The chemotherapeutic value of sulphadiazine in treatment of Acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis in mice
- 31 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 76 (5) , 636-638
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(82)90229-2
Abstract
The chemotherapeutic value of three sulphonamides, sulphamethizole,sulphamethoxazole and sulphadiazine, was examined in experimental Acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis in mice. Only sulphadiazine was capable of protecting mice challenged with A. culbertsoni A-1 strain. However, protection to mice was only afforded if the drug was given early after infection. Once the amoebae reached, and became established in, the central nervous system, sulphadiazine displayed no chemotherapeutic value.Keywords
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