Efficacy of ravuconazole in treatment of systemic murine histoplasmosis

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2002 Mar;46(3):922-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.46.3.922-924.2002.

Abstract

Ravuconazole (RCZ) was evaluated for efficacy in comparison to fluconazole (FCZ) and itraconazole (ITZ) in murine models of disseminated histoplasmosis. All regimens tested prolonged survival (P < 0.05 to 0.0001). At equivalent doses of 50 mg/kg of body weight, RCZ and ITZ were equally effective and RCZ was more effective than FCZ (P = 0.02). Clearance of fungal burden from the livers and spleens of mice showed RCZ and ITZ at doses of 50 mg/kg to be efficacious but not curative. These data indicate that RCZ should be studied further.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Female
  • Fluconazole / therapeutic use
  • Histoplasmosis / drug therapy*
  • Histoplasmosis / microbiology
  • Itraconazole / therapeutic use
  • Liver / microbiology
  • Mice
  • Spleen / microbiology
  • Survival
  • Survival Analysis
  • Thiazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Thiazoles
  • Triazoles
  • Itraconazole
  • Fluconazole
  • ER 30346