Heterogeneity of beta-lactamase production in Pseudomonas maltophilia, a nosocomial pathogen.

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：BACKGROUND:The prognosis of patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC) remains poor, and no single chemotherapy regimen is recognized as a global standard. A phase II trial was conducted to determine the efficacy and tolerability of capecitabine and oxaliplatin (XELOX) given every 3 weeks in combination in patients wi...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Luo HY,Xu RH,Wang F,Qiu MZ,Li YH,Li FH,Zhou ZW,Chen XQ

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Our previous studies demonstrated the efficacy of cationic liposome-encapsulated doxycycline (CaL-DOX) on the course of infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in vitro and in vivo. In this investigation, the pharmacokinetics of CaL-DOX are reported. Female mice inoculated intravaginally with 4.84 x 10(5) inclusion-formi...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Selliah S,Ravaoarinoro M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 5-year period 1989-1993, the incidence of Candida krusei, and other non-albicans Candida spp., was analyzed in a 60-bed cancer department. The frequency of C. krusei, before fluconazole was introduced into therapeutic protocols in 1990, was 16.5%, and after introduction of fluconazole into prophylaxis in ac...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Kunová A,Trupl J,Spánik S,Drgona L,Sufliarsky J,Lacka J,Studená V,Hlavácová E,Studená M,Kukucková E

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：: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：:Sixteen adult beagles (10-12 kg) were used to evaluate combinations of 2,5-diaziridinyl-3,6-biscarboethoxyamino-1,4-benzoquinone (AZQ, aziridinylbenzoquinone), 1,3-bis-2-chloroethyl-1-nitrosourea (BCNU, carmustine), and cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II) (CDDP, cisplatin) administered by intravenous or intracarotid infu...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Wright KC,Stephens LC,Wallace S,Savaraj N,Feun LG

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies are presented on the in vitro phagocytic activity of rat and human polymorphonuclear leukocytes exposed in vivo to therapeutic concentrations of doxycycline. A 32P-labelled strain of Escherichia coli served as test microbe. No significant reduction of ingestion was observed although untreated AB leukocytes tes...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Melby K,Midtvedt T

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:The antimicrobial resistance patterns of respiratory pathogens isolated during an 8-year period (1990-1997) in an Italian hospital from patients with bronchopulmonary infections were investigated. A global variation in the resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to all relevant antibiotics was observed during the years 19...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Dos Santos C,Capelo A,Cimbro M,Ferrara A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biliary excretion of cefaclor, a new orally active cephalosporin, was studied in vitro using an isolated rabbit liver preparation perfused for 3 h (n = 5). Under these conditions, bile recovery amounted to 2.3% of the cefaclor dose added to the circulating blood (10 mg). In humans, after oral administration of a 1-gra...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Brogard JM,Pinget M,Comte F,Adloff M,Lavillaureix J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination of 9-(S)-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)adenine [(S)-DHPA] and 6-azauridine (AzUrd) is highly active in the selective inhibition of vaccinia virus in chick embryo cell culture. Synergic effect of this combination of compounds was not encountered in HeLa cell culture. Of the 17 analogues related to DHPA studied in th...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rada B,Holý A

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Reference is made to the results obtained in 24 children, from 11 months to 12 years, affected with acute pneumopathies and treated with fosfomycin with a dosage of 200 mg/kg/day. In all cases a clinical, radiological, biological and bacteriological study was carried out. At the same time, levels of fosfomycin in plas...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Llorens J,Ley G,Forés A,Olay T

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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:Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) affects 400 million people worldwide and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. It is known that HBV DNA sequences were detected after the clearance of serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) often in serum, liver and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The objectives of our...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Akhan SC,Yulugkural Z,Vahaboglu H

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：:Resistant variants of three clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates were obtained in the presence of aztreonam. The variants exhibited a four- to eightfold increase in the minimal inhibitory concentrations to beta-lactam antibiotics (except imipenem) to quinolones, such as norfloxacin and fleroxacin, chloramphenicol ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Leying HJ,Büscher KH,Cullmann W,Then RL

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Local chemotherapy is an option in bone metastasis treatment. On the other hand, evaluation of side effects on bone is a difficult issue in drug development and biomaterials research. Most animal models to date are inappropriate or not feasible. Rabbits are an alternative to other bigger mammals and have an appropriat...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Draenert FG,Draenert K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the sub-MIC of antibiotics on the surface hydrophobicity and charge of Staphylococcus aureus were examined by the contact angle method and by microscopic electrophoresis, and the production of oxygen-derived radicals by mouse peritoneal macrophages was measured by a luminol-chemiluminescence assay. The ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Nomura S,Kuroiwa A,Nagayama A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of tinidazole on several ciliates (Stylonychia muscorum, Stylonychia mytilus, Tetrahymena pyriformis, Vorticella companula) has been studied. There is a very pronounced difference in sensitivity against this drug between the free-living ciliates here investigated and certain parasitic protozoa. A high resis...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Alonso P

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00