abstract：:A comparison was made of the in vitro activity of ciprofloxacin (Bay o 9867) with nine other antibiotics against isolates of Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Clostridium difficile, Vibrio spp., and Escherichia coli. Minimum inhibitory concentrations of ciprofloxacin were t...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goodman LJ,Fliegelman RM,Trenholme GM,Kaplan RL

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro interactions between amikacin, netilmicin, tobramycin, gentamicin, and various antipseudomonal beta-lactams were studied by the agar dilution checkerboard technique against 30 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains resistant to all tested antibiotics. Amikacin produced more frequent synergy both at the total and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Giamarellou H,Zissis NP,Tagari G,Bouzos J

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive and specific high-pressure liquid chromatographic method is described for the determination of the antibacterial drug flumequine and a major metabolite, 7-hydroxyflumequine, in human plasma and urine. The assay was linear over a concentration range of 1 to 120 micrograms/ml for both compounds. This method ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Harrison LI,Schuppan D,Rohlfing SR,Hansen AR,Hansen CS,Funk ML,Collins SH,Ober RE

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desferrioxamine, a safe and effective iron chelator, was evaluated for its antibacterial and antifungal activity. The susceptibilities of 124 urinary tract isolates and 28 clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to desferrioxamine concentrations that are readily achievable in urine were determined. Of all isolates,...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Lowy FD,Pollack S,Fadl-Allah N,Steigbigel NH

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PSE-2, a plasmid-mediated beta-lactamase which was previously considered pseudomonas specific, was observed in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Providencia stuartii, and Enterobacter cloacae. All four isolates transferred PSE-2 production, together with resistance to gentamicin, tobramycin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Livermore DM,Maskell JP,Williams JD

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activities of two new antimicrobial agents, apalcillin and cefpiramide (SM-1652), were evaluated against 324 strains of anaerobic bacteria. Apalcillin (a penicillin derivative) and cefpiramide (a semisynthetic cephalosporin) were compared with piperacillin, moxalactam, and cefoxitin. Organisms studied inc...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wexler H,Carter WT,Harris B,Finegold SM

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftizoxime was evaluated in the treatment of 18 patients (6 adults and 12 children) with bacterial meningitis. In seven patients Haemophilus influenzae was the causative agent, in three Neisseria meningitidis, in five Streptococcus pneumoniae, and in one each alpha-streptococcus and Escherichia coli; one case was cul...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Overturf GD,Cable DC,Forthal DN,Shikuma C

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae has increased in the Far East to the point that penicillin can no longer be recommended as the drug of choice, mandating a change to spectinomycin. As part of an ongoing surveillance of antibiotic susceptibilities, minimal inhibitory concentrations of penicillin, tetracycl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Piziak MV,Woodbury C,Berliner D,Takafuji E,Kirkpatrick J,Opal S,Tramont E

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One gram of ceftriaxone was given intravenously to 15 patients approximately 2 h before cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Ceftriaxone levels in plasma (mean +/- standard deviation) were 60.4 +/- 18.8 micrograms/ml (range, 17.0 to 96.0 micrograms/ml) at the beginning of bypass, 44.2 +/- 16.6 micrograms/ml (range, 9.4 to ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bryan CS,Morgan SL,Jordan AB,Smith CW,Sutton JP,Gangemi JD

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical isolates of the Bacteroides melaninogenicus and Bacteroides fragilis groups were tested for in vitro and in vivo susceptibility to penicillin, clindamycin, and metronidazole, used singly or in combination with gentamicin. The in vitro tests consisted of determinations of minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Brook I,Coolbaugh JC,Walker RI,Weiss E

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of niridazole and metronidazole were compared by an agar dilution method against 40 strains of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni of human origin. Niridazole had a markedly higher activity than metronidazole. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Freydière AM,Gille Y,Tigaud S,Vincent P

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of growth inhibition of Escherichia coli by thioglycerol was probed. The extent of growth inhibition depended on the ratio of thioglycerol to initial cell concentration. Exogenously added methionine and several methionine analogues reversed the inhibition of 2 to 40 mM thioglycerol. Exposure to thioglyce...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Javor GT

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have surveyed the susceptibility of 1,575 clinical isolates of the Bacteroides fragilis group of organisms to cefoxitin and eight other antimicrobial agents. Eleven isolates, 0.7% of the total, were highly cefoxitin resistant and had minimum inhibitory concentrations of greater than or equal to 64 micrograms/ml. Th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Cuchural GJ Jr,Tally FP,Jacobus NV,Marsh PK,Mayhew JW

