In vitro activities of the glycylcycline GAR-936 against gram-positive bacteria.

abstract：:Desbutyl-benflumetol (DBB) is a novel antimalarial compound closely related to benflumetol (lumefantrine), of which it is a putative metabolite. The in vitro response of Plasmodium falciparum to DBB was studied in Mae Hong Son and Mae Sot, in northwest Thailand, in 1997 and 1998. In total, 155 fresh isolates were succ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Noedl H,Allmendinger T,Prajakwong S,Wernsdorfer G,Wernsdorfer WH

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, a pathogen associated with aggressive periodontitis, resists phagocytic killing by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs). It is susceptible to ciprofloxacin, which PMNs actively accumulate. This study tested the hypothesis that ciprofloxacin-loaded PMNs are more effective at killing...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cacchillo DA,Walters JD

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous mutants of susceptible clinical and laboratory isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae exhibiting reduced susceptibility to evernimicin (SCH27899; MIC, 0.5 to 4.0 mg/liter) were selected on plates containing evernimicin. Four isolates that did not harbor mutations in rplP (which encodes ribosomal protein L16)...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Adrian PV,Mendrick C,Loebenberg D,McNicholas P,Shaw KJ,Klugman KP,Hare RS,Black TA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases (KPCs) by Enterobacteriaceae has become a significant problem in recent years. To identify factors that could predict isolation of KPC-producing K. pneumoniae (KPCKP) in clinical samples from hospitalized patients, we conducted a retrospective, matched (1:2) case-...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tumbarello M,Trecarichi EM,Tumietto F,Del Bono V,De Rosa FG,Bassetti M,Losito AR,Tedeschi S,Saffioti C,Corcione S,Giannella M,Raffaelli F,Pagani N,Bartoletti M,Spanu T,Marchese A,Cauda R,Viscoli C,Viale P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the efficacy of using multiple mechanisms as part of a topical microbicide to inactivate herpes simplex virus (HSV) by combining theaflavin-3,3'-digallate (TF-3) and lactic acid (LA) over the pH range of 4.0 to 5.7 to mimic conditions in the female reproductive tract. Six clinical isolates o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Isaacs CE,Xu W

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MurG and MraY, essential enzymes involved in the synthesis of bacterial peptidoglycan, are difficult to assay because the substrates are lipidic and hard to prepare in large quantities. Based on the use of Escherichia coli membranes lacking PBP1b, we report a high-throughput method to measure the activity of MurG and,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ravishankar S,Kumar VP,Chandrakala B,Jha RK,Solapure SM,de Sousa SM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term therapeutic and toxic effects of 9-[2-(phosphonomethoxy)propyl]adenine (PMPA) were evaluated in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected newborn rhesus macaques. Four untreated SIV-infected newborn macaques developed persistently high levels of viremia, and three of the four animals had rapidly fatal...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Van Rompay KK,Cherrington JM,Marthas ML,Berardi CJ,Mulato AS,Spinner A,Tarara RP,Canfield DR,Telm S,Bischofberger N,Pedersen NC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated 40 million women of reproductive age are infected with one of three species of the waterborne parasite Schistosoma spp. Treatment with praziquantel (PZQ) via mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns is the mainstay of schistosomiasis control for populations living in areas of endemicity. The World Health ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bustinduy AL,Kolamunnage-Dona R,Mirochnick MH,Capparelli EV,Tallo V,Acosta LP,Olveda RM,Friedman JF,Hope WW

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Minocycline and valproic acid are potential adjuvant therapies for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated cognitive impairment. The purpose of this study was to determine whether minocycline alone or in combination with valproic acid affected atazanavir plasma concentrations. Twelve adult HIV-i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： DiCenzo R,Peterson DR,Cruttenden K,Mariuz P,Rezk NL,Hochreiter J,Gelbard H,Schifitto G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mycobacterial embCAB operon encodes arabinosyl transferases, putative targets of the antimycobacterial agent ethambutol (EMB). Mutations in embB lead to resistance to EMB in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The basis for natural, intrinsic resistance to EMB in nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is not known; neither is ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Alcaide F,Pfyffer GE,Telenti A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of vancomycin and flavophospholipol (FPL) on the transfer rate of conjugative plasmids harboring the vancomycin resistance operon vanA was determined in several clinical and animal isolates of Enterococcus faecium. FPL significantly inhibited the frequency of transfer of conjugative VanA plasmids up to 7...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Riedl S,Ohlsen K,Werner G,Witte W,Hacker J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete and the causative agent of Lyme disease, has been reported to be susceptible to a variety of antimicrobial agents. In this investigation, the action of vancomycin, a glycopeptide antibiotic not previously known to have activity against spirochetes, against borrelias was examined. The...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dever LL,Jorgensen JH,Barbour AG

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TEM-28 (pI 6.1), expressed by an Escherichia coli clinical isolate, is a novel beta-lactamase which hydrolyzed ceftazidime, cefotaxime, and aztreonam with rates of 25, 1.1, and 5.6, respectively, relative to that for benzylpenicillin (100). The nucleotide sequence of blaTEM-28 differed from that of blaTEM-1 by two bas...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bradford PA,Jacobus NV,Bhachech N,Bush K

