Recovery of pefloxacin in saliva and feces and its action on oral and fecal floras of healthy volunteers.

Pefloxacin, a new fluoroquinolone, was given to 10 volunteers in single 400-mg oral doses repeated at 12-h intervals during 7 days. Serum, saliva, and feces samples were collected before and at appropriate intervals after the initiation of treatment. Drug concentrations were determined by bioassay.

[Addition of HPA 23 to cyclosporin in the treatment of thrombopenic purpura in HIV-positive subjects].

We associated HPA 23 (inhibitor of the reverse transcriptase) to cyclosporin A (CSA) for two homosexual patients with positive HIV serology, who had a peripheral thrombocytopenia resistant after alone CSA treatment. HPA 23 was given for 15 days at a dose of 4 mg/kg/day in a 24 hours continuous perfusion. The circulating tungsten blood concentration was about 4.

[Q fever infectious endocarditis. 3 cases].

An acute infectious disease with predominant pulmonary symptoms, Q fever, may become chronic as hepatitis or, more frequently, endocarditis. We report 3 cases of Q fever endocarditis. In 2 of these patients endocarditis developed on cardiac valve prosthesis.

Transfer kinetics of pefloxacin into cerebro-spinal fluid after one hour i.v. infusion of 400 mg in man.

Nine subjects (5 women) aged between 17-66 years, with hydrocephalus were studied. An external ventricular drain was introduced for diagnostic purposes. Cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) and plasma samples were obtained at suitable intervals after 1 h infusion of 400 mg pefloxacin.

[Hepatic anomalies in Mediterranean boutonneuse fever].

We report 3 cases of rickettsial hepatitis observed in the Lyon area which were secondary to boutonneuse fever. The temperature was elevated and clinical signs were an often painful hepatomegaly and digestive disorders. These signs are only indicative when accompanied by atypical pneumonopathy or exantherma.

Increased effect of multiple doses of 40 749 RP a new long acting gastric antisecretory agent.

40,749 RP, a pyridyl-2-tetrahydrothiophene derivative is known to be a potent gastric antisecretory agent in animals and man. In 27 healthy volunteers in four double-blind cross-over studies, this activity has been examined against basal and pentagastrin stimulated gastric acid secretion. The effect of a single oral dose of 2 mg/kg was still present after 12, 24 and 48 h.

Inhibition of histalog-stimulated gastric secretion by 40 749 RP, a new long-acting gastric antisecretory agent.

40 749 RP, an N-methyl-2-(2-pyridyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-2-thiophene carbothioamide derivative, is already known as a potent gastric antisecretory agent in animals and in man. In order to determine its duration of action, its activity was investigated on Histalog-stimulated gastric acid secretion in 6 healthy volunteers. The efficacy of a 2 mg/kg dose, compared with that of placebo, was potent, and remained the same when the drug was ingested 6 h before stimulation instead of 1 h.

[Lymphomatoid granulomatosis and hypersensitivity pneumopathy. Clinical and biological study (serum and alveolar) toward a new pathogenic hypothesis of the disease].

The authors discussed the malign form of lymphomatoid granulomatosis on the basis of two cases and consider the possible role of an aerocontaminant which is usually responsible for the extrinsic allergic type of alveolitis. A detailed biochemical and cytological study of the alveolar fluid from one of these patients is presented in parallel with immunofluorescent histology and electron microscopy of the lung. The observed biochemical abnormalities in the alveolar fluid could be superimposed on those formed in certain types of hypertensive lung disease.

Pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of diacetolol, the main metabolite of acebutolol.

The pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of diacetolol, the principal metabolite of acebutolol, were studied in 6 healthy subjects. Plasma concentrations were determined following a single intravenous injection of diacetolol 100 mg and three oral doses of diacetolol 100, 400 and 800 mg, in random order. The average oral bioavailability of diacetolol was F: 0.

Cementum regeneration in replanted teeth with differing pulp treatment.

Cementum regeneration on exposed dentinal root surfaces of replanted teeth not subjected to replantation. The implication was that secondary reattachment of replanted teeth was largely dependent on the status of supporting alveolar tissues. The role of the replant appeared essentially passive, reacting as a substrate for cementum deposition that may be more or less acceptable to the regenerating periodontal tissues as dictated by the extraoral history.