TEM-72, a new extended-spectrum beta-lactamase detected in Proteus mirabilis and Morganella morganii in Italy.

abstract：:Ramoplanin is an actinomycetes-derived antibiotic with broad-spectrum activity against Gram-positive bacteria that has been evaluated in clinical trials for the treatment of gastrointestinal vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and Clostridium difficile infections. Recent studies have proposed that ramoplanin binds ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cheng M,Huang JX,Ramu S,Butler MS,Cooper MA

更新日期：2014-11-01 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 gyrA and gyrB genes of Chlamydia pneumoniae TW-183 were cloned, and their proteins were purified by use of a fusion system with a maltose-binding protein. The 50% inhibitory concentrations of garenoxacin, sparfloxacin, moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin, and levofloxacin were 10.1, 47.5, 39.6, 64.2, and 156.9 microg/ml, r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ameyama S,Shinmura Y,Takahata M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of eight antifungal drugs against clinical isolates of Fonsecaea pedrosoi (n = 21), Fonsecaea monophora (n = 25), and Fonsecaea nubica (n = 9) were tested. The resulting MIC(90)s for all strains (n = 55) were as follows, in increasing order: posaconazole, 0.063 microg/ml; itraconazole, 0.125 mi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Najafzadeh MJ,Badali H,Illnait-Zaragozi MT,De Hoog GS,Meis JF

更新日期：2010-04-01 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 stability of antipseudomonal beta-lactams in concentrated solutions was examined in view of their potential administration by continuous infusion with external pumps (for intensive care patients) or with portable pumps carried under clothing (for cystic fibrosis patients). Aztreonam (100 g/liter), piperacillin (12...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Viaene E,Chanteux H,Servais H,Mingeot-Leclercq MP,Tulkens PM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates A902 and BM4538, which were resistant to relatively high levels of vancomycin (128 and 64 microg/ml, respectively) and to low levels of teicoplanin (4 microg/ml), and Enterococcus faecalis clinical isolates BM4539 and BM4540, which were resistant to moderate levels of vancomycin ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Depardieu F,Kolbert M,Pruul H,Bell J,Courvalin P

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prophylactic administration of a nontoxic dose of 9-[[2-benzyloxyl-1-(benzyloxymethyl)ethoxy]methyl]-6-chlo roguanine (BIOLF-70) to mice reduced the number of myocarditic lesions induced by coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3). BIOLF-70 exhibited minimal antiviral activity against CVB3 in HeLa cells and murine neonatal skin fibro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gauntt CJ,Arizpe HM,Kung JT,Ogilvie KK,Cheriyan UO

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA gyrase is a bacterial enzyme which catalyzes the ATP-dependent negative supercoiling of DNA. It is the accepted target of quinolones. The enzyme from Citrobacter freundii IID976 was purified by affinity chromatography on novobiocin-Sepharose and heparin-Sepharose. It had two subunits, designated A and B, which clo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Aoyama H,Sato K,Fujii T,Fujimaki K,Inoue M,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most manifestations of candidiasis are associated with biofilm formation on biological or inanimate surfaces. Candida albicans biofilms are recalcitrant to treatment with conventional antifungal therapies. Here we report on the activity of caspofungin, a new semisynthetic echinocandin, against C. albicans biofilms. Ca...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bachmann SP,VandeWalle K,Ramage G,Patterson TF,Wickes BL,Graybill JR,López-Ribot JL

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By cloning studies and complementation experiments, the sulfonamide resistance gene of a serogroup B and serotype 15 (B:15) strain of Neisseria meningitidis was localized to a 1.2-kb chromosomal SspI fragment expressing a drug-resistant dihydropteroate synthase. The fragment hybridized to DNA from both resistant and s...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kristiansen BE,Rådström P,Jenkins A,Ask E,Facinelli B,Sköld O

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene ere(A) of the plasmid pIP1100 is larger than originally reported and is organized as an integron gene cassette. The ere(A) gene cassette carries its own promoter and is propagated by a class 2 integron with an insertion sequence element, IS1, inserted upstream of the intI2 gene. The mobility of the ere(A) cas...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Biskri L,Mazel D

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although antimicrobial agents are effective therapy for early Lyme disease, optimal treatment schedules have not been conclusively established. The efficacy of various dosages of eight antibiotics used for borreliosis treatment was evaluated for C3H/HeNCrIBR mice, which reproducibly develop persistent infection, arthr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moody KD,Adams RL,Barthold SW

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to fluoroquinolones (FQ) results mostly from mutations in the gyrA gene. We developed a reverse hybridization-based line probe assay in which oligonucleotide probes carrying the wild-type gyrA sequence, a serine-to-threonine (S95T) polymorphism, and gyrA mutations (A90V, A90V-S...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Giannoni F,Iona E,Sementilli F,Brunori L,Pardini M,Migliori GB,Orefici G,Fattorini L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 24 patients with hepatitic C virus (HCV) infection who participated in a randomized trial with alpha 2B interferon, HCV RNA analysis by the polymerase chain reaction with two separate primer sets was performed at weeks 0, 4, and 24 and during a follow-up period of 6 to 9 months. Prior to therapy all patients were H...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kleter GE,Brouwer JT,Heijtink RA,Schalm SW,Quint WG

