BACKGROUND Children have a lower response rate to antimonial drugs and higher elimination rate of antimony (Sb) than adults. Oral miltefosine has not been evaluated for pediatric cutaneous leishmaniasis. METHODS A randomized, noninferiority clinical trial with masked evaluation was conducted at 3 locations in Colombia where Leishmania panamensis and Leishmania guyanensis predominated. One hun...

Two experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that the 5 d Co-Synch + CIDR (Controlled Internal Drug Release insert containing progesterone) protocol could be applied as an efficient timed AI (TAI) protocol in dairy heifers, and that treatment with flunixin meglumine (FM) during the period of CL maintenance would increase pregnancy per TAI (P/TAI) and late survival of embryos. Objective...

Fifty-two 15-month-old Holstein heifers were synchronised with single or double injections of prostaglandin F(2alpha), followed by an injection of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (gnrh) 48 hours later, and inseminated 12 to 14 hours after the injection of gnrh (day 0). Half of them were then injected twice intramuscularly with 1.1 mg/kg flunixin meglumine 12 hours apart, on the evening of day 1...

I further investigated sample 7 by preparing a precipitate, which I then washed twice in alkaline buffer. The supernate from the first and second washes contained 22.5 and 1.0 mg of albumin per liter, respectively, showing that albumin was recovered from the precipitate. These results indicate that the deposit formed in some urines contains albumin; centrifi.igation of samples may sometimes lea...

The magnitude and time course of contrast enhancement in spontaneous canine brain tumors was determined for two contrast agents: meglumine iothalamate and sodium meglumine ioxaglate. Tumor enhancement during contrast infusion and at 5, 10, 15, 30 and 45 minutes was measured using quantitative computed tomography. Blood iodine was measured using x-ray fluorescence. Peak contrast enhancement occu...

A 27 years old female patient was diagnosed with cutaneous leishmaniasis histopathologically and received intramuscular meglumine antimoniate therapy at a dose of 20 mg/kg/day for consecutive 20 days. The base-line pretreatment complete blood count, hepatic transaminases, lipase, amylase, beta-hCG level and electrocardiogram were within normal limits. Following to the treatment-free two weeks a...

The standard treatment of human leishmaniases involves the use of pentavalent antimony [Sb(V)] compounds, including meglumine antimoniate. The mode of action of these compounds has not been fully elucidated. The possibility that Sb(III) is involved has been suggested; however, the biomolecule that may induce the conversion of Sb(V) to Sb(III) has not yet been identified. In the present study, w...

Twelve clinically sound, healthy, athletically conditioned Thoroughbred horses were subjected to an incremental exercise stress test to determine the effects and period of detection of a single dose of flunixin meglumine (1.1 mg/kg by intravenous injection) in serum and urine by ELISA. Flunixin concentrations, performance, and hematologic and clinical chemical parameters were measured. All hors...

The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of a new combination drug, florfenicol-flunixin meglumine, with tulathromycin for initial treatment of undifferentiated fever (UF) in fall-placed calves that received metaphylactic tilmicosin on arrival at the feedlot. No significant differences were observed in UF relapses between the two drugs. Calves treated with florfenicol-flunixin had ...