In vitro activity of a new semisynthetic echinocandin, LY-303366, against systemic isolates of Candida species, Cryptococcus neoformans, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Aspergillus species

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1997 Apr;41(4):863-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.41.4.863.

Abstract

The in vitro activities of LY-303366, a new semisynthetic echinocandin, and comparators amphotericin B, 5-fluorocytosine, fluconazole, and ketoconazole against 205 systemic isolates of Candida species, Cryptococcus neoformans, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Aspergillus species were determined. LY-303366 had MICs of < or = 0.32 microg/ml for all Candida albicans (n = 99), Candida glabrata (n = 18), and Candida tropicalis (n = 10) isolates tested. LY-303366 was also active against Aspergillus species (minimum effective concentration at which 90% of the isolates are inhibited, 0.02 microg/ml) (n = 20), was less active against Candida parapsilosis (MIC at which 90% of the isolates are inhibited [MIC90], 5.12 microg/ml) (n = 10), and was inactive against C. neoformans (MIC90, >10.24 microg/ml) (n = 15) and B. dermatitidis (MIC90, 16 microg/ml) (n = 29).

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anidulafungin
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Aspergillus / drug effects
  • Blastomyces / drug effects
  • Candida / drug effects
  • Cryptococcus neoformans / drug effects
  • Echinocandins
  • Fungi / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Peptides, Cyclic / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Echinocandins
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • Anidulafungin