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Cristina Jiménez-Ortigosa1, Padmaja Paderu, Mary R Motyl, David S Perlin.
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MK-3118 is as an orally active new antifungal in the early stage of clinical development that inhibits the biosynthesis of β-(1,3)-glucan. We evaluated the in vitro activity of this compound against wild-type and echinocandin-resistant (ER) isolates containing mutations in the FKS gene(s) of Candida spp. and Aspergillus spp. MK-3118 demonstrated enhanced efficacy for most C. albicans and C. glabrata ER isolates relative to caspofungin, with decreased MICs and half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50s).Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24323472 PMCID: PMC3910825 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02145-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191