Comparison of lipid amphotericin B preparations in treating murine zygomycosis

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Apr;52(4):1573-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01488-07. Epub 2008 Jan 28.

Abstract

We compared the efficacies of liposomal amphotericin B (LAmB) and an amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC) in diabetic ketoacidotic (DKA) or neutropenic mice with disseminated zygomycosis. ABLC was as effective as LAmB in neutropenic but not DKA mice. Low-dose ABLC was less effective than LAmB at reducing brain fungal burdens in both models.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis / complications
  • Disease Models, Animal*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Humans
  • Liposomes / administration & dosage
  • Liposomes / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Neutropenia / complications
  • Phosphatidylcholines / administration & dosage
  • Phosphatidylcholines / therapeutic use*
  • Phosphatidylglycerols / administration & dosage
  • Phosphatidylglycerols / therapeutic use*
  • Rhizopus / drug effects
  • Rhizopus / pathogenicity
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Zygomycosis / drug therapy*
  • Zygomycosis / microbiology
  • Zygomycosis / mortality

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Drug Combinations
  • Liposomes
  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • Phosphatidylglycerols
  • liposomal amphotericin B
  • Amphotericin B