title: [The evaluation of the efficacy of azithromycin and pyrimethamine used alone or in combination in the treatment of an experimental infection in mice by Toxoplasma gondii].
abstract: The efficacy of azithromycin and pyrimethamine in experimental infection of mice with Toxoplasma gondii was tested. Daily dosages of 200 mg/kg and 12.5 mg/kg, respectively, were given orally over a period of ten days. The medications were administered in combination or separately. The combined use of the drugs yielded better results, and a similar investigation using a cystogenic strain of the parasite will be conducted in a future study.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Investigação Médica-Parasitologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Braz
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Amato Neto
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: França
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000469:parasitology; D017963:Azithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011739:Pyrimethamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D017963:Azithromycin; D011739:Pyrimethamine