abstract：:There are conflicting data on the association of vancomycin MIC (VAN-MIC) with treatment outcomes in Staphylococcus aureus infections. We investigated the relationship between high VAN-MIC and 30-day mortality and identified the risk factors for mortality in a large cohort of patients with invasive S. aureus (ISA) inf...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Song KH,Kim M,Kim CJ,Cho JE,Choi YJ,Park JS,Ahn S,Jang HC,Park KH,Jung SI,Yoon N,Kim DM,Hwang JH,Lee CS,Lee JH,Kwak YG,Kim ES,Park SY,Park Y,Lee KS,Lee YS,Kim HB

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to describe the blood plasma (BP) and seminal plasma (SP) pharmacokinetics of tenofovir (TFV) in HIV-1-infected men, to assess the role of genetic polymorphism in the variability of TFV transfer into the male genital tract, and to evaluate the impact of TFV SP exposure on seminal plasma HIV...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Valade E,Bouazza N,Lui G,Illamola SM,Benaboud S,Treluyer JM,Cobat A,Foissac F,De Sousa Mendes M,Chenevier-Gobeaux C,Suzan-Monti M,Rouzioux C,Assoumou L,Viard JP,Urien S,Ghosn J,Hirt D

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute otitis media, a polymicrobial disease of the middle ear cavity of children, is a significant public health problem worldwide. It is most frequently caused by encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae and nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae, although the widespread use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines is apparently ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Domenech M,García E

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-two (54.5%) out of 132 fecal samples from a group of yellow-legged gulls in Barcelona, Spain, were positive for Escherichia coli producing either extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) (51.5%), carbapenemase (1.5%), or cephamycinase (1.5%). The isolation of two carbapenemase-producing E. coli strains is a matte...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Vergara A,Pitart C,Montalvo T,Roca I,Sabaté S,Hurtado JC,Planell R,Marco F,Ramírez B,Peracho V,de Simón M,Vila J

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:ColE1 plasmids are small mobilizable replicons that play an important role in the spread of antibiotic resistance in Pasteurellaceae In this study, we describe how a natural single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) near the origin of replication of the ColE1-type plasmid pB1000 found in a Pasteurella multocida clinical is...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Santos-Lopez A,Bernabe-Balas C,Ares-Arroyo M,Ortega-Huedo R,Hoefer A,San Millan A,Gonzalez-Zorn B

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms of resistance to fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, an aminocyclitol, macrolides, a lincosamide, a phenicol, and pleuromutilins were investigated in Mycoplasma bovis For the identification of mutations responsible for the high MICs of certain antibiotics, whole-genome sequencing of 35 M. bovis f...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sulyok KM,Kreizinger Z,Wehmann E,Lysnyansky I,Bányai K,Marton S,Jerzsele Á,Rónai Z,Turcsányi I,Makrai L,Jánosi S,Nagy SÁ,Gyuranecz M

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Although human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection is the most important risk factor for a poor antituberculosis (anti-TB) treatment response, its effect on the pharmacokinetics of the first-line drugs in children is understudied. This study examined the pharmacokinetics of the four first-line anti-TB drugs in ch...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Antwi S,Yang H,Enimil A,Sarfo AM,Gillani FS,Ansong D,Dompreh A,Orstin A,Opoku T,Bosomtwe D,Wiesner L,Norman J,Peloquin CA,Kwara A

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We asked whether beta-lactamase inhibitors (BLIs) increased the activity of daptomycin (DAP) against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the peptide antibiotic colistin (COL) against the emerging Gram-negative nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii, and the human host defense peptide cathelicidin ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sakoulas G,Rose W,Berti A,Olson J,Munguia J,Nonejuie P,Sakoulas E,Rybak MJ,Pogliano J,Nizet V

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The MIC of an antimalarial drug for a particular infection is the drug level associated with a net parasite multiplication rate of one per asexual cycle. To ensure the cure of malaria, the MIC must be exceeded until all parasites have been eliminated. The development of highly sensitive and accurate PCR quantitation o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Hien TT,White NJ,Thuy-Nhien NT,Hoa NT,Thuan PD,Tarning J,Nosten F,Magnusson B,Jain JP,Hamed K

