Efficacy of voriconazole in a guinea pig model of disseminated invasive aspergillosis

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2000 Oct;44(10):2865-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.44.10.2865-2868.2000.

Abstract

Voriconazole (VRC) was evaluated in an immunosuppressed-guinea pig model of invasive aspergillosis. VRC was more effective than amphotericin B or similar doses of itraconazole in the clearance of Aspergillus from tissues. VRC treatment regimens improved survival and significantly reduced tissue colony counts compared with those of controls.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Aspergillosis / drug therapy*
  • Aspergillosis / microbiology
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / drug effects
  • Fluocinolone Acetonide / pharmacology
  • Glucocorticoids / pharmacology
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / pharmacology
  • Male
  • Organ Culture Techniques
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Fluocinolone Acetonide
  • Amphotericin B
  • Voriconazole