Pulmonary aspergillosis in mice: treatment with a new triazole SCH39304.
The triazole SCH39304 was compared with amphotericin B and fluconazole for the treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis in corticoid-immunosuppressed mice intranasally challenged with 5 x 10(6) conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus. In vitro, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for fluconazole was greater than 80 micrograms/ml, for SCH39304 40 micrograms/ml, and for amphotericin B 0.29 micrograms/ml. Beginning 1 day after challenge, groups of 10 mice were treated orally, twice daily, for 15 days with Noble agar (control), SCH39304, fluconazole, or amphotericin B at various doses. For lung tissue counts of A. fumigatus, mice were similarly challenged and treated only for 5 days with SCH39304, fluconazole, or amphotericin B. Only SCH39304 significantly reduced the number of A. fumigatus in the lung. SCH39304 at doses of 5 mg/kg or higher significantly prolonged the survival of mice, as did amphotericin B at 3 mg/kg. Fluconazole did not significantly prolong survival at doses of 15 or 30 mg/kg. SCH39304 appears to be as effective as amphotericin B in murine pulmonary aspergillosis and warrants further evaluation for aspergillosis in humans.
Medicine Research Service, Audie L. Murphy Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, TX 78284.
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D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000633:toxicity; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D014230:Triazoles / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D014230:Triazoles; C056513:Sch 39304; D000666:Amphotericin B; D015725:Fluconazole