Beta-lactamase stability and inhibitory activity of meropenem combined with a potent antibacterial activity.

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：:In a randomized study 87 patients received perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis with 2 x 2 g ceftriaxone (Rocephin) at the beginning of the operation and in the following morning. Seventy-two patients received no antibiotic prophylaxis. In patients receiving the prophylaxis, a lower incidence of infections was observe...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Winkler D,Rehn H,Freckmann N,Nowak G,Herrmann HD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed in female B6C3F1 mice to confirm previously observed effects of selected cephalosporin antibiotics on nonspecific immunity, and to determine possible effects on specific acquired immunity and host resistance. Mice were treated intravenously with DQ-2556, ceftizoxime or ceftezole at 800 mg/kg/d...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Furuhama K,Benson RW,Knowles BJ,Roberts DW

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：:The effects of cis-[Pt(NH3)2Cl2] on the spontaneous cell-mediated cytotoxicity of human lymphoblast cell lines mediated by normal human peripheral blood lymphocytes was investigated. Direct addition of cis-[Pt(NH3)2Cl2], but not its tumor inactive trans isomer, to the in vitro spontaneous cytotoxicity assay resulted i...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mally MB,Taylor RC,Callewaert DM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the presence of cardiac comorbidities can be challenging considering that the standard treatment regimen used for this aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) consists of a combination of rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride, Oncovin (vincris...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Alrifai T,Grant Szymanski K,Venugopal P,Mahon B,Okwuosa T,Karmali R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an ongoing project to evaluate essential oils as modulators of antibiotic resistance, the essential oil from Origanum vulgare L. (OVEO), as well as its individual constituents carvacrol (CAR) and thymol (THY), were investigated using Staphylococcus aureus strains possessing efflux mechanisms of resistance...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Cirino IC,Menezes-Silva SM,Silva HT,de Souza EL,Siqueira-Júnior JP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niridazole was shown to be an effective chemotherapeutic agent for mice infected intravenously with a niridazole-sensitive strain of Salmonella typhimurium. Death rates as well as bacterial counts per spleen were reduced, even in compromised animals. Histologic examination of spleens proved the reduction of inflammato...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hof H,Müller KM,Heine WD

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:T790M is a major cause of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) resistance, but the clinical significance of T790M disappearance is unknown. CASE REPORT:We report 3 cases of pulmonary adenocarcinoma which did not respond to EGFR-TKI retreatment even with T790M disappearance...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Kodama T,Watanabe K,Shinkai M,Kaneko T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibacterial activity of imipenem combined with norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, or ofloxacin against 43 gram-positive cocci and 53 aerobic gram-negative rods compared to results obtained with the combination of imipenem with amikacin. Synergistic antibacterial action (defined as FIC index less than or equal to 0.5) w...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Kern W,Gulden H,Vanek E,Kurrle E

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before appendectomy 36 adult patients were given an intravenous infusion of 500 mg of tinidazole. In the operation tissue samples were taken (blood, base of appendix vermiformis, muscle, fat) either 10, 20, 30, 60, or 120 min after cessation of infusion. The tinidazole concentrations were determined by liquid chromato...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Viitanen J,Auvinen O,Tunturi T

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of acyclovir (ACV) treatment on selected functions of human blood-derived macrophages was examined. ACV was not cytotoxic when applied in a wide range of concentrations. Only minor effects on macrophage functions were observed when cells were treated with therapeutic concentrations of ACV:phagocytosis and t...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Stenseth AM,Rollag H,Degré M

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy of listeriosis with ampicillin was examined in two murine models with compromised defense mechanisms. In mice treated with dextran sulfate paralysing the function of the macrophage system, ampicillin was less able to reduce death rates as well as bacterial counts in the spleens than after infection of normal m...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hof H,Emmerling P,Seeliger HP

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen quinolone antibacterial agents were investigated as to their ability to inhibit Micrococcus luteus DNA gyrase and cell growth, and compared to those of novobiocin and coumermycin. Among the quinolones tested, the most active were found to be CI-934 and ciprofloxacin, which inhibited gyrase full supercoiling a...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Fu KP,Grace ME,McCloud SJ,Gregory FJ,Hung PP

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrazinamide (PZA) is an unconventional frontline tuberculosis drug characterized by high in vivo sterilizing activity, but poor in vitro activity. The study on the mechanism of action of PZA has attracted significant attention because of the peculiarity of PZA and its ability to shorten the tuberculosis chemotherapy....

