Comparison of azoles against aspergilli in vitro and in an experimental model of pulmonary aspergillosis.

abstract：:A method is described which may be used to compare the relative activity of beta-lactam antibiotics against gram-negative bacilli. The method offers several important advantages over conventional methods of evaluation of the antibacterial activity of beta-lactam agents: the bacterial inoculum is simply and accurately ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Greenwood D

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rifaximin matches the criteria for an ideal agent for the treatment of infectious diarrhea. It has excellent activity against a broad range of enteropathogens. It is nonabsorbable, which may help explain its excellent side effect profile and lack of emergence of resistance because of high stool levels that are not lik...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ericsson CD,DuPont HL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibacterial activity of tobramycin, gentamicin, erythromycin, cloxacillin, kanamycin, cephalexin, penicillin, carbenicillin and polymyxin were compared against 303 clinical bacterial isolates from a pediatric hospital patient population. Standard disk diffusion and agar-dilution methods were employed. Significan...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Laxer RM,Mackay E,Marks MI

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparative in vitro activity of amikacin, cefamandole, cefoperazone, cefotaxime, cefoxitin, cephalothin, chloramphenicol, moxalactam, piperacillin, ticarcillin and tobramycin against 170 community blood culture isolates of gram-negative bacilli was investigated using the quantitative plate dilution method. Result...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Gordon RC,Tack KJ,Haddy RI,Fechner L,Wofford R

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciprofloxacin (CIP) and metabolite concentrations in lung tissue, parietal pleura and bronchial tissue were assessed in 43 adult patients who underwent lung surgery. A single oral dose of CIP was given for prophylaxis of bacterial infections. Two to 6 h prior to tissues sampling, 23 patients received 250 mg and 20 sub...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rohwedder R,Bergan T,Caruso E,Thorsteinsson SB,Della Torre H,Scholl H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of patients suffering surgical infections were treated with fosfomycin. The first includes 21 suppurating dermic of soft underlying tissue lesions. The second group includes 29 surgical abdominal infections. The bacteriology of the first group was made up of gram-positive and gram-negative germs predominant...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Gallardo A,Sáez JM,Enriquez G,Cobacho AR,Torronteras R,Recordan C,Del Moral A,Arroyo A,Curiel AG

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:21 patients, whose age ranged from 17 to 60 years and who had not been previously treated with antibiotics or other drugs, received bacampicillin as a perioperative prophylaxis for minor operations in the oral cavity. Four oral doses of bacampicillin were administered: each dose of 800 mg every 12 h, and the last dose...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： del Piano M,Nicosia R,Sessa R,Grippaudo G,Lolli R,Monaco B

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination antiretroviral (ARV) treatment is a potent and effective therapy for human immunodeficiency virus infection. Unfortunately, ARV drugs frequently interact among themselves, as well as with other anti-infectives. These interactions determine positive or negative consequences resulting in recommendations to a...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Pontali E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An ethylacetate-soluble fraction (ET4) from the lichen Ramalina farinacea has previously been shown to inhibit the infectivity of lentiviral and adenoviral vectors, as well as wild-type HIV-1. We now determined the antiviral activity of ET4 against other wild-type viruses, including the herpes simplex virus ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Esimone CO,Grunwald T,Nworu CS,Kuate S,Proksch P,Uberla K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ginkgolic acids (GAs), extracted from the seed coat of Ginkgo biloba L. Our previous study has shown that GA monomer could inhibit the growth of Hep-2 significantly and induce the fragmentation of the chromosomal DNA. To further assess the antitumor potential and turn it into a candidate new antitumor drug, ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Zhou C,Li X,Du W,Feng Y,Kong X,Li Y,Xiao L,Zhang P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower respiratory tract infections are the major cause of death due to infectious disease in the developed and developing world. Despite substantial progress in defining pathogens and in therapeutic options, there continues to be major controversies in the clinical management of these infections. This report reviews t...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Bartlett J

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Antimicrobial agents may interact with polymorphonuclear leukocytes and directly modify the leukocyte functions, or bacteria can be modified by the antimicrobial agents causing them to be treated differently by phagocytic cells. Brief exposure of bacteria to high levels of antimicrobials can affect their interaction w...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Pérez P,Herrera I,Martín M,Martínez P,Gómez-Lus ML

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:BMY-28142 was compared in vitro with ceftazidime, cefotaxime and cefoperazone and was found to be more active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Essentially no effect of increasing inoculum size 100-fold was seen-on MICs with BMY-28142 or ceftazidime; some effect was noted with cefotaxime and ce...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Norden CW,Neiderriter K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enterococci and especially glycopeptide-resistant strains (GRE) are widely distributed in the hospital environment, by acquiring resistance determinants and virulence factors. METHODS:The study included 48 GRE isolated during a 1-year period from different inpatients in a tertiary hospital in southwestern G...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Kolonitsiou F,Mani V,Parikou H,Trakala M,Dimitracopoulos G,Spiliopoulou I

