Efficacy of caspofungin against Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus terreus, and Aspergillus nidulans

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Bowman JC, Abruzzo GK, Flattery AM, Gill CJ, Hickey EJ, Hsu MJ, Kahn JN, Liberator PA, Misura AS, Pelak BA, Wang TC, Douglas CM

Date: 24 January 2007

Abstract:

The echinocandin caspofungin is a potent inhibitor of the activity of 1,3-beta-D-glucan synthase from Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus terreus, and Aspergillus nidulans. In murine models of disseminated infection, caspofungin prolonged survival and reduced the kidney fungal burden. Caspofungin was at least as effective as amphotericin B against these filamentous fungi in vivo

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