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:We conducted a randomized controlled trial of orally administered amifloxacin versus trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) as treatments of acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women. Amifloxacin at a dosage of 200 mg twice a day appeared as safe and effective as TMP-SMX, but amifloxacin at 400 mg twice a d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Boyko EJ,Iravani A,Silverman MH,Schelling DJ,Wright RA

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presently, therapy of eumycetoma in Sudan is still based on surgery combined with prolonged ketoconazole therapy. This usually results in a poor clinical outcome. To determine if posaconazole and terbinafine could offer better therapeutic alternatives, the in vitro susceptibilities of 34 Madurella mycetomatis strains ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： van Belkum A,Fahal AH,van de Sande WW

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new fluorinated oxazolidinones, U-100592 and U-100766, were evaluated against more than 659 gram-positive and -negative organisms and compared with glycopeptides, erythromycin, clindamycin, clinafloxacin, and chloramphenicol. U-100592 and U-100766 were usually equally potent, but the MICs at which 90% of the isola...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jones RN,Johnson DM,Erwin ME

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten strains each of 18 clinically important species of Clostridium were tested for susceptibility to clindamycin. Of the 180 strains tested, 56 (31%) were resistant to more than 1.6 mug/ml. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wilkins TD,Thiel T

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of acidification and alkalinization of the urine on the pharmacokinetics of cinoxacin was examined after single 500-mg oral doses were administered to nine healthy male volunteers. Acidic and alkaline conditions were achieved by repeated oral doses of ammonium chloride or sodium bicarbonate, respectively. P...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barbhaiya RH,Gerber AU,Craig WA,Welling PG

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The class 1 integron In28, found in the multidrug resistance transposon Tn1403, was found to be located in the res site of the backbone transposon and is flanked by a 5-bp direct duplication, indicating that it reached this position by transposition. In28 has a backbone structure related to that of In4, but has lost i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Partridge SR,Recchia GD,Stokes HW,Hall RM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cpx stress response is widespread among Enterobacteriaceae We previously reported a mutation in cpxA in a multidrug-resistant strain of Klebsiella aerogenes isolated from a patient treated with imipenem. This mutation yields a single-amino-acid substitution (Y144N) located in the periplasmic sensor domain of CpxA....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Masi M,Pinet E,Pagès JM

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether cells derived from the fetal central nervous system can support productive infection by a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolate termed UHC-1, produced by a cellular clone derived from HIV-1 strain HIV-IIIB chronically infected U-937 promonocytic cells, and what the effect of nucle...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Geleziunas R,Arts EJ,Boulerice F,Goldman H,Wainberg MA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enterococcal peptide AS-48 exerts a concentration-dependent bactericidal effect on Enterococcus faecalis subsp. liquefaciens S-47; cell rescue by cardiolipin and trypsin can be effected only in the first few minutes after antibiotic addition. Gramicidin-exposed cells are protected from killing by AS-48. Long-term ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Galvez A,Valdivia E,Martinez M,Maqueda M

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine adult patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection and oral candidiasis were randomly assigned to receive either one fluconazole capsule (100 mg) or five clotrimazole troches (10 mg each) daily for 14 days. Among 36 evaluable patients, clinical resolution rates were 100 and 65%, respectively (P = 0...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Koletar SL,Russell JA,Fass RJ,Plouffe JF

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic foot ulcer treatment currently focuses on targeting bacterial biofilms, while dismissing fungi. To investigate this, we used an in vitro biofilm model containing bacteria and fungi, reflective of the wound environment, to test the impact of antimicrobials. Here we showed that while monotreatment approaches in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Townsend EM,Sherry L,Kean R,Hansom D,Mackay WG,Williams C,Butcher J,Ramage G

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The absorption and excretion of equivalent doses of ampicillin, pivampicillin, and amoxycillin were compared in 10 healthy volunteers after administration of these antibiotics in a randomized triple crossover fashion. As recommended, ampicillin and amoxycillin were administered on an empty stomach, whereas pivampicill...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Verbist L

更新日期：1974-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to rifampin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis results from mutations in the gene coding for the beta subunit of RNA polymerase (rpoB). At least 95% of rifampin-resistant isolates have mutations in rpoB, and the mutations are clustered in a small region. About 40 distinct point mutations and in-frame insertions ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Morlock GP,Plikaytis BB,Crawford JT

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study demonstrates the in vitro effectiveness of the macrolide rokitamycin and the phenothiazine compound chlorpromazine against Acanthamoeba castellanii. Growth curve evaluations revealed that both drugs inhibit trophozoite growth in dose- and time-dependent ways. The effects of both drugs when they were ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mattana A,Biancu G,Alberti L,Accardo A,Delogu G,Fiori PL,Cappuccinelli P

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacodynamic effects of metronidazole on Trichomonas vaginalis have been poorly characterized. The present in vitro study was performed to characterize the relationship between killing of trichomonads and metronidazole exposure (metronidazole concentration and time of exposure). Five laboratory strains and five...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nix DE,Tyrrell R,Müller M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to β-lactam antibiotics is a frequent problem in Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. This resistance is mainly due to the hyperproduction of chromosomally encoded β-lactamase and biofilm formation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of β-lactamase in th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hengzhuang W,Ciofu O,Yang L,Wu H,Song Z,Oliver A,Høiby N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00