Comparative in vitro activity of cefpirome and other antimicrobial agents against isolates from cancer patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated the effectiveness of docetaxel or erlotinib in second-line treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and focused on the impact of predictive factors on the outcome of therapy. METHODS:204 patients with progressive disease after platinum-based therapy were enrolled: 102 received an infusio...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Krawczyk P,Kowalski DM,Wojas-Krawczyk K,Mlak R,Jaśkiewicz P,Kucharczyk T,Winiarczyk K,Krzakowski M,Milanowski J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibacterial kinetics of modified-release clarithromycin (CLA) and azithromycin (AZI) against respiratory tract pathogens were compared in relation to their pharmacokinetic profile. The study was carried out in three strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes, Moraxella catarrh...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

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

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-three representative, recent clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae were examined for susceptibility to 9 antimicrobial drugs utilizing Mueller-Hinton agar (MHA) enriched with sheep blood and a hypercapnic atmosphere of incubation. One isolate was resistant to penicillin G (minimum inhibitory concentrati...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Traub WH,Leonhard B

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：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：:BMY-28142 was compared in vitro with ceftazidime, cefotaxime and cefoperazone and was found to be more active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Essentially no effect of increasing inoculum size 100-fold was seen-on MICs with BMY-28142 or ceftazidime; some effect was noted with cefotaxime and ce...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Norden CW,Neiderriter K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial growth kinetic experiments have been performed to study the potentiating effect of trimethoprim (TMP) AND TMP derivatives on the antibacterial action of sulfonamides (SA). The TMP derivatives showed different inhibitory effects when used alone. Derivatives with decreased inhibitory activity excerted 'bacteri...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Seydel JK,Wempe E

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is essential for calculating the dose and the monitoring of carboplatin. Although GFR measurement (mGFR) by external markers is ideal, in most cases these are not employed; the most used method is GFR estimation (eGFR) by formulae, hence the need to identify the formula w...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Graciano Vera N,Pino Villarreal L,Ureña Vargas J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus faecalis plays an important role as a pathogen in polymicrobial infections. We evaluated the efficacy of cefozopran (CZOP) using polymicrobial pyometra rats. Rats were infected with a mixed intrauterine inoculation of E. faecalis plus either Bacteroides fragilis or Prevotella bivia (minimal inhibitory con...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mikamo H,Kawazoe K,Sato Y,Izumi K,Tamaya T

更新日期：1998-03-01 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:Considering the potentials of gatifloxacin and moxifloxacin in the treatment of tuberculosis, the present study was aimed to define resistance to both these drugs. METHODS:Fifty Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, consisting of 30 ofloxacin-susceptible and 20 ofloxacin-resistant strains, were tested for th...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Somasundaram S,Paramasivan NC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative efficacy of 5-methoxymethyldeoxyuridine (MMUdR), adenine arabinoside (Ara-A), 5-iododeoxyuridine (IUdR) and the combination of MMUdR and Ara-A in the treatment of experimental herpes simplex keratitis was investigated in rabbits. Treatment was initiated either at 4 or 24 h post virus inoculation. The para...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Meldrum JB,Gupta VS,Babiuk LA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:A single-institution phase I trial to determine the feasibility of using filgrastim or pegfilgrastim to increase the dose intensity of biweekly docetaxel and gemcitabine. METHODS:Patients with metastatic solid tumors received gemcitabine 3,000 mg/m(2) and increasing doses of docetaxel (55 mg/m(2) in 10...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Dragnev KH,Hardin SB,Pipas JM,Davis TH,Rigas JR

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：: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：:The effect of three nucleoside analogs, including 2-methyl-2'-deoxyadenosine (MDA), 5-amino-2'-deoxyuridine (ADU) and 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (DDC) on colony formation from unfractionated human bone marrow obtained from volunteers expressing parameters typical for normal cells (NBM) and from patients with the diagnosis ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Cinatl J Jr,Cinatl J,Gussetis ES,Nemeth U,Mainke M,Kornhuber B,Brendel M,Doerr HW

更新日期：1991-01-01 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 susceptibility of 26 strains of Campylobacter pylori to 7 new quinolone antibiotics and nalidixic acid was determined. All strains were resistant to nalidixic acid. Difloxacin, A-56620, A-62254, and ciprofloxacin were equally effective against the test strains with MICs ranging from 0.06 to 2.0 micrograms/ml. Fler...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hupertz V,Carr H,Czinn SJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common illness that creates significant burdens upon the healthcare system. Improving the quality of medical care for patients with this illness requires an evidence-based and cost-efficient treatment approach. The first step in this approach is to make an accurate diagnosis, wh...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Fine MJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple combined agar-strip test (CAST), involving filter paper strips charged with 20 micrograms of ampicillin or 40 micrograms of gentamicin, accurately detected high-level gentamicin resistance among 43 of 146 isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and additive activity of ampicillin plus gentamicin against 101 of 103 ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Traub WH,Leonhard B

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred symptomatic women with clinical bacterial vaginosis (BV) were enrolled in this study. The bacteriological epidemiology of BV and efficacy of oral or vaginal administration of antimicrobial agents for treatment of BV were investigated. The epidemiology of BV was investigated before antimicrobial therapy. Fi...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mikamo H,Kawazoe K,Izumi K,Ito K,Katoh N,Watanabe K,Ueno K,Tamaya T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that a variety of anticancer drugs exert their cytotoxic activity by a free-radical-mediated mechanism. These drugs include anthracyclines such as adriamycin, daunorubicin, 4-epi-adriblastin as well as bleomycin, procarbazine, vincristin, cyclophosphamide, etoposide and mitomycin C. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Look MP,Musch E

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Recurrent tumor growth of colorectal carcinoma at the peritoneal site remains an unsolved problem. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the substance taxol (paclitaxel) can alter intraperitoneal tumor spread using different modes of drug application. METHODS:Intraperitoneal tumor growth was indu...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hribaschek A,Meyer F,Schneider-Stock R,Pross M,Ridwelski K,Lippert H

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The application of liposome-encapsulated cytostatics results in higher concentrations in tumor tissue. This effect can be further increased by blood flow retardation with longer retention time in the tumor and by arterial administration realized in abdominal stop-flow therapy, a separate partial circulation ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Pohlen U,Binnenhei M,Reszka R,Buhr HJ,Berger G

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fosfomycin, an antibiotic discovered in Spain, has a unique chemical structure and pharmacologic features that are promising for clinical therapy. It is only partially absorbed orally, with relatively low blood levels. Intramuscularly, however, absorption is complete with peak blood levels 3-5 times as high as orally,...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Kirby WM

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase contrast microscopy, killing curves and turbidimetric growth curves were used in a comparative study of the antibacterial effects of imipenem and meropenem on Haemophilus influenzae. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and their ranges of meropenem and imipenem using five beta-lactamase-producing strain...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Yourassowsky E,Van der Linden MP,Crokaert F

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00