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- Title
Failure of oily chloramphenicol depot injection to treat plague in a murine model.
- Authors
Rahalison, Lila; Guiyoule, Annie; Bonacorsi, Stephane P.; Slacanin, Ivan; Chanteau, Suzanne; Carniel, Elisabeth; Rahalison, L; Guiyoule, A; Bonacorsi, S P; Slacanin, I; Chanteau, S; Carniel, E
- Abstract
Effective low-cost single-dose therapy would be invaluable in treating human plague. The efficacy of single- or two-dose injections of oily chloramphenicol (OCm) was compared with that of standard multiple injections of reference drugs (streptomycin or chloramphenicol) in a murine plague model. A single injection of OCm was ineffective. Two doses cleared bacteraemia and limited bacterial growth in the mouse spleen but were less effective in reducing mortality than standard therapy. However, because of the marked pharmacokinetic differences between mice and humans, the failure of depot injection of OCm in murine plague treatment is not indicative of its ineffectiveness in human plague.
- Publication
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC), 2000, Vol 45, Issue 4, p541
- ISSN
0305-7453
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/jac/45.4.541