Evidence map›Paper›PMID 9257768›Full record

ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy1997

In vitro activities of terbinafine in combination with fluconazole and itraconazole against isolates of Candida albicans with reduced susceptibility to azoles.

F Barchiesi, L Falconi Di Francesco, G Scalise

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

F BarchiesiInstitute of Infectious Diseases and Public Health of the University of Ancona, Italy. cmalinf@popcsi.unian.it
L Falconi Di Francesco
G Scalise
Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A checkerboard microdilution method was applied to study the in vitro interaction of terbinafine with either fluconazole and itraconazole against 30 strains of Candida albicans. Synergy was observed in 40% of the terbinafine-fluconazole interactions and in 43% of the terbinafine-itraconazole interactions, while antagonism was not observed. Even when only additivity was achieved, the combinations still showed beneficial effects since at least twofold reductions in the MICs of both drugs were found in 100% of the terbinafine-fluconazole interactions and in 76% of the terbinafine-itraconazole interactions.

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsAzolesCandida albicansDrug InteractionsDrug Therapy, CombinationFluconazoleItraconazoleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNaphthalenesTerbinafineAntifungal AgentsAzolesFluconazoleItraconazoleNaphthalenesTerbinafine

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PMID9257768
PMCPMC164012
OpenAlexW2104122209

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