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PENICILLIN IN EXPERIMENTAL SPOTTED FEVER

F K Fitzpatrick

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |July 27, 1945
    PubMed
    Summary

    Penicillin treatment failed to save guinea pigs with spotted fever, with all treated animals dying. Immune globulin, however, proved effective, with all recipients surviving the infection.

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