The Influence of Antibiotics on the Host-Parasite Relationship

Section A: The Influence of Chemotherapy on the Host Defence System.- I. Antibody Production and Cellular Immunity.- Influence of Cephalosporins on Humoral Immune Response.- Immunosuppression by Rifamycins.- Suppression of Lymphocytes by Cephalosporins.- II. The Influence of Antibiotics on the Function of Phagocytic Cells.- Effect of Doxycycline and Puva Light on Human Polymorpho-nuclear Leukocyte Function.- The Effects of Antibacterial, Antiviral, and Antifungal Drugs on the Phagocytic, Microbicidal, and Chemotactic Functions of the Human Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte.- In Vivo Effect of Ampicillin and Cefaclor on Blood and Gingival Crevicular Neutrophil Myeloperoxidase Activity.- Enhanced In Vitro Phagocytosis of Different Pathogens by Human Monocytes in the Presence of Antibiotics.- The Influence of Antibiotics on the Phagocytosis-Associated Chemiluminescence of Guinea Pig Polymorphonuclear Neutro-phils.- Effect of Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) on Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Function and the Protective Role of Alpha Toco-pherol (Vitamin E).- Chronic Granulomatous Disease: Effect of Sulfamethoxazole/ Trimethoprim on Neutrophil Microbicidal Function.- The Effect of Minocycline and Lysostaphin on the Intracellular Killing of Staphylococcus aureus by Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes.- The Effects of 13 Antimicrobial Agents on the Elimination Phase of Phagocytosis in Human Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes.- Effect of Cephalothin and Gentamicin on Phagocytosis of Klebsiella pneumoniae by Guinea Pig Alveolar Macrophages.- Capacity of Gentamicin-Treated Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Induce Granulocyte Locomotion.- Penetration of Antifungal Antimicrobics into Human Fibrin Clots.- III. Immunostimulation and Antibiotics in the Treatment of Infections.- Effect of Antibiotics and an Immunostimulanton the Ability of Immunosuppressed Mice to Defend Against Pseudomonal Infection.- The Combined Use of Antibiotics and Specific Antibodies Against Mouse Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in Vivo and the Phagocytosis of Peritoneal Exudate Cells In Vitro.- Section B: The Influence of Antibiotics on the Production of Extracellular and Cellular Virulence Factors by Bacteria.- I. Adherence of Bacteria.- Prevention of the Adhesion of Bacteria to Mucosal Surfaces: Influence of Antimicrobial Agents.- Effects of Low Concentrations of Antibiotics on Escherichia coli Adhesion.- II. Extracellular Factors.- Modification of the Expression of an Extracellular Virulence Factor (Cytotoxin) of Clostridium difficile Following Growth in the Presence of Clindamycin and Vancomycin.- III. Phagocytosis.- The Effect of Subinhibitory Antibiotic Concentrations on the Opsonization, Uptake, and Killing of Bacteria by Human Neutrophils.- The Susceptibility of Antibiotic-Pretreated Gram-Negative Bacteria to the Bactericidal Activity of Human Neutrophil Granule Extract.- Effect of Antibiotics on the Lysis of Staphylococci and Streptococci by Leukocyte Factors, on the Production of Cellular and Extracellular Factors by Streptococci, and on the Solubilization of Cell-Sensitizing Agents from Gram-negative Rods.- The Role of Autolytic Wall Systems in Wall Disintegration During the Phagocytosis of Staphylococci Treated with Antibiotics.- In Vitro and in Vivo Modulation of Escherichia coli Susceptibility to PMN Leukocyte Microbicidal Activity by a Pyrazole Cephalosporin Derivative.- IV. Serum Bactericidal Activity.- Effects of Antibiotics on the Bactericidal Activity of Normal Human Serum.- The Influence of Subinhibitory Concentrations of ?-Lactam Antibiotics on the Antibody-Independent Binding of the FirstComponent of Complement by Escherichia coli.