In vitro susceptibility to 9 antifungal agents of 14 strains of Zygomycetes isolated from clinical specimens

Mycopathologia. 1994 Dec;128(3):135-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01138473.

Abstract

Fourteen clinical isolates of Zygomycetes were tested for their in vitro susceptibility to nine antifungal agents. Susceptibility assessment was performed using a microtiter broth dilution method. Synthetic broth with YNB and glucose was used for 5-fluorocytosine and BHI broth for all the other antimycotics. Amphotericin B exhibited the strongest activity against all isolates tested. MIC values of other two polyenes--nystatin and pimaricin--ranged within the susceptibility limits, with a little pronounced higher activity of pimaricin. The isolates of the genus Absidia and Syncephalastrum were well sensitive to all antimycotics with the exception of 5-fluorocytosine and naftifine. A very weak or zero growth inhibitory effect against all members of the genera Mucor and Rhizopus was found in azoles, 5-fluorocytosine and naftifine.

MeSH terms

  • Allylamine / analogs & derivatives
  • Allylamine / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Azoles / pharmacology
  • Flucytosine / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mucor / drug effects
  • Mucorales / drug effects*
  • Rhizopus / drug effects

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Azoles
  • Allylamine
  • naftifine
  • Flucytosine