Five-minute exposure to caspofungin results in prolonged postantifungal effects and eliminates the paradoxical growth of Candida albicans

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Jul;55(7):3598-602. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00095-11. Epub 2011 May 2.

Abstract

We studied the impact of brief caspofungin exposures on postantifungal effects (PAFEs) and paradoxical effects for five Candida albicans isolates. In time-kill studies, caspofungin at 4× and 16× the MIC resulted in significant killing of all isolates. Caspofungin at 8 μg/ml resulted in lower levels of killing, and paradoxical effects were evident with 4 isolates. Caspofungin exposures of 5 to 60 min caused prolonged, concentration-dependent killing that approached or exceeded the results seen with time-kill experiments and eliminated paradoxical growth.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Candida albicans / drug effects*
  • Candida albicans / growth & development
  • Caspofungin
  • Echinocandins / pharmacology*
  • Lipopeptides
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Echinocandins
  • Lipopeptides
  • Caspofungin