Research Article
In Vitro Evaluations and In Vivo Toxicity and Efficacy Studies of MFM501 against MRSA
Table 5
Survival rates of control and MRSA-infected mice after being treated with MFM501.
| Mice groups | Treated/untreated mice | Total of mice surviving | % survive |
| Control mice | Untreated—MRSA adjuvant only (−ve control) | 0/8 | 0 | MRSA adjuvant + 25 mg/kg linezolid (+ve control #1) | 8/8 | 100 | MHB + 5% mucin only (+ve control #2) | 8/8 | 100 | Healthy and untreated mice (+ve control #3) | 8/8 | 100 |
| Mice treated with MFM501 | 125 mg/kg | 5/8 | 62.5 | 62.5 mg/kg | 3/8 | 37.5 | 31.3 mg/kg | 2/8 | 25 | 15.6 mg/kg | 2/8 | 25 |
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