| carrier herbal medicine: an evaluation of the antimicrobial and anticancer activity in some frequently used remedies. | the antimicrobial properties of some traditional carrier herbal preparations were evaluated using an agar dilution method. pitch preparations were screened against known human pathogens: escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa, candida albicans and aspergillus fumigatus. the results indicated definite antimicrobial activity in the pitch preparations of picea glauca and pinus contorta and provide a starting point for pharmacognostic evaluation of these species. in addition ... | 1996 | 8771456 |
| significance of the tuberculin test in the elderly. | nine hundred thirty-three persons over 65 years of age, residing in long-term or extended-care facilities in vancouver, canada, had tuberculin tests. in addition to ppd-tuberculin, 5 tu and 250 tu, we used ppd-battey, candida albicans, mumps, and trichophyton antigens. twenty-five percent reacted to 5 tu of tuberculin with reactions of 10 mm or more. there was a progressive, substantial loss of reactivity with advancing age. reactions to ppd-battey greater than to ppd-t 5 tu were infrequent, sug ... | 1987 | 3111795 |