Combination therapy with amphotericin B lipid complex and caspofungin acetate of disseminated zygomycosis in diabetic ketoacidotic mice

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Feb;49(2):830-2. doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.2.830-832.2005.

Abstract

We studied the combination of amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC) and caspofungin in mice with disseminated Rhizopus oryzae. Combination therapy improved survival compared to that of mice given monotherapy and that of untreated controls (P < 0.05) but did not improve organ clearance. In addition, prophylactic combination therapy was not more effective than prophylactic ABLC alone.

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Caspofungin
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / microbiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / pathology
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis / complications*
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis / metabolism
  • Drug Combinations
  • Echinocandins
  • Lipopeptides
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mucormycosis / drug therapy*
  • Mucormycosis / microbiology
  • Mucormycosis / mortality
  • Peptides, Cyclic / therapeutic use*
  • Phosphatidylcholines / therapeutic use*
  • Phosphatidylglycerols / therapeutic use*
  • Rhizopus*
  • Survival

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Drug Combinations
  • Echinocandins
  • Lipopeptides
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • Phosphatidylglycerols
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B
  • Caspofungin