Research Article
Evaluation of Effectiveness of Vitamins C and E on Prevention of Renal Scar due to Pyelonephritis in Rat
Table 1
Comparison of microbiologic, chemistry, and pathologic findings between the three groups of Rats.
| | Treated with gentamicin
| Treated with vitamins E and C and gentamicin = 15 | Treated with vitamins E and C
| Normal
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| Weight of rats (grams) | | | | | .34 | Colony count per gram kidney weight (109)* | 2.3 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 0 | .21 | Mean percent of scar formation (range) | 8.6 (0–20) | 3.4 (0–12) | 1.4 (0–5) | 0 | .001 | BUN (mg/dl) | | | | | .194 | Creatinine | | | | | .004 | Mean left Kidney weight (grams) | | | | | .034 |
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BUN: blood urea nitrogen. Values are expressed as mean ± SD.
*48 hours after microbial inoculation.
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