We investigated the efficacy of fluconazole on experimental disseminated candidiasis in mice immunocompromised by chronic morphine treatment. CD1 mice were severely immunosuppressed by repeated morphine administrations, i.e., subcutaneous (s.c.) injections of 75 mg/kg/day, 3 days before and 5 days after a systemic Candida albicans infection induced by intravenous administration of 1 x 10(6) fungal cells/mouse. Fluconazole (2.5 mg/kg, s.c., at 6, 24 and 48 h postinfection) was very effective in prolonging survival time of morphine-treated mice. Fluconazole treatment also promotes a recovery of killing activity of polymorphonuclear leukocyte cells suppressed by morphine administrations.
Antifungal and immunoadjuvant properties of fluconazole in mice immunosuppressed with morphine / P., Di Francesco; R., Gaziano; I. A., Casalinuovo; Palamara, ANNA TERESA; C., Favalli; E., Garaci. - In: CHEMOTHERAPY. - ISSN 0009-3157. - 43:3(1997), pp. 198-203.
Antifungal and immunoadjuvant properties of fluconazole in mice immunosuppressed with morphine
PALAMARA, ANNA TERESA;
1997
Abstract
We investigated the efficacy of fluconazole on experimental disseminated candidiasis in mice immunocompromised by chronic morphine treatment. CD1 mice were severely immunosuppressed by repeated morphine administrations, i.e., subcutaneous (s.c.) injections of 75 mg/kg/day, 3 days before and 5 days after a systemic Candida albicans infection induced by intravenous administration of 1 x 10(6) fungal cells/mouse. Fluconazole (2.5 mg/kg, s.c., at 6, 24 and 48 h postinfection) was very effective in prolonging survival time of morphine-treated mice. Fluconazole treatment also promotes a recovery of killing activity of polymorphonuclear leukocyte cells suppressed by morphine administrations.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