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new antifungal triazoles, BAY n7133 and ICI 153,066, were compared with ketoconazole in treatment of mice challenged intraperitoneally with Cryptococcus neoformans. At high challenge doses, thymus-containing normal mice had prolonged survival after treatment with BAY n7133. Athymic mice, which have severely defici...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Graybill JR,Kaster SR,Drutz DJ

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique group of viridans streptococci has been found in South Africa. These organisms were isolated in close temporal and physical proximity to the isolation of penicillin-resistant pneumococci. The strains were resistant to penicillin, oxacillin, the cephalosporins (all generations), piperacillin, azlocillin, and m...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Farber BF,Eliopoulos GM,Ward JI,Ruoff KL,Syriopoulou V,Moellering RC Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rapid, precise, and simple procedure for the quantitation of azlocillin in serum and in aqueous solutions by high-pressure, reverse-phase liquid chromatography. This method uses a single precipitation step, detection by dual-wavelength monitoring (220 and 254 nm), and quantitation by comparison with an i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Weber A,Opheim KE,Wong K,Smith AL

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative therapeutic effects of vidarabine (9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyladenine), cyclaradine (the adenosine deaminase-resistant carbocyclic analog of vidarabine), and cyclaradine-5'-methoxyacetate in the parenteral treatment of systemic herpes simplex virus type 1 infections in Swiss mice were determined. Among cont...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Shannon WM,Westbrook L,Arnett G,Daluge S,Lee H,Vince R

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antileprosy effect of rifampin was evaluated by a newly developed rapid in vitro assay wherein 31 human-derived strains and 1 armadillo-derived strain of Mycobacterium leprae were maintained for 2 and 3 weeks, respectively, in murine and human macrophages in the presence of [3H]thymidine. Of these strains, 27 show...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mittal A,Seshadri PS,Prasad HK,Sathish M,Nath I

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid infusion of hyperosmolar solutions into the internal carotid artery transiently disrupts the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, permitting entry of substances normally excluded from the nervous system. This study examined the effect of such an infusion on the penetration of vancomycin and tobramycin into ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Perkins BA,Strausbaugh LJ

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of cephradine and the influence of pH on its activity against 70 Gardnerella vaginalis strains were determined. Serial dilutions of cephradine (0.062 to 256 micrograms/ml) were incorporated into Dunkelberg agar, inoculated with a Steers replicator, incubated in 5% CO2 for 48 h, and examined. The minimal i...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Goldstein EJ,Kwok YY,Sutter VL

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abilities of the H+-ATPase inhibitor N, N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and the antibiotic ionophore nigericin to enhance the bactericidal effect of subinhibitory concentrations of gentamicin in two strains of Staphylococcus aureus were studied. Each compound significantly increased both gentamicin uptake and killing....

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mandel LJ,Eisenberg ES,Simkin NJ,Miller MH

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An automated fluorescence polarization immunoassay for the determination of vancomycin levels in serum was evaluated. The vancomycin assay is a homogeneous competitive inhibition immunoassay based on changes in fluorescence polarization that occur with antibody binding. This assay was compared with a liquid chromatogr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Filburn BH,Shull VH,Tempera YM,Dick JD

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of ceftriaxone alone and in combination with gentamicin, tobramycin, and amikacin against 50 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains was studied by the broth dilution method and the time-kill curve method. The majority of the P. aeruginosa strains tested were resistant to ceftriaxone. Combining ceftriaxon...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Watanakunakorn C

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro susceptibilities of 98 isolates of JK diphtheroids to teichomycin, vancomycin, and eight other antibiotics was investigated. Teichomycin and vancomycin were extremely active against all the isolates tested. The 90% minimal inhibitory concentrations for teichomycin and vancomycin were 1.56 and 0.78 microgr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Jadeja L,Fainstein V,LeBlanc B,Bodey GP

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacteria grew rapidly in FST medium (tissue culture medium F12 supplemented with 5% serum and 0.05% Tween 80). Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other niacin-negative mycobacteria in flat-bottomed, 96-well tissue culture plates was estimable by the naked eye within 3 to 5 days when mycobacteria were inocula...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nozawa RT,Yokota T

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyclovir [9-(2-hydroxyethoxymethyl)guanine] (ACV), a potent antiviral compound, was phosphorylated to the same extent by extracts from untreated and iododeoxyuridine-treated Epstein-Barr virus-containing latent D98/HR-1 somatic hybrid cells. ATP was the preferred phosphate donor over other nucleoside triphosphates. T...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Datta AK,Pagano JS

