P. Brasseur et al., IN-VITRO EVALUATION OF DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF BABESIA DIVERGENS ISOLATES, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 42(4), 1998, pp. 818-820
The susceptibilities of three bovine and two human Babesia divergens i
solates to antimicrobial agents were evaluated in vitro by a tritiated
hypoxanthine incorporation assay. The MICs at which 50% of isolates a
re inhibited (MIC(50)s) for mefloquine (chlorhydrate), chloroquine (su
lfate), quinine (chlorhydrate), clindamycin (phosphate), pentamidine (
isethionate), phenamidine (isethionate) plus oxomemazine (chlorhydrate
), lincomycin (chlorhydrate monohydrate), and imidocarb (dipropionate)
were determined. Except for imidocarb, the MIC(50)s observed for the
different isolates were close. Imidocarb and the combination of phenam
idine plus oxomemazine exhibited the highest in vitro activity, while
antimalarial agents such as mefloquine, choroquine, and quinine were i
nactive. Other drugs had intermediate activities. The data support fur
ther in vitro evaluation of antimicrobial agents active against B. div
ergens for the improvement of therapeutic strategies.