Simple combined agar-strip test for detection of enterococcal susceptibility to ampicillin, moderate- or high-level gentamicin resistance and potential additive activity of ampicillin plus gentamicin.

abstract：:Owing to the predominance of gram-positive pathogens in neutropenic cancer patients, newer generation quinolones with an expanded gram-positive spectrum and enhanced potency, may have a role to play for prophylaxis and/or empiric therapy in such patients. The in vitro activity of gatifloxacin was compared with that of...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rolston KV,Vaziri I,Frisbee-Hume S,Streeter H,LeBlanc B

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gemifloxacin is a novel fluoroquinolone with a broad spectrum of activity. This double-blind, randomized, parallel-group study was designed to demonstrate the lack of effect of steady-state concentrations of gemifloxacin on the pharmacodynamic effects of warfarin. Healthy male subjects received loading doses of warfar...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Davy M,Bird N,Rost KL,Fuder H

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：:An agar dilution technique was used to determine the MIC of pristinamycin for 124 clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. All were inhibited by less than or equal to 0.5 mg/1, quite similar to the sensitivity of a number of methicillin-sensitive strains. MICs obtained using a microdilution me...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mutton KJ,Andrew JH

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：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：:One patient of sepsis by P. aeruginosa after the implanting of a ventriculoatrial valve following extirpation of an expansive intracranial process is studied. During the evolution of the septic process there appeared as associated nephrotic syndrome with histologic lesions corresponding to an acute exudative glomerula...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rodriguéz-Gironés M,Genovés A

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis L) and ticks (Ornithodoros moubata) that had been infected with Rickettsia prowazekii received varying doses of erythromycin. The anti-rickettsial activity of this drug was evaluated with regard to the determination of the numbers of surviving microorganism (LID100) and the in viv...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Becla E

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：: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：:We evaluated the efficacy of S-1 as a new oral antitumor agent in ovarian cancer-bearing nude rats. This drug consists of tegafur, 5-chloro-2,4-dihydroxypyridine, and oxonic acid in a molar ratio of 1:0.4:1.S-1 was given alone or in combination with cisplatin. When administered alone at a daily dose of 20 mg/ kg, S-1 ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Suzuki M,Sekiguchi I,Sato I,Shirasaka T

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of ofloxacin for the treatment of lower respiratory tract infection was evaluated in aged patients with chronic lung disease. Results are the following: improvement of leukocytosis and arterial oxygen tension was observed; peripheral blood cell analysis showed a decrease in natural killer cell counts and ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Yamaoka M,Fukuchi Y,Yokouchi M,Teramoto N,Nagase T,Ishida K,Ohtomo E,Orimo H

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:Aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma is associated with poor long-term survival after relapse or resistance to chemotherapy. We report a case of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma refractory to first-line R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) and second-line R-DHAP (rituximab, dexameth...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Appio L,Landoni C,La Targia M,Bertolli V,Chiarucci M,Crovetti G,Vassenna E,Serio G,Bregni M

更新日期：2017-01-01 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 effects of gemcitabine on postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy were evaluated in patients with stage IV pancreatic cancer. The results were compared with those of our historical control patients treated with surgery alone. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Nineteen patients with stage IV pancreatic cancer who had pan...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Kurosaki I,Hatakeyama K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of patients suffering surgical infections were treated with fosfomycin. The first includes 21 suppurating dermic of soft underlying tissue lesions. The second group includes 29 surgical abdominal infections. The bacteriology of the first group was made up of gram-positive and gram-negative germs predominant...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Gallardo A,Sáez JM,Enriquez G,Cobacho AR,Torronteras R,Recordan C,Del Moral A,Arroyo A,Curiel AG

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of low concentrations of various antimicrobial agents on the adherence of mucoid Staphylococcus epidermidis to intraocular lenses was investigated. Adherent growth of S. epidermidis on to polymethylmethacrylate lenses was greatly diminished by ciprofloxacin and clindamycin (>75%), followed by ceftazidime ( ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Kadry AA,Tawfik A,Abu El-Asrar AA,Shibl AM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rifampicin (RMP) and two riminophenazine compounds (B663 and B1912) suppressed the growth of Mycobacterium marinum in vitro and in a mouse footpad infection. At appropriate concentrations and dietary dosage, all three drugs showed bactericidal activity in vitro and in vivo. On the basis of minimum inhibitory concentra...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Banerjee DK,Holmes IB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gametocytocidal activity of artemisinin (qinghaosu) has been demonstrated against simian malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi B. Colony-bred Anopheles stephensi were allowed to feed on gametocyte-carrying rhesus monkeys and the mosquito infectivity rate and oocyst count of the infected mosquito gut were recorded on d...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Dutta GP,Bajpai R,Vishwakarma RA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has significantly modified the course of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease, with longer survival and improved quality of life of HIV-infected subjects. However, HAART regimens, especially those including protease inhibitors, have been shown to c...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Barbaro G,Barbarini G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some new quinolones (NQs) modulate polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) functions. We investigated these effects on PMN functions at concentrations <10 microg/ml. METHODS:Chemotactic activity and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were measured using a 48-well chemotaxis chamber and by luminol-dep...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Koshio O,Ono Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of amphotericin B, miconazole, fluconazole, and itraconazole against Trichosporon beigelii were assessed in a mouse model of disseminated infection. Cyclophosphamide plus prednisolone-immunosuppressed ICR mice, intravenously challenged with a lethal inoculum of (6 x 10(6) CFU/ mouse), were assigned to r...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Kamberi P,Atsuro H,Takayoshi T,Masaru N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study aimed to evaluate the different abilities of various Phellinus igniarius strains inhibiting quorum sensing (QS), to search for novel QS inhibitors from them and to analyze their inhibitory activity, with a view to their possible use in controlling infections. METHODS:The bioactive metabolites produced ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Zhu H,Liu W,Wang SX,Tian BZ,Zhang SS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:20 patients with serious infections were treated with cefazolin and tobramycin for 9--64 days. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values and minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) values were determined for each of the 112 clinical bacterial isolates. The median cefazolin MIC/MBC was 1.56/12.5 micrograms/ml, and...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Franson TR,Edwards LD,Collins RF,Root TE

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of perioperative prophylaxis in gallbladder surgery was examined in two prospective randomized studies with a total of 326 patients. Postoperative wound-healing impairments did not occur in any of the patients receiving a single preoperative application of an antibiotic with a high biliary elimination rate...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Harnoss BM,Hirner A,Dibbelt H,Häring R,Rodloff R,Lode H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viscum album (VA) preparations consist of aqueous extracts of V. album, the European mistletoe. VA extracts contain mistletoe lectins, which are members of the ribosome-inactivating protein type II family. VA preparations have cytotoxic and immunomodulatory properties. Cytotoxicity induced by VA extracts may differ gr...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Duong Van Huyen JP,Delignat S,Kazatchkine MD,Kaveri SV

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The choice of antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of bacteremia is often empirical and based on the knowledge of susceptibility profiles of the most common bacteria. We analyzed blood culture isolates from a teaching hospital for 13 years prospectively. This study examined the susceptibility profiles of 6,616 gram...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ling TK,Liu EY,Cheng AF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower respiratory tract infections are the major cause of death due to infectious disease in the developed and developing world. Despite substantial progress in defining pathogens and in therapeutic options, there continues to be major controversies in the clinical management of these infections. This report reviews t...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Bartlett J

更新日期：2000-01-01 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