Renal sparing by amphotericin B colloidal dispersion: clinical experience in 572 patients.

abstract：PURPOSE:It was the aim of our study to evaluate the in vitro activities of tetracycline (TET), erythromycin (ERY) and levofloxacin (LVX) alone and in dual combinations against ureaplasmas. METHODS:The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 51 ureaplasmal strains were determined by microdilution assay. RESULTS:TE...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Luo DQ,Liu JY,Yang W,Zhang B,Yu MJ,Wu YM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro antimicrobial activities of AM-1155, a new fluoroquinolone, tosufloxacin and fleroxacin were tested against 55 clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae using the agar dilution method. In our previous study, all the strains had been examined for mutations in the region corresponding to the quinolone-resi...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Deguchi T,Yasuda M,Nakano M,Ozeki S,Kanematsu E,Fukuda H,Maeda S,Saito I,Kawada Y

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mode of action of 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) was studied in three isolates of pathogenic Aspergillus with varying degrees of susceptibility to the drug. Distribution studies showed that susceptibility or resistance to 5-FC was not dependent on uptake of the drug. While only a small percentage of the total 5-FC taken ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Wagner GE,Shadomy S

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Switch therapy, or step-down therapy, is the concept of switching from an intravenous antibiotic to an oral preparation after a few days, once the condition of the patient has improved and the pathogen and its susceptibility have been determined. The orally active third-generation cephalosporin cefixime is a primary c...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hamilton-Miller J

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gametocytocidal activity of artemisinin (qinghaosu) has been demonstrated against simian malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi B. Colony-bred Anopheles stephensi were allowed to feed on gametocyte-carrying rhesus monkeys and the mosquito infectivity rate and oocyst count of the infected mosquito gut were recorded on d...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Dutta GP,Bajpai R,Vishwakarma RA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to examine the efficacy and compliance of S-1 for the patients with peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer. METHODS:Sixteen consecutive patients with peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer were treated with S-1. Their survival was compared with that of the historical control group ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ishizone S,Maruta F,Saito H,Koide N,Sugiyama A,Nakayama J,Miyagawa S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New fluoroquinolones, as exemplified by levofloxacin, possess broad spectrum activity against many common pathogens, including the majority responsible for respiratory tract infections (RTIs), atypical pathogens and those resistant to other therapeutic regimens. Following administration, levofloxacin attains high intr...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Graninger W,Zeitlinger M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crl:CD1(ICR) BR mice were fed chow containing Candida albicans or regular chow. Both groups were subsequently given either antibiotics or normal saline. Stool cultures were performed before, at the end of treatment and 1 week after treatment, to determine the effect on the stool yeast concentration. Candida-colonized ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Maraki S,Barbounakis E,Chatzinikolaou I,Anatoliotakis N,Plataki M,Tselentis Y,Samonis G

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two gonococcal strains with differing susceptibility to cefotiam and ceftizoxime, as expressed by the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), are exposed to continuously changing concentrations of these antibiotics as they are found in plasma and skin cantharidal blister fluid (CBF) after a single intramuscular applic...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Korting HC,Niederauer H,Ollert M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are only limited data on tissue kinetics of ertapenem in colorectal tissue more than 3 h after administration of the drug. The purpose of this study was to assess the pharmacokinetics (PK) of ertapenem in colorectal tissue via population PK modeling. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients ≥18 years requiring s...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Wittau M,Scheele J,Bulitta JB,Mayer B,Kaever V,Burhenne H,Henne-Bruns D,Isenmann R,Brockschmidt C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established a method for determining the KD value as a measure of the bilirubin-displacing effect for drugs by using bilirubin oxidase, which is produced by Myrothecium verrucaria MT-1. This method makes it possible to conduct measurements of many beta-lactam antibiotics, including those which could not be determin...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Matsuura A,Nagayama T,Kitagawa T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) of gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin as second-line treatment for unresectable locally advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed the outcome of 12 consecutive pa...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ghiringhelli F,Lorgis V,Vincent J,Ladoire S,Guiu B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase contrast microscopy, killing curves and turbidimetric growth curves were used in a comparative study of the antibacterial effects of imipenem and meropenem on Haemophilus influenzae. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and their ranges of meropenem and imipenem using five beta-lactamase-producing strain...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Yourassowsky E,Van der Linden MP,Crokaert F

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of 23 isolates of opportunistic fungi, Aspergillus fumigatus (5), A. flavus (5), A. niger (5), Pseudallescheria boydii (5), Alternaria alternata (2) and Xylohypha bantiana (1), was investigated against fluconazole and itraconazole, using Sabouraud's dextrose broth (SD) and a high-resolution (HR) medium...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Sekhon AS,Padhye AA,Garg AK,Hamir Z

