Tigecycline in vitro activity against gram-negative and gram-positive pathogens collected in Italy.

abstract：:The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the new penem ALP 201 was tested against 243 recent clinical isolates of which 95 were from the family Enterobacteriaceae, 50 were from the genus Streptococcus, 50 were Staphylococcus aureus and 48 were Staphylococcus epidermidis. An agar dilution technique was used to det...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Bergan T,da Fonseca J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic efficacy of oral treatment with levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, and ampicillin on an experimental pneumonia caused by the penicillin-intermediate Streptococcus pneumoniae for which the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of the quinolones are similar was assessed in immunocompetent CBA/J mice. Levofl...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ishida Y,Kurosaka Y,Murakami Y,Otani T,Yamaguchi K

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, multiple-line chemotherapy has become popular for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The survival time of patients is influenced by patient characteristics and subsequent treatments. METHODS:The usefulness of paclitaxel plus S1 (PTX+S1) was evaluated in 46 pretreated NSCLC patients. Time from the...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Aono N,Ito Y,Nishino K,Uchida J,Kumagai T,Akazawa Y,Okuyama T,Yoshinami T,Imamura F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five healthy informed male volunteers received oral doses of 820 mg sulfadiazine (SDZ) plus 180 mg trimethoprim (TMP) (co-trimazine) every 24 h. Concentrations in serum, peripheral lymph from the leg and urine were determined after the first dose, and on the 4th day to reflect approximate steady-state conditions. TMP ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Bergan T,Engeset A,Olszewski W

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:Malignant external otitis is a serious infection most frequently caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Because of its antipseudomonal activity and good tissue penetration, ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic which should, in theory, be effective in the treatment of this type of infection. Publications on the use of ciprofloxac...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Gehanno P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of phenylbutazone (2 mg/ml) to 55 vol% of fresh defibrinated human blood permitted leukocytic ingestion of Serratia marcescens bacteria, but blocked phagocytic killing activity. The group A (phage tail) bacteriocin bA+ 16 served to kill extraphagocytic test bacteria. Five bacterial DNA gyrase inhibitors (cipr...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Traub WH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common infections of mankind, with persistent colonization causing significant morbidity and mortality. TREATMENT:First-line therapy, consisting of 7-day treatment with a proton pump inhibitor or ranitidine bismuth citrate, amoxicillin and clarithromycin, with second-l...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： McLoughlin R,O'Morain C

更新日期：2005-08-01 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:Adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy improves survival in women with early-stage epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Yet, there is a wide variety in clinical practice. METHODS:All patients diagnosed with FIGO I and IIa EOC (2006-2010) in the south of the Netherlands were analyzed. The percentage of patients th...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Frielink LM,Pijlman BM,Ezendam NP,Pijnenborg JM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The brain is a frequent site of metastases in small-cell lung cancer. Symptoms of cerebral involvement are headache, disorientation, nausea/vomiting and seizures. CASE:A man with small-cell lung cancer developed a human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) meningoencephalitis with neurological symptoms that simulated brai...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mordenti P,Zaffignani E,Immovilli P,Nobili E,Cavanna L

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Within recent years, novel serological and molecular methods have been developed to improve the early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections especially in patients with malignant hematological diseases being at highest risk of developing these life-threatening infections. Early diagnosis is essential for adequate the...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Buchheidt D,Skladny H,Baust C,Hehlmann R

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:An in vitro infection model was created using a suspension of macrophages, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, lymphocytes, fibroblasts, and human serum to which pathogen and antibiotic were added. Separate intracellular and extracellular antibiotic concentrations and activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Legionella pn...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Scaglione F,Demartini G,Dugnani S,Fraschini F

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some acridine compounds referred to as 9-imino, 9-oxo and 9-thio derivatives were screened for activity against Trypanosoma cruzi in vitro. The results are discussed here with reference to the structure of the compounds tested. Attempts to elucidate the mode of action of active acridines are also included. The most ac...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Osuna A,Ruiz-Perez LM,Gamarro F,Rodriguez-Santiago JI,Castanys S,Sharples D,Galy AM,Giovannageli G,Galy JP,Soyfer JC

