Artemisinin (qinghaosu)--a new gametocytocidal drug for malaria.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of fluconazole (FLU), amphotericin B (AMB) and caspofungin (CAS) was tested against three Candida orthopsilosis, three C. metapsilosis and two C. parapsilosis sensu stricto isolates in neutropenic mice. METHODS:Mice were immunosuppressed by 200 mg/kg cyclophosphamide. Five-day intraperitoneal t...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Szilágyi J,Földi R,Gesztelyi R,Bayegan S,Kardos G,Juhász B,Majoros L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic effectiveness of 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC), amphotericin B (Am B) and both in combined administration were retrospectively assessed and compared with one another in 28 patients with cryptococcal meningitis. Combined administration was significantly superior to Am B alone and to 5-FC alone, and these agents w...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Jimbow T,Tejima Y,Ikemoto H

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：:A modified Rieckmann test was developed for assessing chloroquine sensitivity of Plasmodium vivax strains. This test envisages the evaluation of parasite growth with different concentrations of the drug and its comparison with controls, at the end of a 48-hour experimental period. Using this test, 16 strains were asse...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Renapurkar DM,Pradhan VR,Sutar NK,Deshmukh RA,Pandit CH,Marathe SN

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this preliminary and descriptive study was to evaluate a biodegradable drug delivery system in combination with an innovative ceramic implant. METHODS:The delivery of gentamicin of standardized samples was measured in the laboratory using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography. Biocompatib...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Draenert ME,Hickel R,Draenert Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten years of controlled clinical trials supported single-dose therapy efficacy and safety in uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections (UTI). Both local and systematic factors contribute to the high UTI prevalence seen in elderly people. A controlled open randomized study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical eff...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ferraro G,Ambrosi G,Bucci L,Palmieri R,Palmieri G

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of normal human serum on bactericidal activity of ceftizoxime sodium (CZX) was studied in vitro against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Subminimal inhibitory concentrations of CZX inhibited the growth of bacteria. Normal human serum as a source of complement and low doses of CZX, such as 1/20...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Watanabe K,Kin R,Murakami M,Kondo M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two gonococcal strains with differing susceptibility to cefotiam and ceftizoxime, as expressed by the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), are exposed to continuously changing concentrations of these antibiotics as they are found in plasma and skin cantharidal blister fluid (CBF) after a single intramuscular applic...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Korting HC,Niederauer H,Ollert M

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：:Neither cefoperazone, cefotaxime, mezlocillin nor piperacillin significantly killed intraphagocytic bacteria of representative assay strains of Serratia marcescens, as determined with 55 vol% of fresh defibrinated human blood treated with 2 mg/ml of phenylbutazone, which permitted phagocytic ingestion of bacteria, but...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Traub WH

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In children undergoing anticancer chemotherapy, a granulocytopenic febrile episode is a life-threatening condition. Prompt initiation of empirical broad-spectrum antibiotics is essential to limit morbidity and mortality. To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of combination antibiotics consisting of a third generation cep...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Pession A,Prete A,Paolucci G

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:We conducted a retrospective clinical evaluation to assess the efficacy of a 1-gram once-daily regimen of intravenously administered ceftriaxone in the treatment of a variety of bacterial infections. Of the 250 patients studied, 167 had infections of the lower respiratory tract, approximately 70% of which were diagnos...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Brown R

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：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：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：: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：:The in vitro bactericidal effects of therapeutic concentrations of levofloxacin (LVFX) on clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis were assessed. Starting from 10(7) CFU/ml, the bacterial count was determined serially during the exposure to LVFX present at concentrations automatically simu...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Takahashi S,Sano M,Nishimura M,Matsukawa M,Mikami M,Hirose T,Tsukamoto T

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of hepatic arterial infusion (HAI) of gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin as second-line treatment for unresectable locally advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed the outcome of 12 consecutive pa...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ghiringhelli F,Lorgis V,Vincent J,Ladoire S,Guiu B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of plasma testosterone in patients associated with scalp hair loss accelerated by anticancer drugs including aclarubicin and cisplatin was investigated. Scalp hair loss observed was minor in 12 and severe in 2 out of 31 patients. In patients without significant hair loss, the combination of aclarubicin...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Umeki S,Niki Y,Soejima R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A semi-automated microdilution test was adapted for the in vitro testing of potential antitrichomonal agents. Washed cell suspensions of the pathogenic protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis were incubated in microtitration plates for 4 h at 37 degrees C in the presence radiolabelled adenine and serial dilutions of the test ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Meingassner JG,Heyworth PG,Havelec L

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gram-negative bacilli are the most common bacteria causing nosocomial bloodstream infections (NBSIs) in Latin American countries. METHODS:The antibiotic resistance profiles of Gram-negative bacilli isolated from blood cultures in pediatric patients with NBSIs over a 3-year period in a tertiary care pediatri...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ares MÁ,Alcántar-Curiel MD,Jiménez-Galicia C,Rios-Sarabia N,Pacheco S,De la Cruz MÁ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of latamoxef, cefoperazone and piperacillin, administered intravenously, were measured in serum and sputum of cystic fibrosis patients with recurrent pulmonary infections, chronically colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Serum pharmacokinetic data were consistent with prior reports. Peak sputum to pea...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Laferriere C,Stutman HR,Marks MI,Kramer J,Flux M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied penicillin-binding protein (PBP) profiles of two Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains stably derepressed for constitutive, type Id beta-lactamase overproduction. Substantial levels of beta-lactamase were found to be strongly associated with isolated inner membranes of these two strains, as well as from a plasmid-...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Parr TR Jr,Chan L,Bayer AS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susceptibility of 983 isolates of Staphyloccus aureus to tetracycline, doxycycline and minocycline was determined in vitro. Minocycline was shown to be more active than doxycycline, which in turn was shown to be slightly more active than tetracycline. 77% of the isolates which were resistant to tetracycline were also ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Lewis SA,Altemeier WA

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this clinical study was to evaluate the efficacy of combination chemotherapy of oxaliplatin, leucovorin and continuous-infusion 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) for advanced gastric cancer. METHODS:Patients with previously untreated gastric cancer with measurable disease received oxaliplatin (100 mg/m(2), d...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Lim JY,Cho JY,Oh KJ,Choi SH,Lee SI,Jeung HC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rifampicin and rifapentine were used in the treatment of Listeria monocytogenes infections in normal mice and congenitally athymic (nude) mice. Results were compared with untreated controls and with the results obtained from a previous study of ampicillin in which this model was used. Low doses of rifampicin or rifape...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Bakker-Woudenberg IA,de Bos P,Michel MF

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：: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：: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