In the present study, in vitro antifungal activities of five antipsychotic drugs (i.e., chlorpromazine hydrochloride, CPZ; trifluoperazine hydrochloride, TPZ; amantadine hydrochloride; R-(-)-deprenyl hydrochloride, and valproic acid sodium salt) and five conventional antifungal drugs (i.e., amphotericin B, AMB; caspofungin, CSP; itraconazole; terbinafine, TRB and voriconazole, VRC) were investigated in broth microdilution tests against four clinical and five environmental Scedosporium and Pseudallescheria isolates. When used alone, phenothiazines CPZ and TPZ exerted remarkable antifungal effects. Thus, their in vitro combinations with AMB, CSP, VRC, and TRB were also examined against the clinical isolates. In combination with antifungal agents, CPZ was able to act synergistically with AMB and TRB in cases of one and two isolates, respectively. In all other cases, indifferent interactions were revealed. Antagonism was not observed between the tested agents. These combinations may establish a more effective and less toxic therapy after further in vitro and in vivo studies for Scedosporium and Pseudallescheria infections.
Keywords: Pseudallescheria spp.; Scedosporium spp.; antipsychotic drugs; drug interactions.
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