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Huang Q,Chen ZF,Li YY,Zhang Y,Ren Y,Fu Z,Xu SQ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular activity of flurithromycin, erythromycin, roxithromycin and miocamycin against susceptible clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, phagocytosed by human monocytes, was investigated. Intracellular bioactivity was studied in a 24-hour assay, using experimental conditions which allowed the intracell...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Fietta A,Boeri P,Colombo ML,Merlini C,Gialdroni Grassi G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum (beta 1-->3)-D-glucan was elevated in 34 of 126 patients (27%) with hematologic malignancy who were clinically suspected of having a deep-seated mycosis. Although 11 patients (8.8%) were thought to have fungemia, fungi were isolated from blood culture in only 4. These results suggest that measurement of serum be...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Niitsu N,Umeda M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was conducted to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among common pathogens in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a university hospital in Iran between 2006 and 2009. METHODS:The isolates cultured in appropriate media and antimicrobial susceptibility were determined by disk diffusio...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mohammadtaheri Z,Pourpaki M,Mohammadi F,Namdar R,Masjedi MR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of different temperatures (22, 35 and 37 degrees C) on the postantifungal effect (PAFE) and the effect of sub-MIC concentrations (1/4 x MIC) on Candida albicans and Candida glabrata in PAFE stage (PAFSE). METHODS:This stage was induced by a 1.5-hour ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： García MT,Llorente MT,Mínguez F,Prieto J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After metabolization, erdosteine (a mucoactive drug) produces an active metabolite (Met I) with an SH group that is capable of opening disulphide bonds, including those of pilin, a protein of bacterial fimbriae. This induces stereochemical conformational changes that interfere with the binding of bacterial adhesins (f...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Braga PC,Zuccotti T,Dal Sasso M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefepime is active against bacteria producing chromosomally and plasmid-mediated extended broad-spectrum β-lactamase enzymes. The aim of this study was to evaluate risk factors for acquisition of cefepime resistance in Escherichia coli strains among hospitalized patients in a university hospital in Sanandaj, Iran. The...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mansouri M,Ramazanzadeh R,Norabadi P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of aztreonam (a beta-lactam antibiotic with specific activity against gram-negative bacteria) was evaluated and compared with that of tobramycin in hospitalized patients with severe intra-abdominal infections due to gram-negative pathogens, either alone or in association with other bacteria. Of a total st...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Birolini D,Moraes MF,de Souza OS

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Finafloxacin is a novel 8-cyano-fluoroquinolone under investigation for treatment of urinary tract infection. METHODS:Urinary concentrations and urinary bactericidal titers (UBT) of finafloxacin 200- and 800-mg single doses in 6 healthy volunteers were measured up to 48 h. UBT were determined for a referenc...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Wagenlehner FM,Wagenlehner CM,Blenk B,Blenk H,Schubert S,Dalhoff A,Naber KG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungal infections are common and life threatening among immunosupressive patients. Rare side effects may occur related to the use of voriconazole, which is the drug of choice in invasive aspergillosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Neuropathy was determined through clinical and electromyographic findings during the ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Aksoy F,Akdogan E,Aydin K,Yilmaz M,Altunayoglu V,Sozen EE,Omay SB,Koksal I

更新日期：2008-01-01 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/AIMS:There is no standard consensus on a strategy in the second-line setting for gemcitabine-refractory advanced pancreatic cancer. This study evaluated the activity and tolerability of oxaliplatin, irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin (FOLFIRINOX) as a second-line therapy in advanced pancreatic adenoca...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Lee MG,Lee SH,Lee SJ,Lee YS,Hwang JH,Ryu JK,Kim YT,Kim DU,Woo SM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma is associated with poor long-term survival after relapse or resistance to chemotherapy. We report a case of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma refractory to first-line R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) and second-line R-DHAP (rituximab, dexameth...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Appio L,Landoni C,La Targia M,Bertolli V,Chiarucci M,Crovetti G,Vassenna E,Serio G,Bregni M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy of S-1 as a new oral antitumor agent in ovarian cancer-bearing nude rats. This drug consists of tegafur, 5-chloro-2,4-dihydroxypyridine, and oxonic acid in a molar ratio of 1:0.4:1.S-1 was given alone or in combination with cisplatin. When administered alone at a daily dose of 20 mg/ kg, S-1 ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Suzuki M,Sekiguchi I,Sato I,Shirasaka T

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The combination of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), cisplatin and interferon (IFN)-alpha was found to result in a high response rate in advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). METHODS:Resectable cases of esophageal SCC were treated with 3 cycles of chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin 70 mg/m(2) i.v. on da...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Bazarbashi S,Abdelsalam M,Amin T,El-Bassiouni M,Soudy H,Elweshi A,Alhusseiny H,Rehman K,Memon M,Ajarim D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00