Eradication

Culture cells in the presence of the chosen antibiotic for 10-14 days. Each passage should be performed at the highest dilution of cells at which growth occurs. If the contaminant is still detectable after this time, it is unlikely that the antibiotic used will prove successful, and another antibiotic should be tried. 

During the course of antibiotic treatment and also 5-7 days after treatment in the case of bacteria and fungi, and 25-30 days after treatment for mycoplasma-contaminated lines, re-test the culture by an appropriate method. Regular routine testing should, however, occur after this period. This is particularly important in the case of mycoplasmas, where low levels of infection may persist after antibiotic treatment. 

The antibiotic of choice used to eliminate any contaminant is dependent upon the sensitivity of the organism in question. If facilities are available to identify the organism and perform antibiotic sensitivity assays, an appropriate antibiotic may be chosen for elimination and used at minimum concentration. 

In the case of bacteria and fungi a Gram stain would give an indication of which antibiotic to use (see Tables I.9.I and 1.9.2). 

Cell and Tissue Culture Laboratory Procedures in Biotechnology, edited by A. Doyle and J.B. Griffiths. 1998 John Wiley Sons Ltd. 

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CgHjClaOj. M.p. 155°C. Used as a selective herbicide. It is made from 2,4,5-trichloro-pheno) and sodium chloroacetate. Ester sprays and combined ester sprays with 2,4-D are available. 2,4,5-T products are of particular value in that they control many woody species, and eradicate perennial weeds such as nettles in pastures. 

The immediate and total removal of weeds is often recommended. However, this recommendation may be based more on when control methods can most easily be appHed, rather than on considerations of the optimal time for effective weed control (454). Controlling plants that are not actually problems or that are present at noncritical times is cosdy and may not truly benefit the producer. However, weeds that are present initially ia very low numbers may require subsequent eradication if iatroduction of a new noxious species is to be prevented. 

Modem cancer therapy has been primarily dependent upon surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy (72) (see Chemotherapeutics,anticancer Hormones Radiopharmaceuticals). Chemotherapeutic agents maybe able to retard the rate of growth, but are unable to eradicate the entire population of neoplastic cells without significant destmction of normal host tissue. This serious side effect limits general use. More recentiy, the immunotherapeutic approach to cancer has involved modification and exploitation of the cellular and molecular mechanisms in host defense, regulation of tissue proliferation, tissue differentiation, and tissue survival. The results have been more than encouraging. 

Preventive medicine through vaccination continues to be the most cost-effective pubHc health practice, even with the drastic advance in modern medicine. Mass vaccination programs have eradicated smallpox from the earth. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a major campaign underway to eradicate poHo by the year 2000. The development of vaccines has saved millions of Hves and prevented many more from suffering. However, there are stiU many diseases without effective vaccines, such as malaria. With the recent emergence of antibiotic-resistance strains and exotic vimses, an effective vaccine development program becomes a top priority of pubHc health poHcy. 

Even when their shells are closed, the animals continue to sense their environment, and as soon as the oxidant level decreases, they reopen and resume siphoning. Continuous chlorination often fails to eradicate these macrofouling creatures because of iatermptions ia the feed, which can occur for various reasons, such as chlorine tank changeover or plugging of feedlines. If the iatermption lasts long enough (1 h or possibly less), the animals have time to reoxygenate their tissues between the extended periods of chlorination. Any oxidant, such as chlorine, bromine, or ozone, eUcits the same response from these creatures. Therefore, only continuous, unintermpted appHcations are successful. 

Malaria affects an estimated 270 million people and causes 2—3 million deaths annually, approximately one million of which occur in children under the age of five. While primarily an affliction of the tropics and subtropics, it has occurred as far north as the Arctic Circle. The disease essentially has been eradicated in most temperate-zone countries, but some 1100 cases of malaria in U.S. citizens returning from abroad were reported to the Centers for Disease Control during 1990. Malaria is seen today in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. It is on the increase in Afghanistan, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. Escalation of the disease is because of the discontinued use of the insecticide DDT which effectively kills mosquito larvae, but has been found to be toxic to Hvestock and wildlife. Also, chloroquine (6), a reUable dmg for the prophylaxis and treatment of falcipamm malaria, is ineffective in many parts of the world because of the spread of dmg-resistant strains. 

Tissue Schizonticides. These eradicate the Hver stages of the parasite and thereby prevent their entry into the blood. As a class, therefore, they ate useful for prophylaxis. Some tissue schizonticides can act on the long-Hved tissue forms (hypnozoites) of P. vivax and P. ovale and thus can cure the latter infections by preventing relapses. 

Benzyl benzoate has been used as an iasect repellent iu formulations for repelling mosquitoes, cbiggers, ticks, and fleas, and iu the control of hvestock iasects. Benzyl benzoate was used iu the Vietnam War to eradicate and repel certain ticks and mites. It has also found some usage iu medicine, cosmetics, and as a plasticizer. 

In the mid-1970s, a test program to eradicate the boU weevil, carried out on an 8100-ha (81-km ) region of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, to plans for beltwide eradication of this devastating pest (8). The pest could be eliminated from the United States by the year 2015. 

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Although morphine has been prepared by total synthesis, the complexity of the molecule makes such an approach unattractive on a commercial scale. The drug in fact is obtained by fractionation of opium obtained from the poppy morphine in turn is used as starting material for various derivatives. If it were not for the importance of these drugs in the clinic, some progress might have been made in eradication of the plant. 

VertUgungsmittel, n. eradicator, destroyer, vertorft, a. converted into peat, peaty, Vertorfung, /, peat formation, peatification, Vertrag, m. contract, agreement, bargain, treaty,... 

WEB DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) was the first chlorinated insecticide developed. It was used extensively in World War II to eradicate the mosquitoes that spread malaria. Its use was banned in the United States in 1978 because of environmental concerns. DDT is made up of carbon, hydrogen, and chlorine atoms. When a 5.000-g sample of DDT is burned in oxygen, 8.692 g of C02 and 1.142 g of H20 are obtained. A second five-gram sample yields 2.571 g of HC1. What is the simplest formula for DDT ... 

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