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This phase II study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the chemotherapy combination of gemcitabine and vinorelbine in taxane-pretreated Japanese metastatic breast cancer patients. METHODS:In this multicenter, phase II, single-arm study, patients with recurrent or metastatic HER2-negative b...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Yamamura J,Masuda N,Yamamoto D,Tsuyuki S,Yamaguchi M,Tanaka S,Tsurutani J,Tokunaga S,Yoshidome K,Mizutani M,Aono T,Ooe A,Tanino H,Matsunami N,Yasojima H,Nakayama T,Nishida Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from five clinical trials of amphotericin B colloidal dispersion (ABCD) in the treatment of invasive mycoses were pooled to analyze the renal sparing effects of ABCD. Serum creatinine levels at baseline and either during or at end of treatment were available for 499 of 572 patients (87.2%). The median cumulative ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Gurwith M,Mamelok R,Pietrelli L,Du Mond C

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacokinetic studies were conducted with norfloxacin administered by the oral and subcutaneous routes to mice and rats, and by the oral route to rhesus monkeys. The compound was moderately well absorbed following oral dosing in these animal species. Serum levels in monkeys ranged from 1.0 to 2.35 micrograms/ml afte...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Gilfillan EC,Pelak BA,Bland JA,Malatesta PF,Gadebusch HH

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brucellosis is one of the important health problems for both humans and animals in Turkey since agriculture and stock raising appears to be the most important means of subsistence. Investigations on the pathogenesis of brucellosis reveal that the etiologic agent can survive in phagocytic cells, and cell-medi...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Dizer U,Hayat L,Beker CM,Görenek L,Ozgüven V,Pahsa A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of flomoxef in serum and in the mucosal tissue of the middle ear and mastoid were studied in 9 patients undergoing tympanoplasties. All patients received 1 g of flomoxef intravenously. Flomoxef levels in serum and in mucosal tissue were determined by a bioassay method. The peak value of mean conce...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Saito H,Kimura T,Takeda T,Kishimoto S,Oguma T,Shimamura K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular/extracellular (C/E) concentration ratio of teicoplanin in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) increased rapidly with time (C/E 60 +/- 13 at 20 min). The C/E ratio was time- and concentration-dependent. At 20 min and an initial concentration of 75 +/- 16 micrograms/ml the cellular drug concentration was 4,...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Maderazo EG,Breaux SP,Woronick CL,Quintiliani R,Nightingale CH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal bactericidal concentrations of trimethoprim, nalidixic acid, and nitrofurantoin revealed effective intraphagolysosomal bactericidal activity against several assay strains of Serratia marcescens as determined with phenylbutazone-treated (2 mg/ml) fresh defibrinated human blood (55 vol%), following killing of ex...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Traub WH

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and antibacterial efficacy of mezlocillin, cefotaxime, cefoperazone and the mezlocillin/cefalosporin combinations, respectively, were studied by adopting the granuloma pouch model in rats. Exudate concentrations of mezlocillin were higher after combined i.v. injection with a cefalosporin as determ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Dalhoff A,Gehl AE,Gau W,Lode H

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive research efforts, effective therapies for refractive cancers have not yet been established, and development of successful treatment strategies remains the most important task in the field of oncology. We recently showed that AVE8062 (formerly AC7700), a derivative of combretastatin A-4, achieved irre...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hori K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cisplatin resistance has been mainly associated with decreased cellular accumulation and increased intracellular glutathione (GSH) levels. ATP is known to increase the membrane permeability of cells and to decrease intracellular GSH levels. Our study aimed at using extracellular ATP to sensitize ovarian carc...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rotte A,Garmann D,Buss I,Jaehde U

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the antibacterial activity of the new penem antibiotic Men 10700 against a total of 740 gram-positive and gram-negative clinical isolates, in comparison to imipenem, meropenem, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin and gentamicin. Men 10700 has shown a wide spectrum of antibacterial activity, with a po...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Varotto F,Parravidini E,De Luca M,Casini A,Fraschini F

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal bactericidal concentrations of thienamycin revealed moderate intraphagolysosomal bactericidal activity against pseudo-(PSR) and genuinely serum-resistant (NSS) assay strains of Serratia marcescens. Combinations of inhibitory and subinhibitory concentrations of thienamycin with 55 vol% of defibrinated human blo...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Traub WH

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, rational dosing guidelines for amphotericin B-deoxycholate (AmB) are proposed for children. AmB steady-state trough concentrations (C(ss,trough)) and plasma creatinine concentrations (C(creat)) were measured in 83 children (age: 10 months to 18 years) receiving prophylactic AmB therapy (1 mg/kg/day). Ma...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Nath CE,McLachlan AJ,Shaw PJ,Coakley JC,Earl JW

更新日期：2007-01-01 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