更新日期：2004-11-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gallbladder cancer is a common and lethal digestive malignancy which is nonsensitive to routine chemotherapy. Doxorubicin (DOX) is one of the major chemotherapeutic drugs for patients with gallbladder cancer. We tried to evaluate if combined use of somatostatin (SST) and DOX could have synergistic effect in ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Quan ZW,Yue JN,Li JY,Qin YY,Guo RS,Li SG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is the most common neoplastic apoptosis manifestation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Toremifene is known to upregulate transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-beta1), which is a growth-inhibitory factor for KS. We investigated the in vitro effect of toremifene on KS cells. METHO...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hong A,Leigh BR

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight thiadiazine 1,1-dioxide derivatives were evaluated for antitrichomonal and antitrypanosomal activities. In vivo tests were performed on a murine model for trichomoniasis standardized in our laboratory. The capacity of compounds to clear visceral lesions in experimentally infected animals as well as their effects...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Atienza J,Martínez Díaz RA,Gómez Barrio A,Escario JA,Herrero A,Ochoa C,Rodríguez J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II), CDDP) is one of the most important chemotherapeutic agents; however, the mechanisms of resistance to this drug are still unknown. Recent reports have demonstrated that chemotherapy can induce apoptosis in some cancer cells, indicating that apoptosis may play a very importan...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mese H,Sasaki A,Alcalde RE,Nakayama S,Matsumura T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Levofloxacin and tobramycin, alone and in combination with cefepime, were investigated for their in vitro activities and post-antibiotic effects (PAEs) on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. METHODS:The in vitro activities of tobramycin and levofloxacin in combination with cefepime were determined by microbroth chequer...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ozbek B,Otuk G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) tolerability and efficacy of intra-arterial chemotherapy with irinotecan in patients with liver metastases of colorectal carcinoma (CRC). METHODS:Superselective intra-arterial irinotecan was applied on days 1, 14, 28 and 42. The initial dose was 140 mg/m² with esca...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Eichler K,Dufas T,Hammerstingl R,Gruber-Rouh T,Vogl TJ,Zangos S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbiological properties of cephapirin, a new semisynthetis cephalosporin, have been studied. This antibiotic, if compared with ampicillin, shows a greater activity against gram positive bacteria, a lack of sensitivity to staphlococcal beta-lactamase, and a lower sensitivity to those produced by gram-negative ba...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Renzini G,Ravagnan G,Oliva B

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent findings justify the opinion that Chlamydia psittaci is the reappearance of a forgotten pathogen. The clinical manifestation and the course of psittacosis are extremely variable, whereas the clinical spectrum of the infection with the different strains of C. psittaci is not known. Reactive arthritis during the ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Tsapas G,Klonizakis I,Casakos K,Koncouris L

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to L-lysine, D-lysine showed no inhibitory effect on growth of Ehrlich ascites tumour cell in in vivo studies. The in vitro studies on the growth of cultured Ehrlich ascites tumour cells showed similar results, namely, the growth of tumour cells was inhibited when cultured in 0.02 or 0.03 M L-lysine; while 0....

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Choy YM,Fung KP

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postantibiotic effects were induced in three Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains after short-term treatment (30 min) with amikacin at suprainhibitory concentrations in the range of 0.6-1.2 h (2 x MIC) and of 3.0-4.4 h (4 x MIC). Significant suppression of P. aeruginosa elastase activity was found after treatment with amika...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hostacká A,Karelová E

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recurrent tumor growth of colorectal carcinoma at the peritoneal site remains an unsolved problem. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the substance taxol (paclitaxel) can alter intraperitoneal tumor spread using different modes of drug application. METHODS:Intraperitoneal tumor growth was indu...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hribaschek A,Meyer F,Schneider-Stock R,Pross M,Ridwelski K,Lippert H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five aminoglycoside antibiotics (AGAs)--kanamycin (KM), bekamycin (AKM), dibekacin (DKB), ribostamycin (RSM) and paromomycin (PRM)--were studied for their effects on the nonenzymic reduction of cytochrome c by FeSO4 (Yamabe's system). Their inhibitory activity was in the order: DKB greater than AKM greater than KM gre...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Yamabe S

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to the predominance of gram-positive pathogens in neutropenic cancer patients, newer generation quinolones with an expanded gram-positive spectrum and enhanced potency, may have a role to play for prophylaxis and/or empiric therapy in such patients. The in vitro activity of gatifloxacin was compared with that of...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rolston KV,Vaziri I,Frisbee-Hume S,Streeter H,LeBlanc B

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00