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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
No bacterial contamination has been demonstrated in cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) nodule and in lesions caused by Leishmania major in Balb/c mice up to 20 days after infection. However, although many phagocytic cells (polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages) were present in the CL lesion, 80% of the lesions showed bacterial contamination that developed within the first 70 days of infection. Topical treatment of the lesion with an ointment containing 15% paromomycin and 12% methylbenzethonium chloride in soft white paraffin for 20 days eliminated all the Leishmania parasites and several of the associated bacteria including: Proteus vulgaris, Pasteurella multocida, Staphylococcus albus and Staphylococcus aureus. This treatment did not affect Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Total elimination of these bacteria was achieved only during the healing process, and within 20 days following termination of treatment. The rate of disappearance of bacteria inoculated alone into the base of the tail of normal uninfected Balb/c mice was much faster than that of bacteria inoculated into either the CL nodule or the CL lesion. This study suggests the development of local immunosuppression in the CL lesion that may be mediated by the Leishmania parasites and their metabolites.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-2180
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
847-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Anti-Infective Agents, Local, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Bacterial Infections, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Benzethonium, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Drug Combinations, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Drug Resistance, Microbial, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Microbial Sensitivity Tests, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Paromomycin, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:1286954-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Leishmania major: bacterial contamination of cutaneous lesions in experimental animals.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article