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Abstract
We examined the effect of muramyl dipeptide (3 μg/g body weight) and a broad-spectrum
antibiotic cefoxitin (15 mg/kg) on survival and systemic bacteremia in rats with peritonitis.
When muramyl dipeptide given 24 hours prior to placement of the bacterial inoculum
was combined with a single prophylactic dose of cefoxitin, survival was 100 percent
(p < 0.001) and systemic bacteremia at 4 hours postinoculation was significantly decreased.
Twenty-four hour pretreatment with either muramyl dipeptide alone or cefoxitin alone
was associated with survival rates of 43 percent and 56 percent, respectively.
When muramyl dipeptide was given with cefoxitin at the time of administration of the
bacterial inoculum, no survival advantage was seen over the use of cefoxitin alone.
There were no significant differences among groups in quantitative bacteremia at 24
hours postinoculation or in the number of intraabdominal abscesses. This study clearly
demonstrates an additive effect of muramyl dipeptide pretreatment given with a prophylactic
dose of cefoxitin in a human fecal peritonitis rat model.
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☆Supported in part by a grant from the Southern Medical Association.
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