Positioning of the intra-esophageal prothesis under fibre-endoscopic control sets up a simple and effective method as a palliative treatment of dysphagia in patients with esophageal cancers unable to take advantage of curative treatment. It makes the short survival of those patients more comfortable with a low mortality rate. An X-Ray-therapy may be associated.

Adenocarcinoma↗

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[Susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria to cefoxitin (author's transl)].

Nine strains of Clostridium perfringens type A and 10 strains of Bacteroïdes fragilis s. spec. fragilis, recently isolated from blood culture, were tested for their cefoxitin susceptibility. The MIC for Clostridium perfringens ranged from 0,6 to 5 mg/l and 1,2 to 10 mg/l for Bacteroïdes fragilis. In most cases, the MBC were identical with the MIC for Clostridium perfringens, but for Bact. frag. there was a difference of 2 dilutions in their MBC. Cefoxitin activity was not modified by a variation in inoculum density.

Bacteroides fragilis↗