Abstract
Summary
As is shown in Table II sulfanilamide and sulfapyri-dine have given good results in treating mice infected with fatal doses of Listerella monocytogenes.
The 2 chemotherapeutic agents tested show no helpful effects in the case of Erysipelothrix infections. If anything the agents helped to hasten the death of the animals.
From these data it would seem that the mechanism of infection, as influenced by sulfanilamide and sulfapyridine treatment, is different for the two diseases.
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