In vitro effectiveness of azithromycin against doxycycline-resistant and -susceptible strains of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, etiologic agent of scrub typhus.

PubWeight™: 1.64‹?› | Rank: Top 3%

🔗 View Article (PMC 162956)

Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on November 01, 1995

Authors

D Strickman1, T Sheer, K Salata, J Hershey, G Dasch, D Kelly, R Kuschner

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rickettsial Diseases, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100, USA.

Articles citing this

First case of scrub typhus with meningoencephalitis from Kerala: An emerging infectious threat. Ann Indian Acad Neurol (2012) 1.81

Usefulness of eschar PCR for diagnosis of scrub typhus. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.41

Azithromycin activities against Orientia tsutsugamushi strains isolated in cases of scrub typhus in Northern Thailand. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (1999) 1.30

Scrub typhus vaccine candidate Kp r56 induces humoral and cellular immune responses in cynomolgus monkeys. Infect Immun (2005) 1.16

Controlled trial of a 5-day course of telithromycin versus doxycycline for treatment of mild to moderate scrub typhus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.04

Scrub typhus meningitis or meningoencephalitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2013) 1.02

Improved antibiotic susceptibility test of Orientia tsutsugamushi by flow cytometry using monoclonal antibody. J Korean Med Sci (2007) 0.97

Outcome of intravenous azithromycin therapy in patients with complicated scrub typhus compared with that of doxycycline therapy using propensity-matched analysis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2013) 0.89

In vitro bacteriostatic effects of rifampin on Orientia tsutsugamushi. J Korean Med Sci (2014) 0.82

High In Vitro Infectivity of a Doxycycline-Insensitive Strain of Orientia tsutsugamushi. Infect Chemother (2013) 0.81

Genomic Sequencing of Orientia tsutsugamushi Strain Karp, an Assembly Comparable to the Genome Size of the Strain Ikeda. Genome Announc (2016) 0.80

Failure of azithromycin in treatment of Brill-Zinsser disease. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2000) 0.79

Clinical and paraclinical profile, and predictors of outcome in 90 cases of scrub typhus, Meghalaya, India. Infect Dis Poverty (2016) 0.75

In vitro Synergism between Chloroquine and Antibiotics against Orientia tsutsugamushi. Infect Chemother (2014) 0.75

Intraspecies comparative genomics of three strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi with different antibiotic sensitivity. Genom Data (2017) 0.75

Effects of clarithromycin treatment in scrub typhus in children: comparison with chloramphenicol and azithromycin. Korean J Pediatr (2017) 0.75

Articles cited by this

Separation of viable Rickettsia typhi from yolk sac and L cell host components by renografin density gradient centrifugation. Appl Microbiol (1975) 6.55

Chloromycetin, an Antibiotic With Chemotherapeutic Activity in Experimental Rickettsial and Viral Infections. Science (1947) 5.65

Chloromycetin in the Treatment of Scrub Typhus. Science (1948) 4.23

The ecology of chigger-borne rickettsiosis (scrub typhus). J Med Entomol (1974) 2.62

Tissue-directed pharmacokinetics. Am J Med (1991) 2.00

Plaque assay and cloning of scrub typhus rickettsiae in irradiated L-929 cells. J Clin Microbiol (1977) 1.81

Antimicrobial therapy of rickettsial diseases. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (1991) 1.80

Determination of antibiotic susceptibility of Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae in BS-C-1 cell cultures. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (Bethesda) (1968) 1.21

Epidemiology of the acute fevers of unknown origin in South Vietnam: effect of laboratory support upon clinical diagnosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg (1973) 1.20

Chloramphenicol, gentamicin, and ciprofloxacin against murine scrub typhus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (1988) 1.18

Prevalence of antibodies to rickettsiae in the human population of suburban Bangkok. Am J Trop Med Hyg (1994) 1.15

Antibiotic susceptibility of rickettsia and treatment of rickettsioses. Eur J Epidemiol (1989) 1.04

Studies on inapparent infection of tsutsugamuschi disease in Izu Shichito Islands: seroepidemiology and demonstration of an avirulent Rickettsia strain for mice. Jpn J Exp Med (1980) 0.98