更新日期：1983-07-01 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：:The pharmacokinetics of piperacillin were examined after single intravenous doses to three groups of male patients with creatinine clearances of greater than or equal to 60 (group I), greater than or equal to 20 but less than 60 (group II), and less than 20 (group III) ml/min per 1.73 m2. Each of 32 patients received ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Welling PG,Craig WA,Bundtzen RW,Kwok FW,Gerber AU,Madsen PO

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of 3 g of ticarcillin and 200 mg of clavulanic acid was administered intravenously to six healthy male volunteers, after which the concentrations of these agents in serum and blister fluid were measured. The ratio of the two drugs in serum varied from 15:1 (ticarcillin-clavulanic acid) at the time of adm...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Bennett S,Wise R,Weston D,Dent J

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the in vitro susceptibilities of three reference strains and 41 recent clinical isolates of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 to 5-ethyl-2'-deoxyuridine. This thymidine analog exerts a type 2-preferential but not a type 2-specific antiviral effect. Utilizing a microtiter assay with BHK-21 cells, we found ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Teh CZ,Sacks SL

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protoplasts of the temperature-sensitive osmotic-1 mutant of Neurospora crassa grew and divided as cell wall-less cells when incubated under certain conditions at 37 degrees C. Each protoplast regenerated cell wall and formed a mycelium when the temperature was shifted to 22 degrees C. Cell wall regeneration, but not ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Selitrennikoff CP

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin pharmacokinetics were studied in four patients with peritonitis undergoing chronic intermittent peritoneal dialysis. Serum levels exceeding 4.0 micrograms/ml were maintained for 8 and 13 days after a single 1-g intravenous dose. Vancomycin serum concentrations measured before, during, and upon completion of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Magera BE,Arroyo JC,Rosansky SJ,Postic B

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of trimethoprim-resistant, sulfonamide-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae causing urinary tract infections is reported. The appearance of these strains followed the introduction of trimethoprim alone for use as treatment. Trimethoprim resistance was attributable to plasmids or transposons less frequently in ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Towner KJ,Smith MA,Cowlishaw WA

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of moxalactam and cefuroxime on mitogen-stimulated human peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes was studied. Mononuclear leukocytes, mitogen, and antibiotic were added to microtiter wells. Cells were cultured for 3 days, pulsed with tritiated thymidine, and then counted. Compared with control cell cultures...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Manzella JP,Clark JK

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibacterial activity of octenidine dihydrochloride (WIN 41464-2) against intact preformed in vitro plaques of four indigenous oral plaque-forming microorganisms, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sanguis, Actinomyces viscosus, and Actinomyces naeslundii, was studied. Both absolute (plaque bactericidal index) a...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Slee AM,O'Connor JR

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of transmissible plasmids which encode resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were found among five animal isolates of Salmonella krefeld. This is the first report of plasmid-mediated resistance to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in Salmonella strains isolated in the United States. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mathewson JJ,Murray BE

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pokeweed antiviral protein at a concentration of 3 microM inhibited both the synthesis and release of infectious herpes simplex virus type 1 in cell culture by 90 and 99%, respectively. Addition of pokeweed antiviral protein to Vero cell monolayers before virus infection was 10 to 15% more effective in reducing virus ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Teltow GJ,Irvin JD,Aron GM

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients about to undergo pulmonary surgery received a bolus injection of 1 g of cefoxitin. The concentrations of cefoxitin in the serum 1 and 2 h after dosage were 38.5 +/- 1.89 and 23.7 +/- 2.56 mug/ml; the lung concentrations at the respective times were 12.6 +/- 0.7 and 10.06 +/- 0.43 mug/ml. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Perea EJ,Garcia-Iglesias MC,Ayarra J,Loscertales J

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and bacteriological effect of ceftazidime were evaluated in rabbits experimentally infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and Escherichia coli K1. The mean penetration of ceftazidime into cerebrospinal fluid after single-dose or constant-infusion administration rang...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sakata Y,Boccazzi A,McCracken GH Jr

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SM-1652 (sodium 7-[D(-)-alpha-(4-hydroxy-6-methylpyridine-3-carboxamido)-alpha-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamido]-3-[(1-methyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl) thiomethyl]-3-cephem-4-carboxylate) is a new semisynthetic cephalosporin derivative with a broad spectrum of antibacterial activity. Its in vitro activity against gram-positive bact...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fukasawa M,Noguchi H,Okuda T,Komatsu T,Yano K

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00