Bleomycin therapy of experimental disseminated candidiasis in mice

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1996 Mar;40(3):816-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.40.3.816.

Abstract

Bleomycin, an antineoplastic agent, was found to be very effective in vitro against a variety of fungi, including Candida albicans. Mice were infected with C. albicans intravenously and then treated with various doses of bleomycin. No efficacy was shown by either prolongation of survival or reduction of tissue counts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / therapeutic use*
  • Bleomycin / therapeutic use*
  • Candidiasis / drug therapy*
  • Candidiasis / microbiology
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Kidney / microbiology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred ICR
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Rats
  • Spleen / microbiology

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
  • Bleomycin