nifurtimox


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nifurtimox

n nifurtimox m
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In fact, [PGE.sub.2]production increases significantly in T cruzi-infected macrophages as compared to uninfected macrophages [32] and synergistically enhances the activity of nifurtimox and benznidazole on infected RAW 264.7 cells [23].
Aspirin modulates innate inflammatory response and inhibits the entry of Trypanosoma cruzi in mouse peritoneal macrophages
cruzi drugs (benznidazole or nifurtimox) with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to favor immune reconstitution (2,3).
Benznidazole treatment of chagasic encephalitis in pregnant woman with AIDS
Nifurtimox and benznidazole are the only antichagasic drugs with clinical efficacy, but they are far from optimal because of collateral effects.
Synergistic effects of parthenolide and benznidazole on Trypanosoma cruzi
After initiation of nifurtimox therapy, his parasitemia rapidly cleared.
Chagas disease after organ transplantation--Los Angeles, California, 2006
Pontes, "Therapy of the chronic phase of the experimental infection by Trypanosoma cruzi with benzonidazole and nifurtimox," Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, vol.
Tumor necrosis factor is a therapeutic target for immunological unbalance and cardiac abnormalities in chronic experimental Chagas' heart disease
The drugs currently in use against this disease, nifurtimox and benznidazole, present several side effects and have limited efficacy (Kirchhoff, 2003).
Comparative antiplasmodial, leishmanicidal and antitrypanosomal activities of several biflavonoids
After infection was detected, the recipients were treated with nifurtimox provided by the CDC Drug Service, which provides U.S.-licensed physicians with drugs that otherwise would not be available in the United States.
Chagas disease after organ transplantation United States, 2001
Russo, "Acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection is associated with anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, and bone marrow hypoplasia: reversal by nifurtimox treatment," Microbes and Infection, vol.
The acute phase of Trypanosoma cruzi infection is attenuated in 5-lipoxygenase-deficient mice
The severe side-effects of benznidazole and nifurtimox, including agranulocytosis, hypersensibility reactions and anorexia, make them poorly tolerated (Almeida and Gazzinelli, 2001).
Antiprotozoal activity of Brazilian plant extracts from isoquinoline alkaloid-producing families**
Mauris et al., "Serological and parasitological response in chronic Chagas patients 3 years after nifurtimox treatment," BMC Infectious Diseases, vol.
Trypanosoma cruzi infection and host lipid metabolism
The newborn received nifurtimox (10 mg/kg/d for 60 days) without notable adverse effects.
Congenital transmission of Chagas disease in Latin American immigrants in Switzerland
During the last 30 years, the nitroheterocyclic drugs benznidazole (Rochagan[R], Roche) and nifurtimox (Lampit[R], Bayer) are the only choice for treatment of human Chagas disease.
Trypanocidal activity of extracts from Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest plant species
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