In vitro susceptibilities to amphotericin B, itraconazole, and miconazole of filamentous fungi isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1997 Sep;41(9):2064-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.41.9.2064.

Abstract

The antimicrobial activities of amphotericin B, itraconazole, and miconazole against 101 filamentous fungi from patients with cystic fibrosis were tested by a reproducible microdilution method. Itraconazole was very active against Aspergillus species and Scedosporium species (MIC at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited [MIC90], 0.06 to 0.5 mg/liter), whereas amphotericin B was less effective (MIC90, 0.5 to 8 mg/liter).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Aspergillus / drug effects*
  • Cystic Fibrosis / microbiology*
  • Itraconazole / pharmacology
  • Miconazole / pharmacology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mitosporic Fungi / drug effects*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Itraconazole
  • Miconazole
  • Amphotericin B