Abstract
The effect of 24 anti-amoebic and other chemotherapeutic compounds on six strains of hartmannellid amoebae was studied by tissue culture, agar diffusion, and liquid axenic culture.
Of the recognized anti-amoebic compounds only one inhibited growth of the amoebae, which were remarkable for their resistance.
Two compounds, hydroxystilbamidine isethionate and 5-fluorocytosine, showed some amoebicidal activity while some others were inhibitory.
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