BACKGROUND The basophil activation test (BAT), has been proposed as a possible assay for the diagnosis of immediate-type allergy to beta-lactams (BLs). The aim of this study was to assess the utility of BAT in the diagnosis of amoxicillin (AMX) or AMX-clavulanate (AMX-C) IgE-mediated hypersensitivity in children and adults. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighteen children and 21 adults, with clinical h...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the optimum preparations are used for the second-line eradication therapy for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in Japan. In the therapy, commercial tablets, which have 250 mg of amoxicillin (AMX) and 250 mg of metronidazole (MTZ), are used as antibiotics. The evaluation was performed by dissolution tests and simulations for intragastric...

There are several important observations to make about this definition. (i) The definition says that, for each fixed n, ∑n m=0 amx m becomes a better and better approximation to f(x) as x gets smaller. As x → 0, ∑m=0 amx approaches f(x) faster than x tends to zero. (ii) The definition says nothing about what happens as n → ∞. There is no guarantee that for each fixed x, ∑n m=0 amx m tends to f(...

This study evaluates the antimicrobial susceptibility and composition of subgingival biofilms in generalized aggressive periodontitis (GAP) patients treated using mechanical/antimicrobial therapies, including chlorhexidine (CHX), amoxicillin (AMX) and metronidazole (MET). GAP patients allocated to the placebo (C, n = 15) or test group (T, n = 16) received full-mouth disinfection with CHX, scali...

AIM: To compare efficacies of Amoxicillin and Moxifloxacin in prevention of bacteremia following dental extraction. MATERIAL & METHOD: Thirty patients were randomly selected and allocated into 3 groups. Group 1: subjects receiving no antibiotics (controls); Group 2: subjects receiving capsule Amoxicillin (AMX); and Group 3: subjects receiving tablet Moxifloxacin (MXF). A peripheral venous blood...

Malaria and pneumonia are leading causes of childhood mortality. Home Management of fever as Malaria (HMM) enables presumptive treatment with antimalarial drugs but excludes pneumonia. We aimed to evaluate the impact of adding an antibiotic, amoxicillin (AMX) to an antimalarial, artesunate amodiaquine (AAQ + AMX) for treating fever among children 2-59 months of age within the HMM strategy on al...