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ArticleBMC research notes2021

Evaluation of the effect of probiotic as add-on therapy with conventional therapy and alone in malaria induced mice.

Eshani Mahajan, Shweta Sinha, Alka Bhatia, Rakesh Sehgal, Bikash Medhi

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Article in BMC research notes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eshani MahajanDepartment of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Research Block B, 4th Floor, Room no 4043, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
Shweta SinhaDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
Alka BhatiaDepartment of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
Rakesh SehgalDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
Bikash MedhiDepartment of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Research Block B, 4th Floor, Room no 4043, Chandigarh, 160012, India. drbikashus@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4017-641X
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveChloroquine is used as a conventional drug therapy for the treatment of malaria. The existence of resistance to chloroquine shown among various species of Plasmodium leads to the search for more efficacious therapy to treat malaria. Probiotic (Lactobacillus casei) has been tried as an add-on therapy with chloroquine. Probiotics are ingested microorganisms associated with a beneficial effect on humans and other species. The study was done to check the efficacy of L. casei as an add-on therapy along with conventional drug therapy (chloroquine) to treat malaria.

resultsProbiotic in combination with chloroquine showed complete suppression in parasitemia rate. Representation of parasitemia rate was done using mean ± SD. p < 0.05 is considered as statistically significant. The results showed a reduction in parasitemia with probiotic treatment, which was further confirmed through histological observation of two major organs, the liver and spleen. Interestingly, further suppression of parasitemia and hemosiderosis was observed when probiotic was given along with chloroquine.

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AntimalarialsMalariaProbioticsAnimalsChloroquineHumansMiceParasitemiaAntimalarialsChloroquineChloroquineLactobacillus caseiMalariaProbiotic

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PMID34193269
PMCPMC8244208
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