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Antibiotics, Volume 9, Issue 12

2020 December - 94 articles

Cover Story: Antibiotic prescribing remains suboptimal despite many initiatives to improve it. This qualitative study with commissioners and general practice professionals identified how social and contextual factors are perceived to influence antibiotic prescribing. Further optimization of antibiotic prescribing in primary care requires interventions and solutions that go beyond targeting individual behavior change and address social and contextual influences. View this paper
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Articles (94)

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,895 Views
15 Pages

Inhibition of Pneumolysin Cytotoxicity by Hydrolysable Tannins

  • Santeri Maatsola,
  • Sami Kurkinen,
  • Marica T. Engström,
  • Thomas K. M. Nyholm,
  • Olli Pentikäinen,
  • Juha-Pekka Salminen and
  • Sauli Haataja

21 December 2020

Streptococcus pneumoniae causes invasive infections such as otitis media, pneumonia and meningitis. It produces the pneumolysin (Ply) toxin, which forms a pore onto the host cell membrane and has multiple functions in the pathogenesis of S. pneumonia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,299 Views
11 Pages

Meropenem Plasma and Interstitial Soft Tissue Concentrations in Obese and Nonobese Patients—A Controlled Clinical Trial

  • Philipp Simon,
  • David Petroff,
  • David Busse,
  • Jana Heyne,
  • Felix Girrbach,
  • Arne Dietrich,
  • Alexander Kratzer,
  • Markus Zeitlinger,
  • Charlotte Kloft and
  • Christoph Dorn
  • + 2 authors

21 December 2020

Background: This controlled clinical study aimed to investigate the impact of obesity on plasma and tissue pharmacokinetics of meropenem. Methods: Obese (body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35 kg/m2) and age-/sex-matched nonobese (18.5 kg/m2 ≥ BMI ≤ 30...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,375 Views
16 Pages

19 December 2020

Bactenecin (Bac) 5 is a bovine antimicrobial peptide (AMP) capable of killing some species of bacteria through the inhibition of protein synthesis. Bac5 and other AMPs have also been shown to have chemotactic properties and can induce inflammatory cy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,961 Views
13 Pages

19 December 2020

Mycobacterium avium subspecies hominissuis (MAH) is an opportunistic intracellular pathogen causing infections in individuals with chronic lung conditions and patients with immune-deficient disorders. The treatment of MAH infections is prolonged and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,606 Views
29 Pages

A Review of Fungal Protoilludane Sesquiterpenoid Natural Products

  • Melissa M. Cadelis,
  • Brent R. Copp and
  • Siouxsie Wiles

19 December 2020

Natural products have been a great source for drug leads, due to a vast majority possessing unique chemical structures. Such an example is the protoilludane class of natural products which contain an annulated 5/6/4-ring system and are almost exclusi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,503 Views
15 Pages

Validation of the American English Acute Cystitis Symptom Score

  • Jakhongir F. Alidjanov,
  • Kurt G. Naber,
  • Adrian Pilatz and
  • Florian M. Wagenlehner

19 December 2020

The diagnosis of acute uncomplicated cystitis (UC) is usually based on clinical symptoms. The study aims to develop and validate the American-English Acute Cystitis Symptom Score (ACSS), a self-reporting questionnaire for diagnosis and patient-report...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,300 Views
10 Pages

Antibacterial Activity of Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by the Octocoral-Associated Bacteria Bacillus sp. BO53 and Pseudoalteromonas sp. GA327

  • Anette Garrido,
  • Librada A. Atencio,
  • Rita Bethancourt,
  • Ariadna Bethancourt,
  • Héctor Guzmán,
  • Marcelino Gutiérrez and
  • Armando A. Durant-Archibold

18 December 2020

The present research aimed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by octocoral-associated bacteria Bacillus sp. BO53 and Pseudoalteromonas sp. GA327. The volatilome bioactivity of both bacteria species wa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
8,060 Views
18 Pages

Use of Local Antibiogram Data and Antimicrobial Importance Ratings to Select Optimal Empirical Therapies for Urinary Tract Infections in Dogs and Cats

  • Ri Scarborough,
  • Kirsten Bailey,
  • Bradley Galgut,
  • Adam Williamson,
  • Laura Hardefeldt,
  • James Gilkerson and
  • Glenn Browning

18 December 2020

International and Australian veterinary antimicrobial use guidelines recommend amoxicillin or trimethoprim-sulfonamide (TMS) for the empirical treatment of sporadic urinary tract infections (UTIs) in dogs and cats. However, in practice, these antibio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,830 Views
13 Pages

Allometric Optimization of Enrofloxacin Dosage in Growing Male Turkeys: Empirical Evidence for Improved Internal Exposure

  • Błażej Poźniak,
  • Marta Tikhomirov,
  • Karolina Motykiewicz-Pers,
  • Kamila Bobrek and
  • Marcin Świtała

18 December 2020

Rapid weight gain in turkeys causes a major change in the pharmacokinetics of drugs, leading to age-dependent variability in the internal exposure and, possibly, treatment failure and/or selection for antimicrobial resistance in young individuals. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,415 Views
12 Pages

A Risk Prediction Flowchart of Vancomycin-Induced Acute Kidney Injury to Use When Starting Vancomycin Administration: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

  • Takayuki Miyai,
  • Shungo Imai,
  • Hitoshi Kashiwagi,
  • Yuki Sato,
  • Shota Kadomura,
  • Kenji Yoshida,
  • Eri Yoshimura,
  • Toshiaki Teraya,
  • Takashi Tsujimoto and
  • Mitsuru Sugawara
  • + 5 authors

18 December 2020

We previously constructed a risk prediction model of vancomycin (VCM)-associated nephrotoxicity for use when performing initial therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), using decision tree analysis. However, we could not build a model to be used at the tim...

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