Chemotherapy of Virus Infections

Chemotherapy of virus infections.

In recent years, antibiotics have proved effective against many bacterial and all rickettsial infections of man, but are only of limited value in virus infections. The so-called broad spectrum antibiotics-aureomycin, terramycin and chloramphenicol-are effective against the viruses of the psittacosis-lymphogranuloma group and those causing primary atypical pneumonia. Many substances are therefor...

Chemotherapy for herpes simplex virus infections.

Introducing a new hobby for other people may inspire them to join with you. Reading, as one of mutual hobby, is considered as the very easy hobby to do. But, many people are not interested in this hobby. Why? Boring is the reason of why. However, this feel actually can deal with the book and time of you reading. Yeah, one that we will refer to break the boredom in reading is choosing chemothera...

The Chemotherapy of Infections *

THE report of the red dye, prontosil, as a chemotherapeutic agent (Domagk, 1935) was followed by the demonstration that its activity depended upon sulphanilamide. Analogues with a wider antibacterial range soon became available. A decade getting to know the sulphonamides was followed by another learning to use penicillin. The nineteen-fifties witnessed the introduction of broad-spectrum antibio...

Chemotherapy of Intracellular Infections

The phagocytic system, distributed throughout the blood and tissue compartments of the body, acts as an intermediary between the host and pathogenic microorganisms. This is not a specific function, it being one of the physiological properties of phagocytes to engulf particulate matter and even larger molecules which have gained access to blood or tissues of an organism. Metchnikoff (15), recogn...

Chemotherapy of Infections