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobramycin-resistant burn wound isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter cloacae, together with Escherichia coli K-12 transconjugants from these two strains, were examined for plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). All the resistant strains contained a common, high-molecular-weight, covalently closed circular ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Elwell LP,Inamine JM,Minshew BH

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the activity of the novel spiropyrimidinetrione AZD0914 (DNA gyrase inhibitor) against clinical gonococcal isolates and international reference strains (n=250), including strains with diverse multidrug resistance and extensive drug resistance. The AZD0914 MICs were substantially lower than those of most o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jacobsson S,Golparian D,Alm RA,Huband M,Mueller J,Jensen JS,Ohnishi M,Unemo M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR was used to amplify a 238-bp region from Helicobacter pylori which corresponded to the quinolone resistance-determining region in Escherichia coli. The gyrA gene of H. pylori was cloned and sequenced. An open reading frame of 2,478 nucleotides coded for a polypeptide of 826 amino acids with a calculated molecular ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Moore RA,Beckthold B,Wong S,Kureishi A,Bryan LE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymyxins are often the only option to treat acquired multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Polymyxin susceptibility in P. aeruginosa PAO1 is associated with the lipopolysaccharide structure that is determined by arnBCADTEF and modulated by phoPQ and pmrAB. We examined five clonally unrelated clinical isolates ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barrow K,Kwon DH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used information available from routine clinic visits to characterize the pharmacokinetics of didanosine in 82 human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. A total of 271 blood samples were collected for the measurement of didanosine concentrations in plasma (mean +/- standard deviation [SD], 3.30 +/- 2.21 sampl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Adams JM,Shelton MJ,Hewitt RG,Grasela TH,DeRemer M,Morse GD

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel beta-lactamase gene, blaOXA-61, from Campylobacter jejuni GC015 was cloned and its nucleotide sequence determined. blaOXA-61 encodes a protein of 257 amino acids in which the active-site STFK tetrad and conserved class D beta-lactamase motifs YGN and KTG were identified. A conserved sequence upstream of blaOXA...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Alfredson DA,Korolik V

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human norovirus (HuNoV) is a major cause of nonbacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, yet despite its impact on society, vaccines and antivirals are currently lacking. A HuNoV replicon system has been widely applied to the evaluation of antiviral compounds and has thus accelerated the process of drug discovery against H...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kitano M,Hosmillo M,Emmott E,Lu J,Goodfellow I

更新日期：2018-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystathionine gamma-lyase (EC 4.4.1.1) was purified from Streptomyces cattleya, an actinomycete which produces the unusual beta-lactam antibiotic thienamycin. The enzyme displays broad substrate specificity and is similar to gamma-lyases purified from other microorganisms. That the gamma-lyase functions in vivo to pro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Williamson JM,Meyer R,Inamine E

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LpxC [UDP-3-O-(R-3-hydroxymyristoyl)-GlcNAc deacetylase] is a metalloamidase that catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of the lipid A component of lipopolysaccharide. A previous study (H. R. Onishi, B. A. Pelak, L. S. Gerckens, L. L. Silver, F. M. Kahan, M. H. Chen, A. A. Patchett, S. M. Galloway, S....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mdluli KE,Witte PR,Kline T,Barb AW,Erwin AL,Mansfield BE,McClerren AL,Pirrung MC,Tumey LN,Warrener P,Raetz CR,Stover CK

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolates of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, obtained from guinea pigs with experimentally induced Legionnaires disease, were tested for rifampin resistance. Thirteen isolates were from animals treated with rifampin alone, four isolates were from animals treated with saline, and three isolates each were from animal...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Edelstein PH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have described a strong association between respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in infancy and the development of recurrent wheezing and airway hyperresponsiveness. We evaluated the effect of an anti-RSV neutralizing monoclonal antibody (palivizumab) on different aspects of RSV disease by usin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mejías A,Chávez-Bueno S,Ríos AM,Saavedra-Lozano J,Fonseca Aten M,Hatfield J,Kapur P,Gómez AM,Jafri HS,Ramilo O

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibilities of five zanamivir-resistant and six oseltamivir-resistant influenza viruses were assessed against four neuraminidase (NA) inhibitors, including peramivir and A-315675, by a fluorometric NA activity inhibition assay. The enzyme activity of a majority of the variants was effectively inhibited by eit...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mishin VP,Hayden FG,Gubareva LV

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pace of resistance against antibiotics almost exceeds that of the development of new drugs. As many bacteria have become resistant to conventional antibiotics, new drugs or drug resources are badly needed to combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens, like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Antimicrobi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhao Z,Ma Y,Dai C,Zhao R,Li S,Wu Y,Cao Z,Li W

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SCCmec is a mobile genetic element that carries the gene (mecA) mediating methicillin resistance in staphylococci. For Staphylococcus aureus, four SCCmec types have been described, one (type IV) of which has been associated with newly identified community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus. However, the distribu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wisplinghoff H,Rosato AE,Enright MC,Noto M,Craig W,Archer GL

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the second quarter each of 1988, 1989, and 1990, a French collaborative study group, including 12 university hospital laboratories, surveyed the resistance to beta-lactams of clinical isolates from hospitalized patients: consecutively, 10,641, 10,692, and 9,382 isolates were tested. The distribution of bacteria...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sirot DL,Goldstein FW,Soussy CJ,Courtieu AL,Husson MO,Lemozy J,Meyran M,Morel C,Perez R,Quentin-Noury C

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00