title: 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic acid. Effect on mortality rate in a septic rat model.
abstract: Neutrophil-derived oxygen-free radicals may play a role in organ dysfunction associated with generalized sepsis. A rat model was used to test the effects of two free radical scavengers, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid (2,3-DHB), on mortality from intra-abdominal sepsis produced by cecal ligation and perforation. Being an iron-chelating agent, 2,3-DHB may have an additional bacteriostatic effect. Therapeutic regimens included no treatment; gentamicin sulfate (2 mg given intraperitoneally [IP] every eight hours); DMSO (2 g/24 hr given IP every eight hours in divided doses); 2,3-DHB (35 mg/kg given IP every eight hours); and combinations of gentamicin with each free radical scavenger. No statistically significant improvement in survival was obtained by therapeutic intervention with gentamicin alone, DMSO alone, 2,3-DHB alone, or gentamicin in combination with DMSO. When used in combination with gentamicin, 2,3-DHB yielded a statistically significant improvement in survival when compared with gentamicin alone or with no treatment. These results show that 2,3-DHB when used in combination with gentamicin has a beneficial effect on mortality following intra-abdominal sepsis in this model.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality*; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005609:Free Radicals; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D062385:Hydroxybenzoates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D005839:Gentamicins; D062385:Hydroxybenzoates; C009135:2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide