G Tempera

..No changes were observed with placebo (-0.29%; n.s.). This ex-vivo study showed that the assumption of cranberry extract in suitable amounts can have an anti-adhesive activity on uropathogenic E. coli...

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..The oral administration of prulifloxacin may have advantages over some other antimicrobial agents because it preserves the normal vaginal microbiota in healthy women...

..In conclusion, our data suggest that the topical use of kanamycin could be considered a specific antibiotic for the therapy of this new pathology...

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..The data obtained by our in vitro study show that cefditoren is the most active agent against S. pneumoniae. In fact, the MIC90 values of 0.5 micrograms/ml obtained could be particularly significant in therms of therapeutic predictivity...

..03125 mg/l and 0.5 mg/l (M. pneumoniae only). The sub-MIC treatment (carried out on human pathogenic mycoplasmas only) evidenced growth curve modifications and a decrease of the O2 uptake directly correlated to the drug concentrations...

..In conclusion, our results showed the validity of the treatment with kanamycin intravaginally in this recently recognised disease...

..Miocamycin reached the highest concentration in the endometrium (2.5 micrograms/g) and the lowest in the vagina (1.1-0.8 micrograms/g)...

..trachomatis at the follow-up (mean time: 30 days). A clinical cure and chlamydial eradication was recorded for all the patients at the end of the treatment and at follow-up. Clinical safety was also satisfactory...

..The therapy with miocamycin caused the resolution of both symptoms and microorganisms present. The use of miocamycin in current therapy could be favourable...

..The liposome formulation produced higher intracellular fluoroquinolone concentrations than those achieved simultaneously with the free drug in both E. coli and P. aeruginosa...

..5%) recurrences. We conclude that, since the women were treated with the same amount of econazole, the better clinical and microbiological results can be attributed to polycarbophil, as confirmed by a significant reduction of recurrences...

..pneumoniae infection is frequent in peripheral arterial disease patients and we believe that it could be considered as an additional risk factor involved in the pathogenesis of this disease...

..These experiments demonstrated that poliovirus uncoating is influenced by IS-2 action...

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..5767 +/- 0.2511 mg/h/l in the first group; 6.7333 +/- 0.6058 mg/h/l in the second group; and 18.6825 +/- 15.1555 mg/h/l in the third. The prostatic levels were five times higher than those in the serum at the same time...

..To assess ex vivo, the antibacterial effectiveness of photon-initiated photoacoustic streaming (PIPS) of irrigants using an Er:YAG laser equipped with a newly designed, stripped and tapered tip in extracted teeth with infected root canals...

..Linezolid was the only drug active against two strains of Enterococcus showing a VanA phenotype. Owing to its antibacterial profile, linezolid represents a promising drug for the treatment of Gram-positive infections...

..Our studies demonstrate the effectiveness of combining agents acting through different mechanisms, such as antiviral drugs oseltamivir and the antioxidant NAC, indicating a possible advantage of combining the two treatments...

..A strong cause-effect relationship between bacterial infection and peripheral arterial disease was not found, but the raised seropositivity level could be considered as a target for medical therapy of PAD...

..The results of this survey strongly support the conclusions of recent Italian guidelines concerning the best empiric treatment of UTI in this country today...

..The present finding show significant differences between seroprevalence of the risk workers and that of the people with no risk for tick exposure...