Activities and postantibiotic effects of gemifloxacin compared to those of 11 other agents against Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis.

abstract：:Thirty-five strains of Pasteurella multocida from humans and animals were tested for susceptibility to five cephalosporins by a broth dilution method. Cefcanel showed high activity against all isolates (MIC and MBC, less than or equal to 0.64 micrograms/ml). The corresponding figure for cefaclor and cefuroxime was 2.5...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Holst E,Rollof J,Miörner H

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The only human cathelicidin, the 37-residue peptide LL-37, exhibits antimicrobial activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. We studied the ability of several fragments of LL-37, exhibiting different antimicrobial activities, to interact with membranes whose compositions mimic the cytoplasmic memb...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Epand RF,Wang G,Berno B,Epand RM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indwelling device infections are associated with considerable morbidity and extremely high cost. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most frequent gram-negative etiologic agent associated with infections of indwelling catheters and foreign body implants. It is generally agreed that eradication of infection in the presence o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brouqui P,Rousseau MC,Stein A,Drancourt M,Raoult D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty group G streptococcal stains were collected from Chinese children. Susceptibility testing was done by a double-dilution and a disk diffusion method. PCR was used to test drug-resistant genes, and the χ(2) test and definite probability methods were used to test for statistically significant differences among the...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yin J,Yu S,Liu X,Li Y,Gao W,Ma X,Yang Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiviral activity of zinc salts against rhinovirus types 1A and 39 was assayed by yield reduction and inhibition of cytopathic effect in cell culture. The findings indicate that the zinc salts tested have low in vitro therapeutic indices and suggest that the possible beneficial effects of zinc lozenges in reducin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Geist FC,Bateman JA,Hayden FG

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural analysis of two new beta-lactam antibiotics, A16884A and A16886B, indicated that they, like cephalosporin C, were composed of modified valine and cysteine residues, and alpha-aminoadipic acid. However, acid hydrolysis of A16886B and A16884A produced three times as much glycine as did hydrolysis of cephalosp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brannon DR,Mabe JA,Ellis R,Whitney JG,Nagarajan R

更新日期：1972-03-01 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：:Increased expression of chromosomal genes for resistance-nodulation-cell division (RND)-type efflux systems plays a major role in the multidrug resistance (MDR) of Acinetobacter baumannii. However, the relative contributions of the three most prevalent pumps, AdeABC, AdeFGH, and AdeIJK, have not been evaluated in clin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Yoon EJ,Courvalin P,Grillot-Courvalin C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis is one of the most frequent causes of device-associated infections, because it is known to cause biofilms that grow on catheters or other surgical implants. The persistent increasing resistance of S. epidermidis and other coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) has driven the need for newer ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hou Z,Da F,Liu B,Xue X,Xu X,Zhou Y,Li M,Li Z,Ma X,Meng J,Jia M,Wang Y,Luo X

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae strains have spread worldwide and become a major threat in health care facilities. Transmission of blaKPC, the plasmid-borne KPC gene, can be mediated by clonal spread and horizontal transfer. Here, we report the complete nucleotide sequences of two nov...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chen L,Chavda KD,Melano RG,Hong T,Rojtman AD,Jacobs MR,Bonomo RA,Kreiswirth BN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The VanR-VanS two-component system is responsible for inducing resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics in various bacteria. We have performed a comparative study of the VanR-VanS systems from two streptomyces strains, Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces toyocaensis, to characterize how the two proteins cooperate t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Novotna GB,Kwun MJ,Hong HJ

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the activity of delavirdine (DLV) plus zidovudine (AZT) (n = 300) with that of AZT (n = 297) against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. DLV exerted a transient antiviral effect, and mutations for resistance to DLV were found in more than 90% of subj...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Joly V,Moroni M,Concia E,Lazzarin A,Hirschel B,Jost J,Chiodo F,Bentwich Z,Love WC,Hawkins DA,Wilkins EG,Gatell AJ,Vetter N,Greenwald C,Freimuth WW,de Cian W

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronidazole (MDZ) and related 5-nitroimidazoles are the recommended drugs for treatment of trichomoniasis, a sexually transmitted disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. However, novel treatment options are needed, as recent reports have claimed resistance to these drugs in T. vaginalis isola...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mallo N,Lamas J,Leiro JM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is concern about the rise of antifungal drug resistance, but little is known about comparative biological properties and pathogenicity of drug-resistant strains. We generated fluconazole (FLC; CO23 RFLC)- or micafungin (FK; CO23 RFK)-resistant strains of Candida albicans by treating a FLC- and FK-susceptible str...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Angiolella L,Stringaro AR,De Bernardis F,Posteraro B,Bonito M,Toccacieli L,Torosantucci A,Colone M,Sanguinetti M,Cassone A,Palamara AT

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:6-Nonadecynoic acid (6-NDA), a plant-derived acetylenic acid, exhibits strong inhibitory activity against the human fungal pathogens Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Trichophyton mentagrophytes. In the present study, transcriptional profiling coupled with mutant and biochemical analyses were conducted usin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Xu T,Tripathi SK,Feng Q,Lorenz MC,Wright MA,Jacob MR,Mask MM,Baerson SR,Li XC,Clark AM,Agarwal AK

