TREATMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS WITH AMPHOTERICIN-B, 5-FLUOROCYTOSINE, AND KETOCONAZOLE
TREATMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS WITH AMPHOTERICIN-B, 5-FLUOROCYTOSINE, AND KETOCONAZOLE
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/146.3.429
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
DURACK, DT
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作者:
PERFECT, JR;DURACK, DT
Ketoconazole, amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine and combinations of these drugs were compared as therapy for chronic cryptococcal meningitis in steroid-treated rabbits. Two h after treatment of rabbits with meningitis with single drugs the mean CSF concentration of 5-fluorocytosine was 4.4 .mu.g/ml, that of amphotericin B was < 0.3 .mu.g/ml and that of ketoconazole ranged from < 0.02-0.8 .mu.g/ml. Serial quantitative cultures indicated that amphotericin B was the best single-drug regimen. Ketoconazole provided little or no additive effect when used in combination with fluorocytosine or therapeutic doses of amphotericin B for 2 wk. The combination of ketoconazole plus amphotericin B was at least as effective as amphotericin B plus 5-fluorocytosine over a 2-wk treatment regimen. The addition of ketoconazole to a subtherapeutic dose of amphotericin B significantly increased the killing of cryptococci in CSF.