title: Activities of hexadecylphosphocholine (miltefosine), AmBisome, and sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) against Leishmania donovani in immunodeficient scid mice.
abstract: In both scid and BALB/c mouse-Leishmania donovani models, hexadecyphosphocholine (miltefosine) and AmBisome had similar levels of activity. In contrast, sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) was significantly less active against L. donovani in scid mice than in BALB/c mice. The in vitro anti-leishmanial activity of miltefosine was similar in peritoneal macrophages derived from both scid and BALB/c mice, whereas Pentostam and AmBisome were significantly more active in the latter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Escobar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yardley
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Croft
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000187:drug effects*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000188:drug therapy; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000469:parasitology; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000469:parasitology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016513:Mice, SCID; D010767:Phosphorylcholine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; C068538:liposomal amphotericin B; D010767:Phosphorylcholine; C039128:miltefosine; D000666:Amphotericin B; D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate