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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2000, p. 3235-3236, Vol. 44, No. 11
0066-4804/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Suppression of Posttreatment Recurrence of Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis in T-Cell-Deficient Mice by Oral Miltefosine

Henry W. Murray*

Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021

Received 19 April 2000/Returned for modification 5 June 2000/Accepted 5 August 2000

T-cell-deficient nude mice infected with Leishmania donovani were treated with miltefosine and then given either no treatment or intermittent miltefosine. Intracellular visceral infection recurred in untreated mice but was suppressed by once- or twice-weekly oral administration of miltefosine. Miltefosine may be useful as oral maintenance therapy for T-cell-deficient patients with visceral leishmaniasis.


* Mailing address: Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10021. Phone: (212) 746-6330. Fax: (212) 746-6332. E-mail: hwmurray{at}mail.med.cornell.edu.


Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2000, p. 3235-3236, Vol. 44, No. 11
0066-4804/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.



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