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Effects of sulfadiazine and amprolium on Neospora caninum (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) infections in mice.

Abstract
An immunosuppressed mouse model was used to determine the effects of amprolium and sulfadiazine on experimental Neospora caninum infections. Both drugs were given in the drinking water. Neither drug was effective in treating infections when given 7 days after inoculation of tachyzoites, when clinical signs of disease had developed. Amprolium did not prevent deaths or development of clinical signs when given in the drinking water at 1 mg/ml or 5 mg/ml 3 days after inoculation of tachyzoites. Sulfadiazine in drinking water was not effective when given at 0.5 mg/ml but was effective in preventing deaths and clinical disease when given at 1 mg/ml 3 days after inoculation with tachyzoites. Most mice (6 of 10) treated for 3 days with 1 mg/ml sulfadiazine in drinking water developed encephalitis after drug treatment was stopped. Treatment for 14 days with 1 mg/ml sulfadiazine in drinking water was needed to protect 90% of inoculated mice.
AuthorsD S Lindsay, J P Dubey
JournalThe Journal of parasitology (J Parasitol) Vol. 76 Issue 2 Pg. 177-9 (Apr 1990) ISSN: 0022-3395 [Print] United States
PMID2319416 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Picolines
  • Sulfadiazine
  • Amprolium
Topics
  • Acute Disease
  • Amprolium (therapeutic use)
  • Animals
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Encephalitis (drug therapy)
  • Female
  • Mice
  • Picolines
  • Pneumonia (drug therapy)
  • Protozoan Infections (drug therapy)
  • Sulfadiazine (therapeutic use)

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