title: Recent experience with Pseudomonas aeruginosa immune globulin for the treatment of experimental pneumonia.
abstract: A guinea-pig model of experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia was used to determine what factors affect the efficacy of passive immune therapy with a hyperimmune P. aeruginosa globulin (PA-IGIV). Animals treated 2 h after infection with a single iv infusion of PA-IGIV, 500 mg kg-1, demonstrated 33% survival. Lower dosages were less effective and there were no survivors among albumin-treated controls. Treatment with PA-IGIV was effective if given 2 or 8 h after infection but not if delayed until 24 h after infection. Animals rendered neutropenic with cyclophosphamide did not survive if treated with PA-IGIV alone. However, when PA-IGIV was added to tobramycin treatment, a significant increase in survival occurred (86%) as compared with that observed with tobramycin alone (43%) (P less than 0.05). We conclude that PA-IGIV may offer a useful therapeutic option in management of P. aeruginosa pneumonia.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins