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Trypanocidal effect of diamidine 98/202 in experimental Trypanosoma rhodesiense infection of the stumptailed macaque (Macaca arctoides).

Abstract
The trypanocidal effect of preparation 98/202, a 6-Amidino-2-(4'-amidinophenyl)-thionaphthene dilactate, was investigated in 4 stumptailed macaques (Macaca arctoides) infected with Trypanosoma rhodesiense (strain: Hamburg, 1962), of which 2 animals had been treated previously with diminazene and pentamidine, respectively. The curative treatment with preparation 98/202 was carried out in all cases in the late stage of infection; at the beginning of treatment 3 of the 4 animals had already shown malaise with distinct affection of the central nervous system. The individual dose was 5 mg/kg (base) and was given by deep intramuscular injection on 2, 3 or 4 consecutive days. During the trial period elimination of the parasites from the blood was observed in all monkeys, and in 3 out of 4 animals also in the liquor cerebrospinalis. In one animal a parasitological cure could be demonstrated. Two animals died as a result of the very advanced infection, one animal had to be killed prematurely because of numerous deep skin necroses without healing tendency. In 2 animals previously treated with diminazene and pentamidine, respectively, the T. rhodesiense strain developed a distinct resistance to pentamidine, diminazene and preparation 98/202. The resistance induced with pentamidine against diminazene and preparation 98/202, however, was only transitory and disappeared after withdrawal of the preparation. A brief description of the course of infection is given and possible sites of action of preparation 98/202 are discussed.
AuthorsW Raether, H Seidenath
JournalTropenmedizin und Parasitologie (Tropenmed Parasitol) Vol. 27 Issue 2 Pg. 238-44 (Jun 1976) ISSN: 0303-4208 [Print] Germany
PMID821190 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Amidines
  • Trypanocidal Agents
  • Pentamidine
  • Diminazene
Topics
  • Amidines (pharmacology)
  • Animals
  • Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid (parasitology)
  • Diminazene (pharmacology)
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Female
  • Haplorhini
  • Macaca
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Pentamidine (pharmacology)
  • Trypanocidal Agents (pharmacology)
  • Trypanosoma (drug effects)
  • Trypanosomiasis, African (drug therapy, prevention & control)

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