Amino acid substitutions in a variant of IMP-1 metallo-beta-lactamase.

abstract：:The efficacy of ciprofloxacin for experimental aortic valve endocarditis in rabbits infected by either a methicillin-susceptible or a methicillin-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus was compared with standard therapy of nafcillin or vancomycin, respectively. After 4 days of therapy, ciprofloxacin reduced the cou...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Carpenter TC,Hackbarth CJ,Chambers HF,Sande MA

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to establish a screening system for xenosiderophores which can be utilized by mycobacteria, we generated a set of mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis that are blocked in different steps of the well-known iron acquisition system. One mutant with a block in mycobactin biosynthesis was generated from strain mc(2)...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Schumann G,Möllmann U

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 (HIV-1) variants were selected for resistance to the (+) and (-) enantiomers of a novel nucleoside analogue, 2'-deoxy-3'-oxa-4'-thio-5-fluorocytidine (dOTFC), by use of the infectious molecular clone HIV HXB2D and the human T-cell line MT-4. The dOTFC-resistant variants that w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Richard N,Salomon H,Rando R,Mansour T,Bowlin TL,Wainberg MA

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：: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：:Tuberculosis is a serious global health threat for which new treatments are urgently needed. This study examined the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of multiple ascending doses of the oxazolidinone PNU-100480 in healthy volunteers, using biomarkers for safety and efficacy. Subjects were ra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wallis RS,Jakubiec W,Kumar V,Bedarida G,Silvia A,Paige D,Zhu T,Mitton-Fry M,Ladutko L,Campbell S,Miller PF

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative biliary cefamandole concentrations were determined in 16 patients with hepatobiliary pathology. These included seven patients with cholelithiasis, five with acute cholecystitis, two with recurrent ascending cholangitis, and two with liver abscesses. Bile collected 0.5 to 2.5 h after the last antibiotic ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Uwaydah M,Kantarjian H,Osseiran M,Bal'a F

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria require at least one pathway to rescue ribosomes stalled at the ends of mRNAs. The primary pathway for ribosome rescue is trans-translation, which is conserved in >99% of sequenced bacterial genomes. Some species also have backup systems, such as ArfA or ArfB, which can rescue ribosomes in the absence of suff...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goralski TD,Dewan KK,Alumasa JN,Avanzato V,Place DE,Markley RL,Katkere B,Rabadi SM,Bakshi CS,Keiler KC,Kirimanjeswara GS

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Clarithromycin is compared with clindamycin for single-dose prophylaxis of streptococcal endocarditis in rats. Human-like kinetics of the two antibiotics prevented endocarditis in animals challenged with both small and large amounts of bacterial inocula. Clarithromycin was marginally superior to clindamycin against sm...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vermot D,Entenza JM,Vouillamoz J,Glauser MP,Moreillon P

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-four patients with recurrences of genital herpes were randomized in a double-blind trial to receive topical therapy for 5 days with either alpha-2a interferon at 30 X 10(6) IU/ml or 10 X 10(6) IU/ml or placebo six times daily. No differences were noted between either interferon dose and placebo with respect to ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Eron LJ,Toy C,Salsitz B,Scheer RR,Wood DL,Nadler PI

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to a published concern about the potency and quality of generic vancomycin products, the United States Food and Drug Administration investigated a small sampling of the vancomycin products available in North America with regard to purity, content, and potency. To facilitate identification of impurities, a ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hadwiger ME,Sommers CD,Mans DJ,Patel V,Boyne MT 2nd

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of LY 146032, a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic belonging to the class of agents designated A21978C, was compared with those of vancomycin, cefpirome, cefotaxime, and clindamycin against selected gram-positive bacteria. The new drug inhibited all staphylococcal isolates, including methicillin-resis...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Eliopoulos GM,Willey S,Reiszner E,Spitzer PG,Caputo G,Moellering RC Jr

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the inflammatory response to severe pneumonia is paramount in limiting and resolving the infection, excessive inflammation can lead to deleterious effects. We theorized that patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who were treated with macrolides and aspirin would receive benefit beyond that of c...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Falcone M,Russo A,Shindo Y,Farcomeni A,Pieralli F,Cangemi R,Liu J,Xia J,Okumura J,Sano M,Jones C,Vannucchi V,Mancone M,Micek S,Xu F,Violi F,Kollef M

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 10(6) compounds were evaluated in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) high-throughput antiviral screen, resulting in the identification of a novel HIV-1 inhibitor (UK-201844). UK-201844 exhibited antiviral activity against HIV-1 NL4-3 in MT-2 and PM1 cells, with 50% effective concentrations of 1.3 ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Blair WS,Cao J,Jackson L,Jimenez J,Peng Q,Wu H,Isaacson J,Butler SL,Chu A,Graham J,Malfait AM,Tortorella M,Patick AK

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an immunocompetent murine model of invasive aspergillosis (IA), we previously reported that the efficacy of liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB) (Ambisome) is not hampered by the presence of azole resistance mutations in Aspergillus fumigatus (S. Seyedmousavi, W. J. G. Melchers, J. W. Mouton, and P. E. Verweij, Anti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Seyedmousavi S,Mouton JW,Melchers WJG,Verweij PE