[Antibiotics in pregnancy]. G Clin Med (1990) 0.95

Articles by these authors

Velo-cardio-facial syndrome associated with chromosome 22 deletions encompassing the DiGeorge locus. Lancet (1992) 4.07

Molecular genetic study of the frequency of monosomy 22q11 in DiGeorge syndrome. Am J Hum Genet (1992) 2.70

Inactivation of the FGF-4 gene in embryonic stem cells alters the growth and/or the survival of their early differentiated progeny. Dev Biol (1997) 2.16

Dilutional hyponatremia during endoscopic curettage: the "female TURP syndrome"? Anesth Analg (1994) 1.98

Examining the validity of pressure ulcer risk assessment scales: developing and using illustrated patient simulations to collect the data. J Clin Nurs (2001) 1.95

Antenatal screening for hepatitis B is medically and economically effective in the prevention of vertical transmission: three years experience in a London hospital. Q J Med (1989) 1.88

Transition to adult services for children and young people with palliative care needs: a systematic review. Arch Dis Child (2009) 1.73

Performance of a semiautomated Papanicolaou smear screening system: results of a population-based study conducted in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Cancer (1998) 1.54

Distribution of factor VIII mRNA and antigen in human liver and other tissues. Nature (1985) 1.51

Phenelzine in phobic anxiety: a controlled trial. Psychol Med (1973) 1.51

Generalised mitochondrial cytopathy is an absolute contraindication to orthotopic liver transplant in childhood. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (1998) 1.50

The reproductive biology of the New Zealand flora. Trends Ecol Evol (1993) 1.47

Targeted CNS expression of interferon-gamma in transgenic mice leads to hypomyelination, reactive gliosis, and abnormal cerebellar development. Mol Cell Neurosci (1996) 1.42

Restoration of prostacyclin synthase in vascular smooth muscle cells after aspirin treatment: regulation by epidermal growth factor. J Lipid Res (1985) 1.41

The cycling of combination antirheumatic drug therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. Br J Rheumatol (1990) 1.41

Trauma in cirrhosis: an indicator of the pattern of alcohol abuse in different societies. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (1991) 1.38

Immunolocalization of putative human liver progenitor cells in livers from patients with end-stage primary biliary cirrhosis and sclerosing cholangitis using the monoclonal antibody OV-6. Am J Pathol (1998) 1.33

Identification of a high-risk group for sudden infant death syndrome among infants who were resuscitated for sleep apnea. Pediatrics (1986) 1.33

Crash helmets reduce head injuries. Med J Aust (1973) 1.31

The neurochemical and metabolic cascade following brain injury: moving from animal models to man. J Neurotrauma (1995) 1.30

Screening of newborn infants for cholestatic hepatobiliary disease with tandem mass spectrometry. BMJ (1999) 1.26

New ways of initiating translation in eukaryotes. Mol Cell Biol (2001) 1.20

Hemolytic and sphingomyelinase activities of Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin are dependent on a domain homologous to that of an enzyme from the human arachidonic acid pathway. Infect Immun (1991) 1.20

Protection against oral and gastrointestinal diseases: importance of dietary nitrate intake, oral nitrate reduction and enterosalivary nitrate circulation. Comp Biochem Physiol A Physiol (1997) 1.16

Cell-mediated immune response to tuberculosis antigens: comparison of skin testing and measurement of in vitro gamma interferon production in whole-blood culture. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2001) 1.16

Isolation, characterization, and differential expression of the murine Sox-2 promoter. Gene (2000) 1.13

Estimation of the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes from primary care and secondary care source data: comparison of record linkage with capture-recapture analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health (2002) 1.12

Partial intestinal obstruction induces substantial mucosal proliferation in the pig. J Pediatr Surg (1996) 1.12

Left ventricular function in acute myocardial infarction evaluation by gated scintiphotography. Circulation (1974) 1.11

Effective education of adults with asthma who are allergic to dust mites. J Allergy Clin Immunol (1992) 1.11

Cervical specimens collected in liquid buffer are suitable for both cytologic screening and ancillary human papillomavirus testing. Cancer (1997) 1.10

Early diagnosis of scrub typhus with a rapid flow assay using recombinant major outer membrane protein antigen (r56) of Orientia tsutsugamushi. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2001) 1.09

