Activity of terbinafine in experimental fungal infections of laboratory animals.

Abstract

The allylamine derivative terbinafine is the first antifungal agent with primary fungicidal properties against dermatophytes which acts systemically after oral application as well as locally after topical application. Comparative oral studies carried out with griseofulvin and ketoconazole in model infections such as guinea pig trichophytosis and microsporosis revealed terbinafine to be superior to the reference compounds both clinically and mycologically. An excellent antimycotic activity of terbinafine was also demonstrable after topical treatment of guinea pig dermatophytoses caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes or Microsporum canis. Results of comparative chemotherapeutic studies carried out with econazole and tolnaftate demonstrated superior efficacy of terbinafine in the treatment of both trichophytosis and microsporosis. Skin infections of guinea pigs caused by Candida albicans and vaginal candidiasis in rats proved to be responsive to a topical application of terbinafine also. However, the reference compounds, clotrimazole and miconazole, exhibited activity superior to that of terbinafine in both models.

• Authors: G Petranyi, J G Meingassner, H Mieth
• Journal: Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (Antimicrob Agents Chemother) Vol. 31 Issue 10 Pg. 1558-61 (Oct 1987) ISSN: 0066-4804 [Print] United States
• PMID: 3435103 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antifungal Agents
• Naphthalenes
• Miconazole
• Clotrimazole
• Terbinafine
• Ketoconazole

Topics

• Animals
• Antifungal Agents (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Clotrimazole (therapeutic use)
• Dermatomycoses (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Female
• Guinea Pigs
• Ketoconazole (therapeutic use)
• Miconazole (therapeutic use)
• Microbial Sensitivity Tests
• Mycoses (drug therapy, microbiology)
• Naphthalenes (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Terbinafine