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. 1998 Jan;42(1):151–153. doi: 10.1128/aac.42.1.151

TABLE 3.

Yeast cell counts in spleens and livers of mice infected with H. capsulatum intravenously, treated from day 1 through day 7, and sacrificed on day 8 after infectiona

Mouse Inoculum Group Dose (mg/kg) Median count (106 CFU/g) ina:
Spleen Liver
nu/+ 8 × 106 Control 0 88.2 20.6
MK-991 10 52.7 14.0
5 BIDb 10.9∗ 3.4∗
5 10.9∗ 2.8∗
0.5 5.8∗ 3.5∗
nu/+ 1 × 106 Control 0 30.3 11.4
MK-991 10 2.8∗ 1.6∗
0.25 2.4∗ 0.8∗
0.1 3.6∗ 1.6∗
0.05 5.6∗ 2.0∗
nu/nu 2 × 106 Control 0 781 377
MK-991 5 131∗ 104∗
8 × 105 Control 0 123 127
MK-991 5 25.6∗∗ 28.0∗∗
6 × 104 Control 0 6.3 1.3
MK-991 5 0.9∗ 0.6
3 × 104 Control 0 11.9 2.2
MK-991 5 3.5∗ 1.2∗
a

∗, significantly different from control value. ∗∗, not significant because of two outlying low-count values. 

b

BID, twice daily.