Considerable research has been conducted and published regarding the efficacy of ARROWg + ard, chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine in suppressing microbial colonization, and their effect on reducing hospital costs. A catheterrelated bloodstream infection can prolong hospitalization and substantially add to the cost of hospitalization. In addition, numerous studies have investigated the incide...

Three chlamydial strains were isolated from the lungs of three different strains of mice that were inbred for over 30 years. These chlamydial strains were resistant to sulfadiazine and did not induce iodine-positive, glycogen-like material in the inclusions of infected L cells which characterizes them as Chlamydia psittaci.

BACKGROUND Wound healing is the process of repair following an injury to the skin and other soft tissues. In this study, the effect of n-hexane d-chloromethane extract (1: 1) of root Onosma bulbotrichum DC on the second degree burn in rabbit model was investigated. METHODS Thirty-six adult rabbits of both sexes were randomly divided into six groups, control (without treatment), negative cont...

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of classic treatment for ocular toxoplasmosis (pyrimethamine, sulfadiazine and predinsolone) with a regimen consisting of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) [co-trimoxazole] plus predinsolone. Methods: In a prospective randomized single-blind clinical trial, 59 patients with active ocular toxoplasmosis were randomly assigned to two treatment groups: 29 were...

Treatment options for toxoplasmosis in humans are generally limited to the use of sulfonamide and/or pyrimethamine-based compounds. However, there is increasing evidence for clinical therapy failures in patients suggesting the existence of drug resistance in these classes of drug. In vitro resistance to sulfadiazine has been detected in three strains of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from clinical ...

The optimization of the silver halide-sensitized gelatin process is analyzed by considering the bleaching action, the influences of the developer, and the hardening modulation process.

The efficiency of noise gratings recorded with single-beam exposures in bleached silver halide emulsions is analyzed as a function of the polarization state of the readout wave. Experimental results are presented and discussed on the basis of a theoretical model that considers both a linear and a nonlinear relation between the refractive-index modulation and the exposure. The dependence of the ...

Although the kidney is the main excretory channel for the sulfonamide drugs' as well as the site of some of the most serious complications resulting from their use, the factors influencing their excretion have received less attention than they deserve. Marshall, Emerson, and Cutting (1) concluded from their studies on dogs that increasing the rate of urine flow apparently increased the renal cl...