Double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial of glycine adjuvant therapy for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Br J Psychiatry (1996) 1.09

Chest tube insertion: a prospective evaluation of pain management. Clin J Pain (1998) 1.09

Noonan's and DiGeorge syndromes with monosomy 22q11. Arch Dis Child (1993) 1.08

Scrub typhus and military operations in Indochina. Clin Infect Dis (1999) 1.08

Balancing inflammatory, lipid, and xenobiotic signaling pathways by VSL#3, a biotherapeutic agent, in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis (2009) 1.08

Treatment of phobic states with antidepressants. A retrospective study of 246 patients. Br J Psychiatry (1970) 1.07

Gut and muscle tissue PO2 in endotoxemic dogs during shock and resuscitation. J Appl Physiol (1985) (1994) 1.07

Vitamin K-deficiency bleeding in neonates. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (1999) 1.06

Effectiveness of a dot-blot immunoassay of anti-Rickettsia tsutsugamushi antibodies for serologic analysis of scrub typhus. Am J Trop Med Hyg (1995) 1.06

Do nonpatients underestimate the quality of life associated with chronic health conditions because of a focusing illusion? Med Decis Making (2001) 1.05

Anxiety and the effects of sodium lactate assessed clinically and physiologically. Br J Psychiatry (1971) 1.05

Induction of bradykinin B1 receptors in vivo in a model of ultra-violet irradiation-induced thermal hyperalgesia in the rat. Br J Pharmacol (1993) 1.05

A clinical inflammatory syndrome attributable to aerosolized lipid-DNA administration in cystic fibrosis. Hum Gene Ther (2001) 1.04

Interleukin-1 beta induced-desArg9bradykinin-mediated thermal hyperalgesia in the rat. Neuropharmacology (1994) 1.03

Transcriptional regulation of the murine k-FGF gene in embryonic cell lines. Dev Biol (1992) 1.02

A clinical and physiological relationship between anxiety and depression. Br J Psychiatry (1969) 1.01

Recovery and viability of Orientia tsutsugamushi from packed red cells and the danger of acquiring scrub typhus from blood transfusion. Transfusion (1998) 1.01

Cytokine profile of Armenian patients with Familial Mediterranean fever. Clin Biochem (2008) 1.01

Epidemiology of biliary atresia in England and Wales (1999-2006). Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed (2009) 1.01

How children die: classifying child deaths. Arch Dis Child (2010) 1.01

Adjuvant-induced joint inflammation causes very rapid transcription of beta-preprotachykinin and alpha-CGRP genes in innervating sensory ganglia. J Neurochem (2001) 1.00

Transcriptional regulation of the transforming growth factor-beta2 promoter by cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB) and activating transcription factor-1 (ATF-1) is modulated by protein kinases and the coactivators p300 and CREB-binding protein. J Biol Chem (1999) 0.99

Autonomic and behavioral responses of the rhesus monkey to emotional conditioning. Ann N Y Acad Sci (1969) 0.99

Nitrate-reducing bacteria on rat tongues. Appl Environ Microbiol (1997) 0.99

Ontogeny of androgen receptor immunoreactivity in lumbar motoneurons and in the sexually dimorphic levator ani muscle of male rats. J Comp Neurol (1997) 0.99

Regulation of enzyme levels in the blood. Influence of environmental and genetic factors on enzyme clearance. Am J Pathol (1988) 0.98

Activity of azithromycin as a blood schizonticide against rodent and human plasmodia in vivo. Am J Trop Med Hyg (1995) 0.98

Radiation-induced transgenerational alterations in genome stability and DNA damage. Oncogene (2006) 0.98

5-Aminosalicylate: oxidation by activated leukocytes and protection of cultured cells from oxidative damage. Biochem Pharmacol (1987) 0.97

Stereotactic limbic leucotomy--a follow-up at 16 months. Br J Psychiatry (1976) 0.97

Delayed increase in extracellular glycerol with post-traumatic electrographic epileptic activity: support for the theory that seizures induce secondary injury. Acta Neurochir Suppl (2002) 0.96