更新日期：2017-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of meningococcal disease occurred among basic combat trainees at Fort Lewis, Wash., in the first 3 months of 1971. After five recruits developed meningitis within a 2-week period, 8,721 recruits were given 100 mg of minocycline every 12 hr for 5 days. No new cases of meningococcal disease occurred for almo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Guttler RB,Beaty HN

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic data on potassium release from and killing of Candida albicans by the four polyene antibiotics amphotericin B, amphotericin B methyl ester hydrochloride, nystatin, and nystatin methyl ester hydrochloride are presented. The nystatins were relatively more effective than the amphotericins in causing potassium rel...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen WC,Chou DL,Feingold DS

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gatifloxacin is an 8-methoxy fluoroquinolone effective against a broad spectrum of pathogens common in pediatric infections. The safety and pharmacokinetics of a single dose of gatifloxacin were studied in pediatric patients from 6 months to 16 years of age. Seventy-six pediatric patients (average age, 6.7 +/- 5.0 yea...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Capparelli EV,Reed MD,Bradley JS,Kearns GL,Jacobs RF,Damle BD,Blumer JL,Grasela DM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major concern of immunocompromised patients, in particular those with AIDS, is susceptibility to infection caused by opportunistic pathogens such as Pneumocystis jirovecii, which is a leading cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. We report the first kinetic and structural data for 2,4-diamino-6-[(2',5'-d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cody V,Pace J,Queener SF,Adair OO,Gangjee A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in liaFSR, a three-component regulatory system controlling cell-envelope stress response, were recently linked with the emergence of daptomycin (DAP) resistance in enterococci. Our previous work showed that a liaF mutation increased the DAP MIC of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis strain from 1 to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Munita JM,Panesso D,Diaz L,Tran TT,Reyes J,Wanger A,Murray BE,Arias CA

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of the constitutively produced beta-lactamase (Bla) gene from Enterococcus faecalis HH22 was shown to be identical to the published sequences of three of four staphylococcal type A beta-lactamase genes; more differences were seen with the genes for staphylococcal type C and D enzymes. One hundr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zscheck KK,Murray BE

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbapenem resistance rates in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Colombia, as in many South American countries, are high for reasons that remain unclear. From our nationwide network, we describe the first detection of the metallo-beta-lactamase VIM-2 in clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa from multiple cities within C...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Villegas MV,Lolans K,del Rosario Olivera M,Suarez CJ,Correa A,Queenan AM,Quinn JP,Colombian Nosocomial Resistance Study Group.

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with newly diagnosed cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis were treated with an induction regimen of intravenous foscarnet, 60 mg/kg of body weight, administered as a 2-h infusion and repeated every 8 h for 14 days. At the end of induction, 9 of 10 patients had stabilized...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jacobson MA,O'Donnell JJ,Mills J

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moxifloxacin has shown excellent activity against drug-sensitive as well as drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), thus confirming DNA gyrase as a clinically validated target for discovering novel anti-TB agents. We have identified novel inhibitors in the pyrrolamide class which kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis through inhi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： P SH,Solapure S,Mukherjee K,Nandi V,Waterson D,Shandil R,Balganesh M,Sambandamurthy VK,Raichurkar AK,Deshpande A,Ghosh A,Awasthy D,Shanbhag G,Sheikh G,McMiken H,Puttur J,Reddy J,Werngren J,Read J,Kumar M,R M,Chi

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Five R plasmids transferred from Asian strains of Vibrio cholerae all proved to be members of compatibility group C. A non-self-transmissible plasmid, stable in V. cholerae, was mobilized for transfer to Escherichia coli K-12 and found to be unstably inherited in that host. Plasmids of group C and P transferred to a w...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hedges RW,Vialard JL,Pearson NJ,O'Grady F

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminoglycoside acetyltransferase was detected in Mycobacterium kansasii and M. fortuitum but not in M. avium-M. intracellulare when they were screened by a radioassay. Aminoglycoside phosphotransferase and nucleotidyltransferase activities were absent from all three species tested. Acetyltransferases from both M. kans...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ho II,Chan CY,Cheng AF

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acid, oxgall, and H(2)O(2) on susceptibilities to antibiotics and nisin were examined for 13 strains of bifidobacteria. Susceptibilities to ampicillin, cloxacillin, penicillin, vancomycin, kanamycin, neomycin, paramomycin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, tetracycline, and nisin A were assay...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kheadr E,Dabour N,Le Lay C,Lacroix C,Fliss I

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid cultures of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain in Mueller-Hinton broth diluted at rates higher than the bacterial growth rate showed the expected decrease in CFU only for 1 to 2 h. Later the CFU started to increase. This phenomenon can be explained by a hypothesis that assumes that the bacteria multiply in two dif...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Haag R,Lexa P,Werkhäuser I

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 18-amino-acid cationic, tryptophan-rich ApoEdpL-W peptide derived from human ApoE apolipoprotein was shown to have antifungal activity against pathogenic yeasts of the Candida genus (except C. glabrata). ApoEdpL-W was active against planktonic cells and early-stage biofilms but less active against mature biofilms,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rossignol T,Kelly B,Dobson C,d'Enfert C

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00