Abstract |
The clinical efficacy of albendazole (ABZ) in the treatment of chronic uncomplicated strongyloidiasis has been reported to be highly variable. In our murine model of strongyloidiasis a single oral dose of 5 and 10 mg kg-1 ABZ reduced (at day 4 post infection) the faecal larval count (FLC) by 54.2 +/- 12.5% and 81.5 +/- 10.2%, respectively. 100 mg kg-1 ABZ reduced the FLC by 100%. Two inhibitors of protozoan and filarial electron transport (720C80 and 993C76) inhibited the endogenous O2 consumption of intact infective (L3) larvae of S. ratti by > 50% at 2 x 10(-5) M in vitro, and reduced the FLC by 72 +/- 9.3% and 62.0 +/- 10.3% respectively in vivo, at a dose of 70 mg kg-1. These results suggest that compounds designed as selective inhibitors of protozoan electron transport have significant efficacy against murine strongyloidiasis and may prove useful in the management of human strongyloidiasis.
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Authors | A Armson, R C Thompson, J A Reynoldson, W B Grubb, A H Mendis |
Journal | International journal for parasitology
(Int J Parasitol)
Vol. 23
Issue 6
Pg. 815-7
(Sep 1993)
ISSN: 0020-7519 [Print] England |
PMID | 8300293
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antiprotozoal Agents
- Naphthoquinones
- buparvaquone
- parvaquone
- Albendazole
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Topics |
- Albendazole
(therapeutic use)
- Animals
- Antiprotozoal Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Female
- Naphthoquinones
(therapeutic use)
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Strongyloidiasis
(drug therapy)
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