... antibiotics, i.e. the net effect of bacterial growth and killing resulted in increased colony-forming units/ml at the end of the experiment. Conclusion: The present in vitro findings indicate that acidification of urine during the treatment of UTIs should be carefully considered. While growth curves of one...

...T. Bergan; B. Øydvin The pharmacokinetics of a new macrolide antibiotic, josamycin base, has been assessed by a cross-over study on 15 healthy, young volunteers with 4 different dosages. The mean serum half-life was 1.5 h. The relationship between the log dose given orally and log peak serum...

...Claudia Wagner; Robert Sauermann; Christian Joukhadar Although drainage is considered the gold standard in abscess treatment, abscesses of different sizes and locations have been successfully cured by means of antibiotic treatment alone. The penetration of an antibiotic into an encapsulated...