ACTIVITY OF AZITHROMYCIN (CP-62,993) AND ERYTHROMYCIN AGAINST CHLOROQUINE-SENSITIVE AND CHLOROQUINE-RESISTANT STRAINS OF PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM INVITRO

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作者
GINGRAS, BA [1 ]
JENSEN, JB [1 ]
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[1] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV, DEPT MICROBIOL, E LANSING, MI 48824 USA
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10.4269/ajtmh.1992.47.378
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
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Several antibiotics, including the macrolide erythromycin and the azalides azithromycin (CP-62,993) and CP-63,956, that inhibit protein synthesis on 70S ribosomes demonstrated antimalarial effects in vitro against two strains of Plasmodium falciparum, one sensitive to chloroquine and the other resistant. In 48-hr incubations, erythromycin was 10-fold less potent than the azalides against the chloroquine-resistant strain. Erythromycin and the azalides were essentially equipotent against the chloroquine-sensitive strain. An additive effect occurred with the azalides in combination with chloroquine against both strains, but this was not seen with erythromycin.
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