A study of the clinical effects of phenelzine and placebo in the treatment of phobic anxiety. Psychopharmacologia (1973) 0.96

Prophylaxis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria with azithromycin administered to volunteers. Ann Intern Med (1995) 0.96

Molecular characterization of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency: identification of a lys329 to glu mutation in the MCAD gene, and expression of inactive mutant enzyme protein in E. coli. Hum Genet (1991) 0.95

Stereotactic limbic leucotomy: a preliminary report on forty patients. Br J Psychiatry (1973) 0.94

'More than just money' -- widening the understanding of the costs involved in cancer care. J Adv Nurs (2001) 0.94

Neuropsychological, psychosocial and vocational correlates of the Glasgow Outcome Scale at 6 months post-injury: a study of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury patients. Brain Inj (1998) 0.94

SaBTO review of blood donor selection criteria related to sexual behaviour. Transfus Med (2011) 0.93

The impact of supportive nursing care on the needs of men with prostate cancer: a study across seven European countries. Br J Cancer (2013) 0.93

The value of routine admission chest radiographs in adult asthmatics. Ann Emerg Med (1989) 0.93

An open trial of plant-source derived phosphatydilserine for treatment of age-related cognitive decline. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci (2000) 0.92

Why children die: avoidable factors associated with child deaths. Arch Dis Child (2010) 0.92

Depression, cognition, and functional correlates of recovery outcome after traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj (1998) 0.92

Cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators are unaffected by operation of an extremity MR imaging system. AJR Am J Roentgenol (1999) 0.92

Liver transplantation in babies and children with extrahepatic biliary atresia. J Pediatr Surg (1993) 0.92

Evaluation of infant feeding in acute gastroenteritis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (1989) 0.91

Aspirin: an unexpected side effect on prostacyclin synthesis in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells. Science (1980) 0.90

A dose ranging study of the pharmacokinetics, safety, and preliminary efficacy of lamivudine in children and adolescents with chronic hepatitis B. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2000) 0.90

European biliary atresia registries: summary of a symposium. Eur J Pediatr Surg (2008) 0.90

The changing training needs of clinical nurse managers: exploring issues for continuing professional development. J Adv Nurs (2001) 0.90

Paediatric transplantation comes of age. The main problem now is shortage of donors. BMJ (1998) 0.89

Risks of premature death and cancer predicted by body weight in early adult life. Hum Exp Toxicol (1991) 0.89

The effect of an acute phase reaction and BCG innoculation on factor VIII in the guinea-pig. Thromb Res (1985) 0.89

Stereotactic limbic leucotomy: neurophysiological aspects and operative technique. Br J Psychiatry (1973) 0.89

Transition to adult services for children and young people with palliative care needs: a systematic review. BMJ Support Palliat Care (2011) 0.89

Do cardiologists have higher thresholds for recommending coronary arteriography than family physicians? Health Serv Res (1987) 0.88

High-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions and invasive carcinoma following the report of three negative Papanicolaou smears: screening failures or rapid progression? Mod Pathol (1992) 0.88

Psychosurgery and the limbic system. Postgrad Med J (1973) 0.87

The induction of des-Arg9-bradykinin-mediated hyperalgesia in the rat by inflammatory stimuli. Braz J Med Biol Res (1994) 0.87

The effect of fermented liquid feeding on the faecal microbiology and colostrum quality of farrowing sows. Int J Food Microbiol (2002) 0.87

Biliary complications after paediatric liver transplantation: Birmingham's experience. Transpl Int (1995) 0.87

An outbreak of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever associated with a novel tick vector, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, in Arizona, 2004: preliminary report. Ann N Y Acad Sci (2006) 0.86

Posttraumatic cerebral arterial spasm. J Neurotrauma (1995) 0.86

Pre-exposure anti-Campylobacter jejuni immunoglobulin a levels associated with reduced risk of Campylobacter diarrhea in adults traveling to Thailand. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2001) 0.86

Stereotactic limbic leucotomy--a follow-up study of thirty patients. Postgrad Med J (1973) 0.86

Physiological changes during operations on the limbic system in man. Cond Reflex (1972) 0.86

Computer education for asthmatics: what effects? J Nurs Care Qual (1992) 0.86