Roles of gyrA mutations in resistance of clinical isolates and in vitro mutants of Bacteroides fragilis to the new fluoroquinolone trovafloxacin.

abstract：:The efficacy of clarithromycin in a murine model of acute toxoplasmosis was studied. Clarithromycin was administered alone and concurrently with minocycline, and efficacy was assessed by survival rates and sequential determination of parasite burden in blood, brains, and lungs. Limited protection resulted from adminis...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Derouin F,Caroff B,Chau F,Prokocimer P,Pocidalo JJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal diseases are generally difficult to treat and often fatal. The therapeutic agents available to treat fungi are limited, and there is a critical need for new agents to combat these deadly infections. Antifungal compound development has been hindered by the challenge of creating agents that are highly ac...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rank LA,Walsh NM,Liu R,Lim FY,Bok JW,Huang M,Keller NP,Gellman SH,Hull CM

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of bacteriophage therapy to treat infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria has now been well established using various animal models. While numerous newly isolated bacteriophages have been claimed to be potential therapeutic candidates on the basis of in vitro observations, the parameters used ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Henry M,Lavigne R,Debarbieux L

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protozoan parasites of the Leishmania donovani complex are the causative agents of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the most severe form of leishmaniasis, with high rates of mortality if left untreated. Leishmania parasites are transmitted to humans through the bite of infected female sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotominae), a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vacchina P,Norris-Mullins B,Abengózar MA,Viamontes CG,Sarro J,Stephens MT,Pfrender ME,Rivas L,Morales MA

更新日期：2016-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperbaric oxygen exposures were evaluated for treatment of progressive liver abscesses produced by intraperitoneal injection of combined cultures of Fusobacterium necrophorum plus either Bacteroides fragilis subsp. fragilis or Fusobacterium nucleatum in a mouse model. Infected control and hyperbaric oxygen-exposed mi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hill GB

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clofazimine (CFZ) is a poorly soluble antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drug indicated for the treatment of leprosy. In spite of its therapeutic value, CFZ therapy is accompanied by the formation of drug biocrystals that accumulate within resident tissue macrophages, without obvious toxicological manifestations. Theref...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yoon GS,Keswani RK,Sud S,Rzeczycki PM,Murashov MD,Koehn TA,Standiford TJ,Stringer KA,Rosania GR

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of susceptibility of 45 Proteus penneri clinical isolates to 14 antimicrobial agents were evaluated by a macrobroth dilution method. All strains were highly susceptible to ceftizoxime, ceftazidime, moxalactam, cefoxitin, gentamicin, tobramycin, netilmicin, and, with few exceptions, to amikacin, piperacillin, ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fuksa M,Krajden S,Lee A

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is significant interest in the development of mass spectrometry (MS) methods for antimicrobial resistance protein detection, given the ability of these methods to confirm protein expression. In this work, we studied the performance of a liquid chromatography, tandem MS multiple-reaction monitoring (LC-MS/MS MRM)...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wang H,Strich JR,Drake SK,Chen Y,Youn JH,Rosenberg AZ,Gucek M,Dekker JP,Suffredini AF

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic pathogen with increasing prevalence, which is able to cause infections in immunocompromised patients or in those with a previous pathology. The treatment of the infections caused by this bacterium is often complicated due to the several intrinsic antibiotic resistance m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Blanco P,Corona F,Sánchez MB,Martínez JL

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, randomized, and double-blind study comparing teicoplanin with vancomycin in the initial management of febrile neutropenic patients was conducted. Teicoplanin was administered at 6 mg per kg of body weight every 24 h (q24h) intravenously (i.v.) after initial loading at 6 mg/kg q12h for three doses. Vanco...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kureishi A,Jewesson PJ,Rubinger M,Cole CD,Reece DE,Phillips GL,Smith JA,Chow AW

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Portugal erythromycin resistance of 26.6% (n = 352) remained constant during 1998 to 2003, however in 1998 the MLS(B) phenotype dominated (85%), whereas in 2003 the M phenotype prevailed (77%). A decline in T12/emm22 MLS(B) isolates could partially explain the drop in this phenotype, but the rise of the M phenotype...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Silva-Costa C,Ramirez M,Melo-Cristino J,Portuguese Surveillance Group for the Study of Respiratory Pathogens.

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some Kelch mutations of the Plasmodium falciparum K13 protein confer increased survival to dihydroartemisinin (DHA)-treated ring-stage parasites. Here, we asked if K13 mutations affect a dormancy phenotype allowing parasites to survive DHA exposure and then sorbitol selection. Although recrudescence from dormancy diff...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Breglio KF,Rahman RS,Sá JM,Hott A,Roberts DJ,Wellems TE

更新日期：2018-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of long-term central venous catheter (LTCVC) infections by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in cancer patient is a challenge. The objectives of this study were to analyze outcomes in cancer patients with LTCVC-associated infection, identify risks for unfavorable outcomes, and determine the impact of M...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Freire MP,Pierrotti LC,Zerati AE,Benites L,da Motta-Leal Filho JM,Ibrahim KY,Araujo PH,Abdala E

