Table 1.
Survival of ricin-intoxicated mice following combined treatment with anti-ricin antibodies and dexamethasone. Survival of mice lethally challenged with ricin (7μg/kg), and treated with anti-ricin antibodies (intranasal, 2× 25μl) at 24 h PE and/or dexamethasone (4 mg/kg body weight) at the indicated time points.
| Time of treatment (h PE) |
% Survival | |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-ricin antibodies | Dexamethasone | |
| – | 0, 24 | 3a |
| 24 | – | 34b |
| 24 | −8, 24 | 82c |
| 24 | 6, 24 | 44b |
| 24 | 24 | 30b |
Represent groups displaying significant statistic difference (a, b, c).