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Ampicillin resistance in Enterococcus faecium is a serious concern worldwide, complicating the treatment of E. faecium infections. Penicillin-binding protein 5 (PBP5) is considered the main ampicillin resistance determinant in E. faecium The three known E. faecium clades showed sequence variations in the pbp5 gene tha...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Montealegre MC,Roh JH,Rae M,Davlieva MG,Singh KV,Shamoo Y,Murray BE

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A major clinical challenge for treating infectious diseases is the duration of antimicrobial therapy required to eradicate the pathogen. We hypothesized that modulation of the bacterial replication rate in the context of an antimicrobial exposure is coupled with the rate and extent of bactericidal effects. Herein we d...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ambrose PG,VanScoy B,Conde H,McCauley J,Rubino CM,Bhavnani SM

更新日期：2016-12-27 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：:The rapid and global emergence of azole resistance in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus has drawn attention. Thus, a thorough understanding of its mechanisms of drug resistance requires extensive exploration. In this study, we found that the loss of the putative calcium-dependent protein-encoding gene algA caus...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Wei X,Chen P,Gao R,Li Y,Zhang A,Liu F,Lu L

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Given that tedizolid exhibits substantial lung penetration, we hypothesize that it could achieve good efficacy against Streptococcus pneumoniae lung infections. We evaluated the pharmacodynamics of tedizolid for treatment of S. pneumoniae lung infections and compared the efficacies of tedizolid human-simulated epithel...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Abdelraouf K,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a resurgence of interest in aerosolization of antibiotics for treatment of patients with severe pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens. A combination formulation of amikacin-fosfomycin is currently undergoing clinical testing although the exposure-response relationships of these drugs have no...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sime FB,Johnson A,Whalley S,Santoyo-Castelazo A,Montgomery AB,Walters KA,Lipman J,Hope WW,Roberts JA

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxycycline is an alternative antibiotic drug for the treatment of syphilis, but data on its efficacy, especially data on its efficacy against late latent syphilis, are limited. A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of doxycycline for the treatment of patients with different stages of syphi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dai T,Qu R,Liu J,Zhou P,Wang Q

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report the isolation of 31 Acinetobacter baumannii strains producing OXA-253 in a single large Brazilian city. These strains belonged to five different sequence types (STs), including 4 STs not previously associated with blaOXA-253 In all strains, the blaOXA-253 gene was located in a plasmid within a genetic ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： de Sá Cavalcanti FL,Mendes-Marques CL,Vasconcelos CR,de Lima Campos T,Rezende AM,Xavier DE,Leal NC,de-Melo-Neto OP,de Morais MM,Leal-Balbino TC

更新日期：2016-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:P128 is an antistaphylococcal protein, comprising a cell wall-degrading enzymatic region and a Staphylococcus-specific binding region, which possesses specific and potent bactericidal activity against sensitive and drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus To explore P128's ability to kill S. aureus in a range o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Nair S,Desai S,Poonacha N,Vipra A,Sharma U

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:BEL-1 is an acquired class A extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) found in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from Belgium which is divergent from other ESBLs (maximum identity of 54% with GES-type enzymes). This enzyme is efficiently inhibited by clavulanate, imipenem, and moxalactam. Crystals of BEL-1 were obt...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Pozzi C,De Luca F,Benvenuti M,Poirel L,Nordmann P,Rossolini GM,Mangani S,Docquier JD

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:RBx 11760, a bi-aryl oxazolidinone, was investigated for antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. The MIC90s of RBx 11760 and linezolid against Staphylococcus aureus were 2 and 4 mg/liter, against Staphylococcus epidermidis were 0.5 and 2 mg/liter, and against Enterococcus were 1 and 4 mg/liter, respecti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Barman TK,Kumar M,Mathur T,Chaira T,Ramkumar G,Kalia V,Rao M,Pandya M,Yadav AS,Das B,Upadhyay DJ,Hamidullah,Konwar R,Raj VS,Singh H

