Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28039497›Full record

ArticleParasitology research2017

Synergistic effects of fenbendazole and metronidazole against Giardia muris in Swiss mice naturally infected.

Renata Coltro Bezagio, Cristiane Maria Colli, Liara Izabela Lopes Romera, Érika Cristina Ferreira, Ana Lúcia Falavigna-Guilherme, Mônica Lúcia Gomes

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Parasitology research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Identification and management of infections caused byInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2024
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Evaluation of Therapeutic Approaches for the Treatment ofJournal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2021
    Article
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Renata Coltro BezagioPost Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. renata_coltro@hotmail.com.
Cristiane Maria ColliDepartamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde (DBS), Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790 CEP 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Liara Izabela Lopes RomeraUEM, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Érika Cristina FerreiraDepartment of Statistics, UEM, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Ana Lúcia Falavigna-GuilhermeDepartamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde (DBS), Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790 CEP 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Mônica Lúcia GomesDepartamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde (DBS), Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790 CEP 87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual de Maringá · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study were proposed different protocols for the treatment of mice naturally infected with Giardia muris. Male Swiss mice were divided into seven groups, with five animals each, in a blind, controlled, randomized by drawing lots and once-repeated experiment. Parasite detection and cure control were performed using the Faust method and search by trophozoites in the intestinal mucosa. Clinical parameters (weight, water and feed consumption, elimination of excreta, aspect of the fur and feces) were also evaluated. All animals were treated with metronidazole (M), fenbendazole (F), and probiotics (P), administered intragastrically, during 7 days. M1, FM1, and F1 groups were treated 1×/day; M3, FM3, and PM3 groups 3×/day; and ST (control group) received only water. After the 5th and 7th days of treatment, the animals in FM1/FM3 and PM3/M3 groups presented, respectively, negative results and remained negative in the following 10 days. Animals in F1 group consumed less water (p = 0.00010) compared with FM1/FM3/PM3. The animals in M1 group compared with FM3/M3, F1 compared with M3, and ST compared with FM1/FM3/M3/PM3 consumed a larger amount of feed (p = 0.00001). The animals in F1 group compared with FM3/M1/M3/PM3, FM1 compared with FM3, and ST compared with FM3/M1/M3/PM3 eliminated lower volume of excreta (p = 0.00001). The results show that the association between F and M potentiates the effects, indicating a synergistic action of these two drugs, and FM1 is the best protocol due to early negativity in the animals, lower concentrations of the drugs, lower risk of toxicity and stress, and less alterations in clinical parameters.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntiprotozoal AgentsBody WeightDrug SynergismFecesFemaleFenbendazoleGiardiaGiardiasisHumansIntestinal MucosaMaleMetronidazoleMiceTrophozoitesAntiprotozoal AgentsFenbendazoleMetronidazoleDrug synergismFenbendazoleGiardiasisMetronidazoleMiceProbiotics

Identifiers

PMID28039497
OpenAlexW2563356145

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.