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01-02-2011 | Poster presentation
Effects of tigecycline and doxycycline in porcine endotoxemia
Authors:
M Von Seth, J Sjölin, A Larsson, M Eriksson, M Lipcsey
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
Tigecycline, the first drug in a new class of antibiotics, the glycylcyclines, is used in the treatment of severe abdominal and connective tissue infections. Tetracyclines, having a structure-activity relationship with tigecycline, exert anti-inflammatory effects [
1]. Some laboratory studies suggest that tigecycline may have anti-inflammatory properties in sepsis, but this has not previously been explored in a large animal integrative intensive care model. …