Cadazolid (CDZ) is an investigational antibiotic with potent in vitro activity against C. difficile...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Seiler P,Enderlin-Paput M,Pfaff P,Weiss M,Ritz D,Clozel M,Locher HH

更新日期：2015-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:SM-7338, a new carbapenem antibiotic, was demonstrated to have potent antibacterial activity against a broad spectrum of aerobes, including Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic streptococci, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria spp., members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp., a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Edwards JR,Turner PJ,Wannop C,Withnell ES,Grindey AJ,Nairn K

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing use of azole antifungals for the treatment of mucosal and systemic Candida glabrata infections has resulted in the selection and/or emergence of resistant strains. The main mechanisms of azole resistance include alterations in the C. glabrata ERG11 gene (CgERG11), which encodes the azole target enzyme, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sanguinetti M,Posteraro B,Fiori B,Ranno S,Torelli R,Fadda G

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest species of malaria parasites, is dependent on glycolysis for the generation of ATP during the pathogenic red blood cell stage. Hexokinase (HK) catalyzes the first step in glycolysis, transferring the γ-phosphoryl group of ATP to glucose to yield glucose-6-phosphate. Here, we descri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Davis MI,Patrick SL,Blanding WM,Dwivedi V,Suryadi J,Golden JE,Coussens NP,Lee OW,Shen M,Boxer MB,Hall MD,Sharlow ER,Drew ME,Morris JC

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical animal models of infection are employed to develop new agents but also to screen among molecules to rank them. There are often major differences between human pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles and those developed by animal models of infection, and these may lead to substantial differences in efficacy relative ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Drusano GL,Duncanson B,Scanga CA,Kim S,Schmidt S,Neely MN,Yamada WM,Vicchiarelli M,Peloquin CA,Louie A

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00