TABLE 4.
Results of organ cultures with intravenously administered LY-303366 begun 48 h prior to challenge
| Inoculum | LY-303366 dose, in mg/kg (no. of rabbits cultured)a | Colony counts (mean log10 CFU/g of tissue ± SE)
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No. of rabbits with positive cultures/no. cultured
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liver | Lung | Kidney | Brain | Liver | Lung | Kidney | Brain | ||
| Lethal | None (4) | 2.99 ± 0.3 | 3.16 ± 0.2 | 3.10 ± 0.3 | 1.86 ± 0.8 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 3/4 |
| 10 (6) | 2.31 ± 0.5 | 2.84 ± 0.4 | 1.85 ± 0.6 | 0.54 ± 0.2 | 5/6 | 5/6 | 3/6 | 1/6d | |
| 5 (6) | 3.18 ± 0.4 | 3.04 ± 0.4 | 2.38 ± 0.5 | 1.81 ± 0.5 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 5/6 | |
| AmB 1.0 (3) | 0.0b | 0.36 ± 0.2b | 1.31 ± 0.6 | 0.10 ± 0.08 | 0/3c | 0/3c | 1/3 | 0/3 | |
| Sublethal | None (4) | 2.82 ± 0.5 | 1.58 ± 0.2 | 1.08 ± 0.2 | 1.01 ± 0.5 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 | 1/4 |
| 10 (6) | 1.92 ± 0.4 | 2.12 ± 0.5 | 1.00 ± 0.4 | 0.61 ± 0.3 | 5/6 | 4/6 | 5/6 | 2/6 | |
| 5 (6) | 2.01 ± 0.6 | 1.81 ± 0.5 | 0.95 ± 0.4 | 0.56 ± 0.3 | 6/6 | 3/6 | 1/6ce | 1/6 | |
| AmB 1.0 (4) | 0.08 ± 0.07b | 0.73 ± 0.3 | 0.42 ± 0.2 | 0.23 ± 0.1b | 1/4 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 1/4 | |
AmB, amphotericin B.
P <0.05 compared to controls (Wilcoxon rank sum test).
P <0.05 compared to controls (Fisher's exact test).
P <0.05 compared to LY-303366 at 5 mg/kg (Fisher's exact test).
P <0.05 compared to LY-303366 at 10 mg/kg (Wilcoxon rank sum test).