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tiacumicins B and C are members of a novel group of 18-membered macrolide antibiotics with in vitro activity against Clostridium difficile. The MICs against 15 strains of C. difficile were 0.12 to 0.25 microgram/ml for tiacumicin B, 0.25 to 1 microgram/ml for tiacumicin C, and 0.5 to 1 microgram/ml for vancomycin. The...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Swanson RN,Hardy DJ,Shipkowitz NL,Hanson CW,Ramer NC,Fernandes PB,Clement JJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of two investigational quinolones, sparfloxacin (previously designated AT 4140) and PD 127391, were determined for 30 strains each of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma hominis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum and compared with those of ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, clindamycin, and erythromycin. Eryt...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Waites KB,Duffy LB,Schmid T,Crabb D,Pate MS,Cassell GH

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two ceftazidime-resistant variants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA-48, PA-60), obtained from cardiac vegetations of rabbits with endocarditis receiving ceftazidime therapy, were studied for mechanisms of resistance. Both resistant variants were stably derepressed for the type Id beta-lactamase, which was ceftazidime ind...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bayer AS,Peters J,Parr TR Jr,Chan L,Hancock RE

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lantibiotics such as nisin (NIS) are peptide antibiotics that may have a role in the chemotherapy of bacterial infections. A perceived benefit of lantibiotics for clinical use is their low propensity to select resistance, although detailed resistance studies with relevant bacterial pathogens are lacking. Here we exami...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Blake KL,Randall CP,O'Neill AJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous nitric oxide (NO) has antimycobacterial properties. We tested the hypothesis that exogenous (inhaled) NO can be safely delivered and can accelerate airway disinfection for pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated with standard therapy. Exogenous NO administered at 80 ppm for 72 h can be safely delivered but ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Long R,Jones R,Talbot J,Mayers I,Barrie J,Hoskinson M,Light B

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to clarify the clarithromycin resistance mechanisms of β-lactamase-nonproducing ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae strains. In all clarithromycin-resistant strains, the transcript level of acrB was significantly elevated, and these strains had a frameshift mutation in acrR Introducti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Seyama S,Wajima T,Nakaminami H,Noguchi N

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of two prodrugs of zidovudine (AZT), 1,4-dihydro-1-methyl-3-[(pyridylcarbonyl)oxy] ester and isoleucinyl ester (DPAZT and IAZT, respectively), were investigated in a rabbit model to determine their potential utility as drugs against human immunodeficiency virus. Drugs were administered by intraven...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lupia RH,Ferencz N,Lertora JJ,Aggarwal SK,George WJ,Agrawal KC

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PER-2 was the first detected and the second most prevalent extended-spectrum beta-lactamase in clinical pathogens isolated in Argentina and was also reported only in other South American countries. Citrobacter freundii 33587 was isolated in 1999 in Buenos Aires and was resistant to all tested beta-lactams except cepha...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Power P,Di Conza J,Rodríguez MM,Ghiglione B,Ayala JA,Casellas JM,Radice M,Gutkind G

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of trimethoprim plus dapsone against oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was comparable to that of trimethoprim plus sulfamethoxazole. Because of its different pharmacologic properties, dapsone may be a useful agent in combination with trimethoprim for the treatment of patients colonized wi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lambertus MW,Kwok RY,Mulligan ME

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput screening of transposon insertion libraries is a useful strategy for unveiling bacterial genes whose inactivation results in an altered susceptibility to antibiotics. A potential drawback of these studies is they are usually based on just one model antibiotic for each structural family, under the assum...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sanz-García F,Alvarez-Ortega C,Olivares-Pacheco J,Blanco P,Martínez JL,Hernando-Amado S

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba keratitis is a severe ocular infection secondary to accidental macro- or microscopic trauma of the cornea. Starting in 1985, a dramatic increase of this infection was recorded along with the spread of contact lens use. This protozoal disease is difficult to treat because of the scarcity of efficacious top...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gatti S,Cevini C,Bruno A,Penso G,Rama P,Scaglia M

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisera produced against envelope fractions of tetracycline-resistant Escherichia coli and supernatant fluid of disrupted cells of tetracycline-resistant Salmonella typhi were adsorbed with the corresponding fractions of susceptible cultures. With these sera, cross-reacting antigens were demonstrated in the following...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Boldur I,Sompolinsky D

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics, distribution, and plasma and renal clearance of a new aminoglycoside antibiotic, tobramycin, was studied in the treatment of 18 elderly male patients (average age, 69 years) with urinary tract infections. Ten of these patients had normal renal function and eight had impaired renal function of var...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Naber KG,Westenfelder SR,Madsen PO

更新日期：1973-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We administered 1 g of imipenem along with equal amounts of cilastatin (a dehydropeptidase I inhibitor) or 2 g of moxalactam intravenously over a period of 30 min to six volunteers in a crossover manner 1 week apart. The antibiotic concentrations and pharmacokinetics for each drug were determined and integrated with t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Standiford HC,Drusano GL,Bustamante CI,Rivera G,Forrest A,Tatem B,Leslie J,Moody M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antituberculosis drugs display large pharmacokinetic variability, which may be influenced by several factors, including body size, genetic differences, and drug-drug interactions. We set out to determine these factors, quantify their effect, and determine the dose adjustments necessary for optimal drug concentrations....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sekaggya-Wiltshire C,Chirehwa M,Musaazi J,von Braun A,Buzibye A,Muller D,Gutteck U,Motta I,Calcagno A,Fehr JS,Kambugu A,Castelnuovo B,Lamorde M,Denti P

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00