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba spp. are the causative agents of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), which mainly occurs in contact lens wearers, and of skin lesions, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE), and disseminating diseases in the immunocompromised host. AK therapy is complex and irritating for the eye, skin lesions are difficult t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fürnkranz U,Nagl M,Gottardi W,Köhsler M,Aspöck H,Walochnik J

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:Susceptibility tests using 7 antimicrobial agents (carbenicillin, chloramphenicol, clindamycin, penicillin, cephalothin, metronidazole, and tetracycline) were run against 35 anaerobes including Bacteroides fragilis (17), other gram-negative bacilli (7), clostridia (5), peptococci (4), and eubacteria (2). Results in tr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Rosenblatt JE,Murray PR,Sonnenwirth AC,Joyce JL

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of GAR-936, the 9-t-butylglycylamido derivative of minocycline, were compared with those of doxycycline, minocycline, and tetracycline against 527 gram-positive clinical isolates. GAR-936 inhibited all strains, including those resistant to other tetracyclines, at concentrations of

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Boucher HW,Wennersten CB,Eliopoulos GM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to quantitate cefotaxime and its active metabolite, desacetyl cefotaxime, in the distal airways and to compare these levels to concentrations in plasma. Respiratory secretions were obtained from the subsegmental level in 17 adult patients undergoing fiber-optic bronchoscopy within 2 h a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fick RB Jr,Alexander MR,Prince RA,Kasik JE

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NS3/4A protease from hepatitis C virus (HCV) plays a key role in viral replication. We report a system for monitoring the activity of this enzyme in single living mammalian cells. We constructed a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) probe that consists of an enhanced cyan fluorescent protein-citrine fusi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sabariegos R,Picazo F,Domingo B,Franco S,Martinez MA,Llopis J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that certain anthraquinones (AQs) reduce Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation on hydroxyapatite at concentrations below the MIC. Although AQs are known to generate reactive oxygen species, the latter do not underlie the observed effect. Our results suggest that AQs inhibit S. mutans biofilm formation by ca...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Coenye T,Honraet K,Rigole P,Nadal Jimenez P,Nelis HJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility of pathogenic aerobic bacteria to moxalactam (LY127935) was compared by two methods, diffusion from 30-microgram disks and agar plate dilution. The two methods gave a satisfactory degree of correlation when compared by linear regression, but the slope of the linear regression was significantly steeper f...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hall WH,Opfer BJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of three newly developed quinolone drugs (T-3262, NY-198, and fleroxacin [AM-833; RO 23-6240]) against 10 strains of clinically isolated Chlamydia trachomatis were assessed and compared with those of other quinolones and minocycline. T-3262 (MIC for 90% of isolates tested, 0.1 microgram/ml) was...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Maeda H,Fujii A,Nakata K,Arakawa S,Kamidono S

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cluster of genes involved in antibiotic and heavy metal resistance has been characterized from a clinical isolate of the gram-negative bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. These genes include a macrolide phosphotransferase (mphBM) and a cadmium efflux determinant (cadA), together with the gene cadC coding for its...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Alonso A,Sanchez P,Martínez JL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opportunistic Gram-negative pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, known for its intrinsic and acquired antibiotic resistance, has a notorious ability to form biofilms, which often facilitate chronic infections. The evolutionary paths to antibiotic resistance have mainly been investigated in planktonic cultures and are ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ahmed MN,Porse A,Sommer MOA,Høiby N,Ciofu O

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloramphenicol acetyltransferases specified by fi(-) (F fertility-noninhibiting) R factors were compared with those specified by the fi(+) R factors R1, 222, and R6-S. Three classes of enzyme were distinguished: class I was determined by group N fi(-) R factors and was indistinguishable from the enzyme determined by ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Foster TJ,Shaw WV

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of Escherichia coli by isonicotinic acid hydrazide (isoniazid) is a function of the initial cell concentration, concentration of antibiotic, and chemical composition of the medium. An initial concentration of 5 x 10(5) cells/ml in a minimal medium is inhibited by 1 mM isoniazid. The E. coli cells are protec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tritz GJ

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid were compared with those of co-trimoxazole in the treatment of acute urinary tract infections. A total of 104 patients (mean age, 52 years) with clinical and laboratory evidence of acute urinary tract infection were enrolled in the study. Characteristics and infec...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Karachalios GN

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted this double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, randomized, multiple-ascending-dose study to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of GS-9851 (formerly PSI-7851) in treatment-naïve patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1. Thirty-two patients recei...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lawitz E,Rodriguez-Torres M,Denning JM,Albanis E,Cornpropst M,Berrey MM,Symonds WT

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred thirty nonimmune subjects living in Yaoundé, Cameroon, completed an 18-month prospective study on the efficacy and safety of weekly chloroquine and daily proguanil (chloroguanide) (Ch-P) in malaria prevention. A total of 9 of 78 Ch-P-treated subjects and 26 of 52 subjects who received no prophylaxis contra...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gozal D,Hengy C,Fadat G

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that the biguanide-based compound NB325 inhibits human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection by interacting with the CXCR4 viral coreceptor. This interaction also appeared to be persistent, since HIV-1 infection was inhibited even when the virus was introduced subsequent to the rem...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Thakkar N,Pirrone V,Passic S,Keogan S,Zhu W,Kholodovych V,Welsh W,Rando R,Labib M,Wigdahl B,Krebs FC

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00