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Recent studies have suggested that intracellular Wolbachia bacteria are necessary for reproduction and survival of adult filarial worms. We now report results of in vitro studies of effects of antibacterial antibiotics (tetracycline, rifampicin, chloramphenicol, azithromycin, and doxycycline) on Brugia malayi infective larvae (L3) motility and molting. All of the antibiotics tested except chloramphenicol decreased L3 motility by 50% or more at 10 days, with minimal effective concentrations (MECs) of 20-100 microg/ml. Tetracyclines, rifampicin, and chloramphenicol inhibited L3 to L4 molting by 12 days in a concentration- and time-dependent manner, with MECs in the range of 1-20 microg/ml. These studies show that antibiotics active against Rickettsiaceae inhibit B. malayi L3 molting at low concentrations in vitro; higher concentrations kill the larvae. While it is possible that antibiotics directly affect filarial L3, we believe it is more likely that the effects seen are indirect effects related to bacterial killing.
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After a precipitous increase in the incidence of infectious syphilis in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s, the rate of new cases has declined so dramatically that a program initiated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to achieve elimination appears to stand a good chance of succeeding. In the fall of 2000, the CDC convened an advisory group to examine the recent medical literature regarding syphilis treatment. Published literature in peer-reviewed journals and abstracts from relevant scientific meetings that have appeared since the last STD Treatment Guidelines meeting in 1997 were reviewed. Where applicable, unpublished data from studies in progress were also discussed. Expert opinion was sought. Through all these efforts, it appears that the azalide azithromycin and the third-generation cephalosporin ceftriaxone should find more definitive roles in the treatment of syphilis. None will eclipse the continued primacy of penicillin for this purpose.
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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Nov;46(11):3478-83.
Effects of azithromycin on shiga toxin production by Escherichia coli and subsequent host inflammatory response.
Ohara T, Kojio S, Taneike I, Nakagawa S, Gondaira F, Tamura Y, Gejyo F, Zhang HM, Yamamoto T.
Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.
Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) colonizes the human intestinal mucosa, produces Stx from phage, and causes the development of hemolytic-uremic syndrome via Stx-induced inflammatory cytokine production. Azithromycin exhibited strong in vitro activity against STEC without inducing Stx-converting phage, in marked contrast to norfloxacin. Azithromycin decreased the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), and IL-6 production from Stx-treated human peripheral mononuclear cells or monocytes to a greater extent than did clarithromycin. In Stx-injected mice, azithromycin significantly suppressed Stx-induced TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-6 levels in serum and improved the outcome as assessed by survival rate. In the STEC oral infection experiment using immature mice immediately after weaning (weaned immature-mouse model), all mice died within 7 days postinfection. Azithromycin administration gave the mice 100% protection from killing, while ciprofloxacin administration gave them 67% protection. The data suggest that azithromycin (at least at higher concentrations) has a strong effect on Stx production by STEC and on the Stx-induced inflammatory host response and prevents death in mice. Azithromycin may have a beneficial effect on STEC-associated disease.
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