Experimental Canine Leptospirosis IV. Evaluation of Selected Antibiotics in the Therapy of Acute Experimental Leptospira Icterohemorrhagiae Infectionsin Immature Dogs

Autor: E. N. Bergman, H. W. Yoder, Chester A. Gleiser
Rok vydání: 1957
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Zdroj: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 100:257-267
ISSN: 1537-6613
0022-1899
Popis: The rather extensive studies of Hall et al1 and Fairburn and Semple2 indicate that penicillin, streptomycin, oxytetracycline,chlortetracycline,and chloramphenicol have little effect in altering the course of acute leptospirosis in humans. However, a number of investigators have demonstrated that penicillin, streptomycin, oxytetracycline, and chlortetracycline are effective in the treatment of leptospirosis in laboratory animals if therapy is initiated before severe clinical manifestations become apparent.3-17 Chloramphenicol has been
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