Experiment 68525
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | UHARI,M: TAPIAINEN,T: KONTIOKARI,T:. (2000). XYLITOL IN PREVENTING ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA.. 19(SUPP1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | XYLITOL INHIBITS THE GROWTH OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE AND IT INHIBITS THE ATTACHMENT OF BOTH PNEUMOCOCCI AND HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE ON THE NASPHARYNGEAL CELLS. IN TWO CLIN. TRIALS XYLITOL WAS FOUND EFFICIENT TO PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA WITH A DAILY DOSE OF 8.4-10 G OF XYLITOL GIVEN IN FIVE DIVIDED DOSES. THE NEED TO USE ANTIMICROBIALS REDUCED MARKEDLY WHEN USING XYLITOL. IN A HIGH-RISK GROUP OF CHILDREN WITH TYMPANOSTOMY TUBES XYLITOL WAS INEFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING OTITIS. XYLITOL APPEARS TO BE AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO PREVENT ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA. A MORE PRACTICAL FREQUENCY OF DOSES SHOULD BE FOUND BEFORE ITS USE CAN BE WIDELY RECOMMENDED. |
| Dose amount | 10.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |