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Deise Luiza Mahl1, Francielli Pantella Kunz de Jesus, Érico Silva Loreto, Régis Adriel Zanette, Laerte Ferreiro, Maiara Ben Pilotto, Sydney Hartz Alves, Janio Morais Santurio.
Abstract
This study evaluated the in vitro activity of aminoglycoside antibiotics and tigecycline against Pythium insidiosum. The susceptibility tests were carried out using the broth microdilution method in accordance with the CLSI document M38-A2. MIC values for gentamicin, neomycin, paromomycin, and streptomycin ranged from 32 to 64 mg/liter, and the minimal fungicidal concentration (MFC) ranged from 32 to 128 mg/liter, which are incompatible with safe concentrations of these drugs in plasma in vivo. Tigecycline showed the lowest MIC (0.25 to 2 mg/liter) and MFC (1 to 8 mg/liter) range values. The in vitro susceptibility observed to tigecycline makes this drug a good option in future tests in vitro and in vivo for the management of pythiosis.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22508303 PMCID: PMC3393386 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00073-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191