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV; genus Alphavirus) is the causative agent of chikungunya fever. CHIKV replication can be inhibited by some broad-spectrum antiviral compounds; in contrast, there is very little information about compounds specifically inhibiting the enzymatic activities of CHIKV replication proteins. These pro...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Das PK,Puusepp L,Varghese FS,Utt A,Ahola T,Kananovich DG,Lopp M,Merits A,Karelson M

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Omadacycline is a first-in-class aminomethylcycline antibiotic with microbiological activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobes and anaerobes and atypical bacteria that is being developed for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) and community-acquired bacterial pneu...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Sun H,Ting L,Machineni S,Praestgaard J,Kuemmell A,Stein DS,Sunkara G,Kovacs SJ,Villano S,Tanaka SK

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major neglected tropical diseases, schistosomiasis, is currently treated and controlled with a single drug, praziquantel. The quest for an alternative drug is fueled by the lack of activity of praziquantel against juvenile Schistosoma worms and the fear of emerging resistance. The synthetic ozonide OZ418 ha...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Leonidova A,Vargas M,Huwyler J,Keiser J

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The tuberculosis (TB) drug discovery pipeline is fueled by compounds identified in whole-cell screens against the causative agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phenotypic screening enables the selection of molecules that inhibit essential cellular functions in live, intact bacilli grown under a chosen in vitro condition...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Naran K,Moosa A,Barry CE 3rd,Boshoff HI,Mizrahi V,Warner DF

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel and highly accurate diagnostic assay platform was established for rapid identification of FKS mutations associated with echinocandin resistance in Candida glabrata The assay platform uses allele-specific molecular beacon and DNA melt analysis following asymmetric PCR. A dual assay for FKS1 and FKS2 was develop...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Zhao Y,Nagasaki Y,Kordalewska M,Press EG,Shields RK,Nguyen MH,Clancy CJ,Perlin DS

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Persister cells are highly tolerant to different antibiotics and are associated with relapsing infections. In order to understand this phenomenon further, we exposed a transposon library to a lethal concentration of ampicillin, and mutants that survived were identified by transposon sequencing (Tn-Seq). We determined ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Molina-Quiroz RC,Lazinski DW,Camilli A,Levy SB

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ex vivo assay systems provide a powerful approach to studying human malaria parasite biology and to testing antimalarials. For rodent malaria parasites, short-term in vitro culture and ex vivo antimalarial susceptibility assays are relatively cumbersome, relying on in vivo passage for synchronization, since ring-stage...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Chang ZW,Malleret B,Russell B,Rénia L,Claser C

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The global dissemination and increasing incidence of carbapenem-resistant, Gram-negative organisms have resulted in acute public health concerns. Here, we present a retrospective multicenter study on molecular characterization of metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-producing clinical Escherichia coli isolates recovered from ext...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Ranjan A,Shaik S,Mondal A,Nandanwar N,Hussain A,Semmler T,Kumar N,Tiwari SK,Jadhav S,Wieler LH,Ahmed N

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), like hepatitis C virus (HCV), requires phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase IIIα (PI4KA) for genome replication. Here, we demonstrate that tyrphostin AG1478, a known epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor, also inhibits PI4KA activity, both in vitro and in cells. AG1478 impaired ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Dorobantu CM,Harak C,Klein R,van der Linden L,Strating JR,van der Schaar HM,Lohmann V,van Kuppeveld FJ

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of resistant strains among common and rare Candida species necessitates continuous monitoring of the in vitro susceptibilities of those isolates. We therefore assessed the in vitro activities of micafungin against 1,099 molecularly identified isolates belonging to 5 common and 20 rare Candida species by ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Meletiadis J,Geertsen E,Curfs-Breuker I,Meis JF,Mouton JW

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) causes high rates of morbidity and death. Several studies in academic health settings have demonstrated that consultations from infectious diseases specialists improve the quality of care and clinical outcomes for SAB. Few data that describe the impact in resource-limited setting...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Turner RB,Valcarlos E,Won R,Chang E,Schwartz J

