Effects of betamethasone on the course of experimentai. Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Frederico G.C. Abath, Yara M. Gomes, Eridan M. Coutinho, Silvia M.L. Montenegro, Maria E.B. Melo, Alexandre B. Carvalho
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1986
• Subjects: Doença de Chagas; Tripanosomiase; Tratamento imunossupressivo; Beta-metasona; Infecção mínima pelo Trypanosoma cruzi; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; The ''Y''
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821986000300006; https://doaj.org/article/8ed667f5df0842a99e15bf25c125090b

In this experiment, the effect of betamethasone administered in the early post- acute infection of mice by Trypanosoma cruzi was studied. This drug was administered during 30 days after the 42nd day of infection in a dose of 0.15 mg/day. The betamethasone treatment did not cause fresh outbreaks of p...