Efficacy of gatifloxacin in experimental Escherichia coli meningitis.

abstract：:This work reports, for the first time, the presence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Moreover, this is the first report of the NDM-1 presence in the Balkan region. Cosmid gene libraries of carbapenem-nonsusceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates MMA83 and MMA533 were scre...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jovcic B,Lepsanovic Z,Suljagic V,Rackov G,Begovic J,Topisirovic L,Kojic M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of OPC-17116 by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes was studied by comparison with three other new quinolones, ofloxacin, levofloxacin, and DR-3354. The intracellular/extracellular concentration ratio was the highest for OPC-17116, being 66.2, followed by 9.8 for levofloxacin, 7.6 for ofloxacin, and 5....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Taira K,Koga H,Kohno S

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is increasingly being isolated from the respiratory tract of individuals with cystic fibrosis, and, because of its multidrug-resistant nature, the selection of suitable treatment regimens can be problematical. Etest methodology was used to facilitate MIC and antimicrobial combination testi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Milne KE,Gould IM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weak T-cell reactivity to hepatitis B virus (HBV) is thought to be the dominant cause for chronic HBV infection. Treatment with adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) increases the rate of HBV e antigen (HBeAg) loss; however, the immune mechanisms associated with this treatment response are not understood. Serial analysis of HBV-sp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cooksley H,Chokshi S,Maayan Y,Wedemeyer H,Andreone P,Gilson R,Warnes T,Paganin S,Zoulim F,Frederick D,Neumann AU,Brosgart CL,Naoumov NV

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical isolate of Bacteroides vulgatus was resistant to tetracycline, clindamycin, ampicillin, cephaloridine, cefoxitin, and other beta-lactam antibiotics except imipenem. beta-Lactam resistance was mediated by a membrane-associated, clavulanate-sensitive cephalosporinase capable of degrading cephalosporins and pe...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Parker AC,Smith CJ

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of new antifungal compounds, invasive aspergillosis carries high morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. In vitro studies and animal models suggest that the adoptive transfer of natural killer (NK) cells might be a promising immunotherapeutic option in this se...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Schmidt S,Schubert R,Tramsen L,Lehrnbecher T

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Penetration of cefpiramide and cefazolin into a specific extravascular fluid was measured with rabbits bearing capsules in the peritoneal cavity. A general feature of slow accumulation and elimination of drugs from extravascular sites having low surface area/volume ratios has also been observed in this study. The caps...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Matsui H,Okuda T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penetration of cefprozil into the middle ear fluid was investigated in patients with chronic otitis media. A total of 89 patients ranging from 7 months to 11 years old participated in the study. The middle ear fluid was removed by ventilation tubes inserted through the tympanic membrane at times ranging from 0.38 to 5...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shyu WC,Haddad J,Reilly J,Khan WN,Campbell DA,Tsai Y,Barbhaiya RH

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively evaluated serum aminoglycoside (AMG) concentrations in 120 patients who received gentamicin or tobramycin for serious gram-negative bacillary disease. AMG serum concentrations were assayed by microbiological and radioimmunoassay techniques. Correlation between the two assay methods was good. When AMG ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Reymann MT,Bradac JA,Cobbs CG,Dismukes WE

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to ceftazidime, detected in isolates of Escherichia coli 5518 and Enterobacter gergoviae 3773 from our hospital, was transferred, together with resistance to aminoglycosides, trimethoprim, sulfonamide, and other beta-lactam antibiotics, by conjugation to E. coli JP559. Both E. coli transconjugants were resi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cheng Y,Chen M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo activity of human immunoglobulin M monoclonal antibody IN-2A8, which is specific for flagellum type b of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, was evaluated in comparison to anti-O antigen (serotype B) MAb KO-2F2 and in combination with antibiotics. IN-2A8 showed stronger activity than KO-2F2 against subcutaneous infect...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Uezumi I,Terashima M,Kohzuki T,Kato M,Irie K,Ochi H,Noguchi H

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum and milk concentrations of rifamycin SV and rifampin were determined in lactating ewes after a single intravenous injection, and pharmacokinetic parameters were evaluated by the two-compartment open-system model. Rifampin was distributed throughout a greater volume than rifamycin SV and was eliminated more slowl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ziv G,Sulman FG

更新日期：1974-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified recombinant protein encoded by the BXLF-I open reading frame of the Epstein-Barr virus genome has thymidine kinase activity. The substrate behaviors of various nucleosides toward this enzyme were tested. Halogenated deoxyuridines, zidovudine, and bromovinyldeoxyuridine are efficient substrates, while acyclovi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Tung PP,Summers WC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of various test meals and fluid volumes on the relative bioavailability of commercial formulations of doxycycline hyclate and tetracycline hydrochloride was studied in healthy human volunteers. Serum levels of tetracycline were uniformly reduced by approximately 50% by all test meals, whereas serum level...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Welling PG,Koch PA,Lau CC,Craig WA

