Activities of an intravenous formulation of itraconazole in experimental disseminated Aspergillus, Candida, and Cryptococcus infections.

Abstract

An intravenous (i.v.) formulation of itraconazole was evaluated in disseminated fungal infection models in guinea pigs. In acute disseminated Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus infections, treatment at 5 mg/kg of body weight twice a day (b.i.d.) significantly prolonged survival. In these models and in animals with chronic disseminated cryptococcosis, itraconazole given i.v. at 2.5 and 5 mg/kg b.i.d. greatly reduced the proportions of organs with culture-detectable fungal burdens. The efficacy of i.v. itraconazole in these animal models justifies its further investigation for the treatment of life-threatening mycoses in humans.

• Authors: F C Odds, M Oris, P Van Dorsselaer, F Van Gerven
• Journal: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (Antimicrob Agents Chemother) Vol. 44 Issue 11 Pg. 3180-3 (Nov 2000) ISSN: 0066-4804 [Print] United States
• PMID: 11036047 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antifungal Agents
• Itraconazole

Topics

• Animals
• Antifungal Agents (blood, therapeutic use)
• Aspergillosis (drug therapy)
• Aspergillus fumigatus (drug effects)
• Candida albicans (drug effects)
• Candidiasis (drug therapy)
• Cryptococcosis (drug therapy)
• Cryptococcus neoformans (drug effects)
• Disease Models, Animal
• Guinea Pigs
• Itraconazole (blood, therapeutic use)
• Treatment Outcome