Amphotericin B but not itraconazole is able to prevent grain formation in experimental Madurella mycetomatis mycetoma in mice

Br J Dermatol. 2015 Dec;173(6):1561-2. doi: 10.1111/bjd.14025. Epub 2015 Oct 23.

Authors

W W J van de Sande¹, W van Vianen¹, M ten Kate¹, A Fahal², I Bakker-Woudenberg¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
² Mycetoma Research Centre, Khartoum, Sudan.

PMID: 26150103
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.14025

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Amphotericin B / pharmacology*
Animals
Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
Disease Models, Animal
Female
Itraconazole / pharmacology*
Madurella
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mycetoma / mortality
Mycetoma / prevention & control*

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Itraconazole
Amphotericin B