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest species of malaria parasites, is dependent on glycolysis for the generation of ATP during the pathogenic red blood cell stage. Hexokinase (HK) catalyzes the first step in glycolysis, transferring the γ-phosphoryl group of ATP to glucose to yield glucose-6-phosphate. Here, we descri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Davis MI,Patrick SL,Blanding WM,Dwivedi V,Suryadi J,Golden JE,Coussens NP,Lee OW,Shen M,Boxer MB,Hall MD,Sharlow ER,Drew ME,Morris JC

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Delafloxacin, an investigational anionic fluoroquinolone, is active against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. In this study, 200 Streptococcus pneumoniae (plus 30 levofloxacin-resistant isolates), 200 Haemophilus influenzae, and 100 Moraxella catarrhalis isolates selected primarily from the Un...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Flamm RK,Rhomberg PR,Huband MD,Farrell DJ

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusidic acid (FA), which was approved in the 1960s in many European and Asian countries, has gained renewed interest due to its continued effectiveness against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus As rhabdomyolysis has been reported upon coadministration of FA with statins, we aimed to elucidate the underlying ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Gupta A,Harris JJ,Lin J,Bulgarelli JP,Birmingham BK,Grimm SW

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaborbactam (formerly RPX7009) is a member of a new class of β-lactamase inhibitor with pharmacokinetic properties similar to those of many β-lactams, including carbapenems. The pharmacokinetics and safety of vaborbactam were evaluated in 80 healthy adult subjects in a first-in-human randomized, placebo-controlled, do...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Griffith DC,Loutit JS,Morgan EE,Durso S,Dudley MN

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A colistin-resistant Escherichia coli strain was recovered from a patient with a diabetic foot infection in Brazil. Whole-genome analysis revealed that the E. coli isolate belonged to the widespread sequence type (ST) 101 and harbored the mcr-1 gene on an IncX4 plasmid that was highly similar to mcr-1-bearing IncX4 pl...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Fernandes MR,McCulloch JA,Vianello MA,Moura Q,Pérez-Chaparro PJ,Esposito F,Sartori L,Dropa M,Matté MH,Lira DP,Mamizuka EM,Lincopan N

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:EDP-239, a novel hepatitis C virus (HCV) inhibitor targeting nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A), has been investigated in vitro and in vivo EDP-239 is a potent, selective inhibitor with potency at picomolar to nanomolar concentrations against HCV genotypes 1 through 6. In the presence of human serum, the potency of EDP-2...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Owens CM,Brasher BB,Polemeropoulos A,Rhodin MH,McAllister N,Peng X,Wang C,Ying L,Cao H,Lawitz E,Poordad F,Rondon J,Box TD,Zeuzem S,Buggisch P,Lin K,Qiu YL,Jiang L,Colvin R,Or YS

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer of DNA between Enterococcus faecium strains has been characterized both by the movement of well-defined genetic elements and by the large-scale transfer of genomic DNA fragments. In this work, we report on the whole-genome analysis of transconjugants resulting from mating events between the vancomycin-res...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： García-Solache M,Lebreton F,McLaughlin RE,Whiteaker JD,Gilmore MS,Rice LB

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The apicomplexan parasites Cryptosporidium and Toxoplasma are serious threats to human health. Cryptosporidiosis is a severe diarrheal disease in malnourished children and immunocompromised individuals, with the only FDA-approved drug treatment currently being nitazoxanide. The existing therapies for toxoplasmosis, an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Palencia A,Liu RJ,Lukarska M,Gut J,Bougdour A,Touquet B,Wang ED,Li X,Alley MR,Freund YR,Rosenthal PJ,Hakimi MA,Cusack S

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of resistance to last-resort antibiotics is a public health concern of global scale. Besides direct person-to-person propagation, environmental pathways might contribute to the dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Here, we describe the incidence of blaNDM...

journal_title：Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

authors： Mantilla-Calderon D,Jumat MR,Wang T,Ganesan P,Al-Jassim N,Hong PY

更新日期：2016-08-22 00:00:00