Clinical efficacy of perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis in neurosurgery--a prospective randomized study involving 159 patients.

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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the therapeutic adult antibiotics prescribed by dental practitioners working in the Jordan University Hospital. METHODS:Adult dental prescriptions for therapeutic antibiotics issued between 1 January 2003 and 31 May 2004 by dental specialists working in the Jordan Unive...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Dar-Odeh NS,Abu-Hammad OA,Khraisat AS,El Maaytah MA,Shehabi A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:28 patients suffering from a variety of bacterial infections have been treated with cefuroxime. 18 were cured and 6 improved during treatment. Side effects were minimal and intramuscular injection was well tolerated. Serum and urine levels well in excess of the MICs of sensitive organisms were obtained using dosages o...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ball AP,Brookes GR,Farrell ID,Geddes AM,Gould I

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify parameters/factors that may contribute to the differential sensitivity to etoposide in two clones isolated from the human ovarian carcinoma SKOV-3 cell line, which does not express p53 and is resistant to platinum-based regimens. METHODS:Differential sensitivity of the cells to etoposide was mon...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Balan KV,Sitaras NM,Dimas K,Han Z,Wyche JH,Pantazis P

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：PURPOSE:It was the aim of our study to evaluate the in vitro activities of tetracycline (TET), erythromycin (ERY) and levofloxacin (LVX) alone and in dual combinations against ureaplasmas. METHODS:The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 51 ureaplasmal strains were determined by microdilution assay. RESULTS:TE...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Luo DQ,Liu JY,Yang W,Zhang B,Yu MJ,Wu YM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single oral dose of an antimicrobial agent is as effective as a conventional 3-day course for the treatment of uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections. A case history of a young woman with recurrent cystitis is presented to demonstrate this approach to the management of a common clinical problem. The place of a...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Bailey RR

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Enterococci and especially glycopeptide-resistant strains (GRE) are widely distributed in the hospital environment, by acquiring resistance determinants and virulence factors. METHODS:The study included 48 GRE isolated during a 1-year period from different inpatients in a tertiary hospital in southwestern G...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Kolonitsiou F,Mani V,Parikou H,Trakala M,Dimitracopoulos G,Spiliopoulou I

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of the dramatic situation of malaria in Africa, there is an urgent need to find new and cheap drugs, such as herbal medicines. Here we report the study of the in vitro and in vivo antimalarial activity of Momordica balsamina alone or in a traditional mixture used in Niger. METHODS:Extracts were obta...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Benoit-Vical F,Grellier P,Abdoulaye A,Moussa I,Ousmane A,Berry A,Ikhiri K,Poupat C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of miocamycin, a new macrolide antibiotic, was studied in 6 healthy controls and 6 patients with compensated liver cirrhosis. The results indicate that in chronic liver disease the kinetics of the drug is altered. Therefore, a dosage adjustment of miocamycin is recommended when dealing with these ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Miglioli PA,Pivetta P,Orlando R,Palatini P,Varotto A,Okolicsanyi L

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Species-level identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is important in making decisions about the necessity and choice of antimicrobial treatment. The reason is predictable clinical significance and the susceptibility profile of specific NTM species. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionizatio...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mareković I,Bošnjak Z,Jakopović M,Boras Z,Janković M,Popović-Grle S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicenter study aimed at assessing the in vitro activity of sulbactam/ampicillin against a wide range of bacterial pathogens was performed using 2,209 clinical strains, all recently collected from inpatients in seven Italian centers and preliminarily screened as being ampicillin-resistant and beta-lactamase produc...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Varaldo PE,Ripa S,Nicoletti G,Covelli I,Satta G,Carlone N,Fontana R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pneumolysin is an important virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae with cytotoxic and proinflammatory activities released during growth and autolysis. At concentrations above the minimal inhibitory concentration, the protein-synthesis-inhibiting antibiotics erythromycin, clindamycin and rifampicin inhib...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Spreer A,von Ruden C,Mitchell TJ,Eiffert H,Nau R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic effectiveness of pretazettine (PTZ) has been demonstrated in the intraperitoneally (i.p.) implanted Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) in both syngeneic and allogeneic mice. The i.p. implanted LLC has been found to be sensitive to most standard drugs tested such as cyclophosphamide (CY), actinomycin D, 5-fluoroura...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Furusawa E,Furusawa E,Sokugawa L

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutant prevention concentration (MPC) is a new parameter that may be of aid in determining the risk of resistant mutants being selected. METHODS:The MPCs of 224 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates were estimated by plating more than 10(10) cells on drug-containing agar and determining the concentra...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rodríguez JC,Cebrián L,Ruiz M,López M,Royo G

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty Pseudomonas maltophilia isolates were examined for susceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems, and for beta-lactamase production. All the isolates were resistant to imipenem (MICs 64-512 mg/l) and to a lesser extent, to meropenem (MICs 16-256 mg/l). None of the isolates produced significan...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Cullmann W,Dick W

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It was the aim of this study to report clinical characteristics and treatment of thyroid tuberculosis (TT). METHODS:During 16 years, 2,426 patients have been operated on the thyroid in the surgical department 'A' in Ibn Sina Hospital, Rabat, Morocco. Anatomopathological results of the removed thyroid were an...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： El Malki HO,Mohsine R,Benkhraba K,Amahzoune M,Benkabbou A,El Absi M,Ifrine L,Belkouchi A,Balafrej S

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Oxygen radical generation by blood cells before and after chemotherapy was investigated in 16 elderly (72.8 +/- 1.0 years) and 14 adult (45.0 +/- 2.4 years) patients with lung cancer, using a lucigenin-dependent chemiluminescence method. The oxygen radical generation by 100 microliters of blood before chemotherapy in ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Teramoto S,Fukuchi Y,Shu CY,Orimo H

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：:A-56619 and A-56620 are two new quinolone compounds that are currently being studied. They were found to be active against multi-resistant and routine isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, enterobacteria, aminoglycoside-sensitive and resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Most of the enterobacteria were inhibited b...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Fernandes CJ,Wilson RD,Ackerman VP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frustration and disappointment in managing advanced cancers of the nose and paranasal sinuses are well known. We report a case of a successful treatment of such a tumour in a 37-year-old soldier, using a combination of therapy including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Each mode of treatment is discussed. ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Chandrasekaran S,Baba AA,Othman N,Jayakumar CR

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nevirapine (NVP) is a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used in HIV patients and recently evaluated as a differentiating and antiproliferative agent in human malignancies. However, while NVP is a safe treatment in immunocompromised patients, NVP-containing regimens have been associated with sever...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Landriscina M,Fabiano A,Lombardi V,Santodirocco M,Piscazzi A,Fersini A,De Vis K,Barone C,Cignarelli M

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：: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