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ArticleMycopathologia2012

Comparison of in vitro and vivo efficacy of caspofungin against Candida parapsilosis, C. orthopsilosis, C. metapsilosis and C. albicans.

Richárd Földi, Renátó Kovács, Rudolf Gesztelyi, Gábor Kardos, Réka Berényi, Béla Juhász, Judit Szilágyi, Julianna Mózes, László Majoros

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Article in Mycopathologia, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Richárd FöldiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei Krt. 98., 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
Renátó Kovács
Rudolf Gesztelyi
Gábor Kardos
Réka Berényi
Béla Juhász
Judit Szilágyi
Julianna Mózes
László Majoros

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Caspofungin activity was determined in vitro and in vivo against three Candida orthopsilosis, three C. metapsilosis, two C. parapsilosis sensu stricto and two C. albicans isolates. MIC values and killing activity were determined in RPMI-1640 plus 50 % human serum. Neutropenic (cyclophosphamide-treated) mice were infected intravenously. Five-day intraperitoneal treatment with caspofungin was started after 24 h postinfection. Kidney burden was analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn's post-test. In killing studies, caspofungin was fungistatic and fungicidal against C. albicans at ≥0.25 and ≥2 μg/ml concentrations, respectively. Caspofungin was fungistatic at ≥8-16, ≥2-8 and at ≥2-8 μg/ml against C. parapsilosis, C. orthopsilosis and C. metapsilosis, respectively. In the murine model, C. albicans was inhibited by 1, 2 and 5 mg/kg of caspofungin (P < 0.001 compared to the controls). Against C. parapsilosis, only 5 mg/kg caspofungin was effective against both isolates (P < 0.05). Two and five mg/kg of caspofungin was effective against all C. orthopsilosis and C. metapsilosis isolates (P < 0.05 to <0.001). Serum-based killing tests proved to be useful in predicting in vivo efficacy of caspofungin against four Candida species. Caspofungin at clinically attainable concentrations proved to be effective against all four species.

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