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial adaptation to external stresses and toxic compounds is a key step in the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains that are a serious threat to human health. Although some of the proteins and regulators involved in antibiotic resistance mechanisms have been described, no information is available to date conce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dupont M,James CE,Chevalier J,Pagès JM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MICs of three new antimicrobial agents of different classes, U-70138F, roxithromycin (RU 965), and ofloxacin (ORF 18489), versus Chlamydia trachomatis in McCoy cell cultures were 0.25, 0.8, and 1.0 microgram/ml, respectively. For each test drug, the MIC and MBC were identical or were within 1 dilution of one anoth...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Stamm WE,Suchland R

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-L-2',3'-Dideoxy-5-fluorocytidine (beta-L-FddC), a novel cytidine analog with an unnatural beta-L sugar configuration, has been demonstrated by our group and others to exhibit highly selective in vitro activity against human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 and hepatitis B virus. This encouraging in vitro anti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Martin LT,Cretton-Scott E,Schinazi RF,Zhou XJ,McClure HM,Mathe C,Gosselin G,Imbach JL,Sommadossi JP

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 4,226 Spanish clinical isolates of Candida spp. were analyzed to assess resistance to voriconazole according to breakpoints established by the European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (where susceptibility [S] to voriconazole corresponds to a MIC of ≤ 0.12 mg/liter). Resistance was uncomm...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cuenca-Estrella M,Gomez-Lopez A,Cuesta I,Zaragoza O,Mellado E,Rodriguez-Tudela JL,Antifungal Subcommittee of European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing.

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the biochemical mechanisms associated with inhibition and resistance to a 4,5-dihydroxypyrimidine carboxylate that inhibits the hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase NS5B. On the basis of the structure of the pharmacophore, it has been suggested that these compounds may act as pyrophosphate (...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Powdrill MH,Deval J,Narjes F,De Francesco R,Götte M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice treated with antibiotics early or late after active infection had resolved were examined for chlamydial DNA in endocervical swabs. The early eradication of infection limited oviduct pathology, despite the continued detection of chlamydial DNA by nested PCR. Late antibiotic treatment had no effect on the ability t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Reeves DM,Nagarajan U,O'Connell C,Andrews CW Jr,Darville T

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：:Enterococcus faecium has emerged as a major opportunistic pathogen for 2 decades with the spread of hospital-adapted multidrug-resistant clones. As members of the intestinal microbiota, they are subjected to numerous bacterial stresses, including antibiotics at subinhibitory concentrations (SICs). Since fluoroquinolon...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sinel C,Cacaci M,Meignen P,Guérin F,Davies BW,Sanguinetti M,Giard JC,Cattoir V

更新日期：2017-04-24 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：: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：:Three Haemophilus parainfluenzae strains isolated from the urogenital tract harbored a beta-lactamase-coding 3.2-megadalton plasmid identical, by restriction endonuclease digestion and hybridization with radioactive and biotin-labeled probes specific for the TEM-1 beta-lactamase and TnA sequences, to the 3.2-megadalto...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Martel AY,Gosselin P,Ouellette M,Roy PH,Bergeron MG

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistant to either gentamicin or carbenicillin have been noted since their introduction into clinical use. During a 6-month period, twice-weekly cultures were obtained from all patients treated with either gentamicin or carbenicillin and from all patients with a positive culture for ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gaman W,Cates C,Snelling CF,Lank B,Ronald AR

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population distributions and quality control data for strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa tested for gentamicin susceptibility on six lots of Mueller-Hinton agar were analyzed. The lots of agar were used in three University of Washington hospitals from April 1975 through October 1977. The analyses indicated that the per...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pollock HM,Minshew BH,Kenny MA,Schoenknecht FD

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrolide antibiotics are used as anti-inflammatory agents, e.g., for prevention of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis. Several studies have shown improved outcomes after the addition of macrolides to β-lactam antibiotics for treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia. How...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Kasetty G,Bhongir RKV,Papareddy P,Herwald H,Egesten A

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on tetracycline transport into Staphylococcus aureus identified a high-affinity, saturable uptake system for the antibiotic (Km, 4.76 microM) (B.L. Hutchings, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 174:734-738, 1969). However, the earlier results could not be confirmed using conditions that permitted energy-dependent...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chopra I,Ismail S,Oliva B

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treating malaria in HIV-coinfected individuals should consider potential drug-drug interactions. Artemether-lumefantrine is the most widely recommended treatment for uncomplicated malaria globally. Lumefantrine is metabolized by CYP3A4, an enzyme that commonly used antiretrovirals often induce or inhibit. A population...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Francis J,Barnes KI,Workman L,Kredo T,Vestergaard LS,Hoglund RM,Byakika-Kibwika P,Lamorde M,Walimbwa SI,Chijioke-Nwauche I,Sutherland CJ,Merry C,Scarsi KK,Nyagonde N,Lemnge MM,Khoo SH,Bygbjerg IC,Parikh S,Aweeka FT,

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00