Measurement of isotope accumulation in an organ is often used to assess that organ's removal of blood cells labelled with the isotope. This technique is only valid if the isotope does not elute from the organ. Elution of 111In from the liver and spleen has been investigated in 14 subjects following intravenous injection of heat-damaged erythrocytes labelled with 111In. The elution rate from the...

We demonstrate that xylitol can be added to polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement to enhance the elution of daptomycin in terms of both the peak and sustained release of antibiotic. We also demonstrate that a PMMA-xylitol formulation optimized for daptomycin can be used to enhance the elution of both vancomycin and gentamicin.

Tests were performed with 104 anaerobic microorganisms to evaluate the thioglycolate disk elution technique for the detection of resistance to cefoperazone and cefoperazone-sulbactam. An unacceptably high false-resistance rate and a poor reproducibility record make the disk elution procedure unsatisfactory for routine testing of this drug or combination of drugs.

Ozaki, Yoshikatsu (Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.), Arwin R. Diwan, Mizuho Takizawa, and Joseph L. Melnick. Chromatography of poliovirus on calcium phosphate and its application to the identification of vaccine progeny strains. J. Bacteriol. 89:603-610. 1965.-Virulent and attenuated polioviruses were studied chromatographically with calcium phosphate as adsorbent and neutr...