In vitro activities of voriconazole, itraconazole, and terbinafine alone or in combination against Pythium insidiosum isolates from Brazil

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Feb;52(2):767-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01075-07. Epub 2007 Dec 3.

Abstract

We evaluated the in vitro activities of voriconazole, itraconazole, and terbinafine against 30 clinical isolates of Pythium insidiosum using a checkerboard macrodilution method. The combined activity of terbinafine plus itraconazole or plus voriconazole was synergic against 17% of the strains. Antagonism was not observed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Brazil
  • Dog Diseases / microbiology
  • Dogs
  • Drug Synergism
  • Horse Diseases / microbiology
  • Horses
  • Infections / microbiology
  • Infections / veterinary
  • Itraconazole / pharmacology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods
  • Naphthalenes / pharmacology*
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology*
  • Pythium / classification
  • Pythium / drug effects*
  • Pythium / isolation & purification*
  • Sheep
  • Sheep Diseases / microbiology
  • Terbinafine
  • Triazoles / pharmacology*
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Naphthalenes
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Itraconazole
  • Terbinafine
  • Voriconazole