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The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 79, 431-437, Copyright, 1944, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York

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THERAPEUTIC EFFECTIVENESS OF PENICILLIN IN EXPERIMENTAL MURINE TYPHUS INFECTION IN dba MICE

Vicente Moragues M.D.1, Henry Pinkerton M.D.1, and Donald Greiff Sc.D.1

1 From the Department of Pathology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, and the Department of Biology, St. Louis University, St. Louis

The administration of penicillin in relatively large but non-toxic doses to dba mice after injection with murine typhus rickettsiae resulted in a marked reduction in mortality, particularly when the initial dosage of rickettsiae was relatively small, approaching the minimal lethal dose. No evidence of secondary bacterial infection was obtained by bacteriological and histological studies, and it seems justifiable to conclude that the greatly increased survival rate in the treated mice was caused by the action of penicillin on typhus rickettsiae. The theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.

Submitted on January 3, 1944


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