| Literature DB >> 30885898 |
Florencia Leonardelli1,2, Daiana Macedo1,2, Catiana Dudiuk1,2, Laura Theill1, Matias S Cabeza1,2, Soledad Gamarra1, Guillermo Garcia-Effron3,2.
Abstract
Mucormycosis is an emerging disease with high mortality rates. Few antifungal drugs are active against Mucorales. Considering the low efficacy of monotherapy, combination-therapy strategies have been described. It is known that fungi are susceptible to zinc deprivation, so we tested the in vitro effect of the zinc chelators clioquinol, phenanthroline, and N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine combined with amphotericin B or posaconazole against 25 strains of Mucorales. Clioquinol-posaconazole was the most active combination, although results were strain dependent.Entities:
Keywords: Mucorales; antifungal susceptibility testing; posaconazole; zinc chelators
Year: 2019 PMID: 30885898 PMCID: PMC6496101 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00266-19
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191