To restore efficacy (≥95% infection-reduction) to drugs against resistant infections (now, posing a bigger medical challenge, globally, than even HIV/AIDS), Cotrimoxazole was formulated with a synthetic Aluminum-magnesium silicate (Medicinal mineral which molecules are made of Nanoparticles, that is already in use as pharmaceutical-stabilizing agent) and used with antioxidants to treat Cotrimoxazole-resistant Salmonella pulorum infected chicks. Chick-groups A, B and C were fed antioxidants-fortified feed while groups D, E, F, G and H were not. The treatment-groups and their Cotrimoxazole doses/formulations were: A and D (100%/MSAMS-Cotrimoxazole); B and E (75%/MSAMS-Cotrimoxazole); C and F (50%/MSAMS-Cotrimoxazole) and G (100%/Cotrimoxazole). Infection-reductions (96.23% and 94.98%) of the groups of 75%/MSAMS-Cotrimoxazole/antioxidants and 75%/MSAMS-Cotrimoxazole were significantly (P ≤ 0.05) better than 76.99% (100%/Cotrimoxazole); 10.04% (50%/MSAMS-Cotrimoxazole/antioxidants); 1.60% (50%/MSAMS-Cotrimoxazole); −212.60% (100%/MSAMS-Cotrimoxazole/antioxidants) and −230.96% (100%/MSAMS-Cotrimoxazole).
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