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this preliminary and descriptive study was to evaluate a biodegradable drug delivery system in combination with an innovative ceramic implant. METHODS:The delivery of gentamicin of standardized samples was measured in the laboratory using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography. Biocompatib...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Draenert ME,Hickel R,Draenert Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Viscum album (VA) Qu FrF preparation consists of an aqueous extract of Viscum album, the European mistletoe. It has cytotoxic and immunomodulatory properties that support its usefulness in cancer therapy. However, only little information is available on the interaction between mistletoe lectin (ML) and the h...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Duong Van Huyen JP,Sooryanarayana,Delignat S,Bloch MF,Kazatchkine MD,Kaveri SV

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of 26 strains of Campylobacter pylori to 7 new quinolone antibiotics and nalidixic acid was determined. All strains were resistant to nalidixic acid. Difloxacin, A-56620, A-62254, and ciprofloxacin were equally effective against the test strains with MICs ranging from 0.06 to 2.0 micrograms/ml. Fler...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hupertz V,Carr H,Czinn SJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested 42 strains of amikacin-resistant gram-negative bacilli with amikacin in combination with six beta-lactam antibiotics using the checkerboard and time-kill curve techniques. Synergism was demonstrated with time-killing curve in 43-68% of the strains tested. Ceftazidime plus amikacin was the most active combina...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Alvarez S,Jones M,Holtsclaw-Berk S,Berk SL

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fleroxacin, a new long-acting quinolone, induces rapid killing and bacterial filamentation as do other quinolones. Ten strains of Escherichia coli were exposed comparatively to fleroxacin and ampicillin in order to determine the effect of sub- and supra-inhibitory concentrations of each of these two compounds on turbi...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Yourassowsky E,Van der Linden MP,Crokaert F

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intraphagocytic killing of Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Salmonella typhi by ciprofloxacin (0.1, 1 and 5 microg/ml) within human neutrophils with intact and impaired (by phenylbutazone treatment) O2-dependent killing mechanisms was studied and compared with the extracellular ki...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Cantón E,Peman J,Cabrera E,Velert M,Orero A,Pastor A,Gobernado M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro bactericidal effects of therapeutic concentrations of levofloxacin (LVFX) on clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis were assessed. Starting from 10(7) CFU/ml, the bacterial count was determined serially during the exposure to LVFX present at concentrations automatically simu...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Takahashi S,Sano M,Nishimura M,Matsukawa M,Mikami M,Hirose T,Tsukamoto T

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of the new semisynthetic ureidopenicillins azlocillin (AZ) and mezlocillin (MZ), and of the new cephalosporin cefsulodin (CEF) were determined against 50 carbenicillin-sensitive (CARs) and 50 carbenicillin-resistant (CARr) P. aeruginosa clinical isolates. In the CARs group the most active antibio...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Perea EJ,Palomares JC,García-Iglesias MC

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the value of tumor markers in monitoring chemotherapy response and predicting prognosis in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:We studied carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), CYFRA21-1 and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) of 111 untreated patients wi...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Jin B,Huang AM,Zhong RB,Han BH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rational choice of an antimicrobial agent must take into account not only the activity against the specific pathogen but also any possible negative or positive effects on the host defense system. Rokitamycin (RKM) is an orally active 16-membered-ring macrolide; there are no reports of specific investigations of thes...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Braga PC,Maci S,Dal Sasso M,Fonti E,Ghessi A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with cancer are particularly susceptible to drug interactions (DIs), but the extent of the problem has received limited attention. We aimed to evaluate the frequency of interactions with anticancer agents in a group of cancer patients. METHODS:The study was performed in a Belgian teaching hospital....

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mouzon A,Kerger J,D'Hondt L,Spinewine A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty Pseudomonas maltophilia isolates were examined for susceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems, and for beta-lactamase production. All the isolates were resistant to imipenem (MICs 64-512 mg/l) and to a lesser extent, to meropenem (MICs 16-256 mg/l). None of the isolates produced significan...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Cullmann W,Dick W

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transplant-related mortality (TRM) significantly decreases the long-term survival of patients with hematopoietic diseases who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated the risk factors for TRM of 58 consecutive patients with hematopoietic disease who underw...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Nakamae H,Yamane T,Aoyama Y,Yamamura R,Ohta K,Hino M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The combination of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) and apatinib has been used in the treatment of intermediate or advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, its effectiveness and safety are also argued. METHODS:Eligible studies were collected from a computer search of literatures published fro...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Wei Y,Liu J,Yan M,Zhao S,Long Y,Zhang W

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro activity of cefetamet against Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Serratia marcescens strains expressing an SHV-5-type beta-lactamase was evaluated. Most of the examined strains were susceptible to the antibiotic. Cefetamet was found to be considerably more active than ceftazidime and aztreonam. I...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Tzouvelekis LS,Prinarakis EE,Gazouli M,Miriagou V,Tzelepi E,Legakis NJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Itraconazole has emerged as an important new oral agent in the treatment of systemic fungal infections. This paper summarizes the data available on its use in aspergillosis, cryptococcosis and histoplasmosis, compiled in the United States with particular attention to the immunocompromised host. Data have been accrued ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hostetler JS,Denning DW,Stevens DA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00