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IN the course of experiments with terramycin upon various laboratory infections, we have found that the drug has a powerful effect on Spironema duttoni in mice. The animals were inoculated intraperitoneally with a suspension of blood from a heavily infected mouse. Untreated mice usually died in three to six days; occasionally a mouse survived and the infection pursued a relapsing course. Treatment with terramycin was given on the day after infection, either by subcutaneous injection or by stomach tube.
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BERKS, G., GOODWIN, L. Terramycin and Spironema duttoni Infections. Nature 167, 447–448 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167447b0
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