In vitro activities of six antifungal agents and their combinations against Chaetomium spp.
In vitro activities of six antifungal agents and their combinations against Chaetomium spp.
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DOI:
10.1099/jmm.0.001004
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发表时间:
2019-05
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3
通讯作者:
Lingyue Sun;Z. Wan;Ruoyu Li;Jin Yu
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作者:
Lingyue Sun;Z. Wan;Ruoyu Li;Jin Yu
PURPOSE To assess in vitro activities of six antifungal agents (amphotericin B, itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, caspofungin and terbinafine) and the combined effects of eight pairs of them (caspofungin or terbinafine with amphotericin B, itraconazole, voriconazole or posaconazole) against 22 isolates of Chaetomium spp. METHODOLOGY The broth microdilution method drafted by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute and the checkerboard method were used in this study to evaluate in vitro activities of antifungal drugs both alone and in combination against Chaetomium spp. RESULTS Amphotericin B and triazoles exhibited lower geometric mean, MIC50 and MIC90 than caspofungin and terbinafine. Besides, all the paired drugs displayed varying degrees of synergism, with the interactions between caspofungin and itraconazole ranking first (86.36 %). CONCLUSION Our study illustrated varying degrees of synergism between caspofungin or terbinafine and itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole or amphotericin B towards Chaetomium spp., which could be a reference for the clinical treatment of Chaetomium spp. infections.