Tapering and discontinuation of glucocorticoid prophylaxis during prolonged weekly to biweekly paclitaxel administration.

abstract：:The binding of five structurally diverse beta-lactam antibiotics to penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of two clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to penicillin G was compared with that of a susceptible strain. A common feature of the PBP patterns of the resistant strains was the absence of PBP 1a d...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ikeda F,Yokota Y,Ikemoto A,Teratani N,Shimomura K,Kanno H

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some new quinolones (NQs) modulate polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) functions. We investigated these effects on PMN functions at concentrations <10 microg/ml. METHODS:Chemotactic activity and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were measured using a 48-well chemotaxis chamber and by luminol-dep...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Koshio O,Ono Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested the effectiveness of several antibiotic regimens, using a rat model of Escherichia coli experimental pyelonephritis that mimics the conditions of severe renal infections in man because the infection is acquired by the ascending route. We found that ceftriaxone, when given for 5 days to rats with severe ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Glauser MP,Bonard

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefpirome and six other antimicrobial agents were tested against 884 blood culture isolates from cancer patients. Cefpirome was highly active against aerobic gram-negative bacilli including Acinetobacter spp., and the Enterobacteriaceae. Only imipenem was more active than cefpirome against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cefp...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rolston K,Alvarez ME,Hoy JF,LeBlanc B,Ho DH,Bodey GP

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of enterococcal infections is often difficult because of intrinsic and acquired resistance to a variety of antimicrobial agents. Between January 1993 and May 1997, enterococci were isolated from blood cultures of 117 patients at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University Hospital Eppend...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Elsner HA,Sobottka I,Feucht HH,Claussen M,Kaulfers PM,Laufs R,Mack D

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocular penetration of grepafloxacin into several ocular tissues was determined in albino and pigmented rabbits following a single intravitreal administration. After administration, grepafloxacin was detected in all ocular tissues studied in both breeds of rabbits. The superior mean penetration ratios were found in the...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Solans C,Bregante MA,Garcia MA,Perez S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The discovery of mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has dramatically changed the treatment of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. EGFR-targeted therapies show considerable promise, but drug resistance has become a substantial issue...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Tetsu O,Hangauer MJ,Phuchareon J,Eisele DW,McCormick F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the majority of patients can be treated safely with fluoropyrimidine, some experience severe fluoropyrimidine-associated toxicity. The frequency and severity of these adverse events vary from patient to patient and are partially explained by genetic polymorphism into the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD) ge...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Falvella FS,Luoni M,Cheli S,Fava S,Cergnul M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ceftazidime is a third-generation cephalosporin almost entirely eliminated by glomerular filtration and dose reductions are essential in patients with renal impairment. The physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties of ceftazidime make it susceptible to be eliminated by continuous renal replacement thera...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Isla A,Gascón AR,Maynar J,Arzuaga A,Sánchez-Izquierdo JA,Pedraz JL

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Prolonged intermittent renal replacement therapy (PIRRT) is an increasingly adopted method of renal replacement in critically ill patients. Like continuous renal replacement therapy, PIRRT can alter the pharmacokinetics (PK) of many drugs. In this setting, dosing data for antibiotics like benzylpenicillin are lacking....

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Cheng V,Rawlins M,Chang T,Fox E,Dyer J,Allen C,Litton E,Page MM,Hoad K,Roberts JA

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The rise in the rates of antibiotic resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients is concerning and underscores the need for the development of novel compounds. Among them CSA-13, a cationic steroid molecule, mimics the activity of naturally occurring antimicrobial peptid...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Bozkurt-Guzel C,Savage PB,Gerceker AA

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:A total of 30 hospitalized patients with upper and lower urinary tract infections were treated with cefotaxime (HR-756) by intramuscular or intravenous route. All patients had a monomicrobial infection, and the major part of bacterial isolates were gram-negative bacilli (83%) while gram-positive cocci accounted only f...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Paradisi F,Cristiano P,Mirone V,D'Armiento V,Iovene MR

更新日期：1982-01-01 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：:Over the past decade, antiproliferative effects of somatostatin and analogs have been reported in many somatostatin receptor-positive normal and tumor cell types. Regarding the molecular mechanisms involved, somatostatin or analogs mediate their action through both indirect and direct effects. Somatostatin acts throug...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Bousquet C,Puente E,Buscail L,Vaysse N,Susini C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumour properties of the drug N-137 were assessed in vivo in two murine T lymphoma models and two naturally metastatic hamster fibrosarcomas of Herpesvirus hominis aetiology. N-137 therapy caused a significant delay in the subcutaneous growth rate of both lymphomas (EL4 and TLX9) and in many cases completely p...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rees RC,Potter CW,Clegg A,Hall JM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Without treatment all mice died after receiving 10(3) Klebsiella pneumoniae by intraperitoneal injection. Nevertheless, it was possible to delay treatment for 12 h and still observe a therapeutic response from im gentamicin (5 mg/kg). This gave initial serum concentrations comparable to clinical levels, which fell rap...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Queiroz ML,Bathirunathan N,Mawer GE

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mitochondria have emerged as a major target for anticancer therapy because of their critical role in cancer cell survival. Our preliminary works have suggested that dihydroergotamine tartrate (DHE), an antimigraine agent, may have effects on mitochondria. METHODS:We examined the effect of DHE on the surviva...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Chang SH,Lee AY,Yu KN,Park J,Kim KP,Cho MH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to imatinib therapy has been significantly associated with disease progression and direct medical costs in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) patients. However, adherence to oral anticancer drugs is frequently hindered by the influence of various factors. The aim of this study was to evaluate th...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Wang Y,Zhang P,Han Y,Nelson RS,McLeod HL,Tao K,Yuan Y,Zhang M,Xiang H,Zhou H

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：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：:This investigation used the postantibiotic effect (PAE) and killing curves to provide data on the antimicrobial activity of subinhibitory (1/8x, 1/4x and 1/2x minimum inhibitory concentration; MIC) and inhibitory (1x MIC) concentrations of amikacin, gentamicin and tobramycin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Subinhibito...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Zhanel GG,Karlowsky JA,Hoban DJ,Davidson RJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An agar dilution technique was used to determine the MIC of pristinamycin for 124 clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. All were inhibited by less than or equal to 0.5 mg/1, quite similar to the sensitivity of a number of methicillin-sensitive strains. MICs obtained using a microdilution me...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mutton KJ,Andrew JH

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bloodstream infections are a significant cause of neonatal morbidity and death. An increase in the incidence of early neonatal sepsis due to Escherichia coli has been reported. The objective was to evaluate the antimicrobial resistance of E. coli strains causing early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) and late-on...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Guiral E,Bosch J,Vila J,Soto SM

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the presence of Helicobacter pylori in laryngeal cancer specimens to reveal whether or not this is a risk factor in the development of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. METHODS:Sixty-nine total laryngectomy specimens with the pathologic diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma and 30 larynge...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Kizilay A,Saydam L,Aydin A,Kalcioglu MT,Ozturan O,Aydin NE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00