TABLE 1.
Treatment | Mean no. of days for host cell clearance ± SE |
---|---|
Vehicle only | |
0.28% (vol/vol) DMSO | 1.33 ± 0.33 |
1.12% (vol/vol) water | 1.67 ± 0.67 |
Nitroxoline (in DMSO) | |
3.5 µM | 15.33 ± 0.67 |
7 µM | 19 ± 0.58 |
14 µM | 22 ± 2.08 |
28 µM | NRTa |
Pentamidine isethionate (in water) | |
3.5 µM | 1.33 ± 0.33 |
7 µM | 7 ± 1.15 |
14 µM | 13 ± 2.51 |
28 µM | 15.33 ± 2.56 |
56 µM | 16 ± 2 |
Miltefosine | |
28 µM | 1.5 ± 0.33 |
56 µM | 3.5 ± 2.64 |
84 µM | >28b |
112 µM | NRTa |
NRT, no recovery of trophozoites or host cell destruction observed through 28 days.
Incomplete recovery of trophozoites and destruction of host cells on day 28.