title: Efficacy of escalating doses of liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) against hematogenous Candida lusitaniae and Candida krusei infection in neutropenic mice.
abstract: Immunosuppressed CF1 mice were infected intravenously with two strains of Candida krusei and four strains of Candida lusitaniae (two of which were resistant to amphotericin B). Mice were treated with 1 or 2 mg of amphotericin B desoxycholate per kg of body weight per day or escalating doses of liposomal amphotericin B (8 to 30 mg/kg/day) or were left untreated. Higher doses of liposomal amphotericin B were as effective as standard dose of amphotericin B desoxycholate in prolonging survival but were significantly more effective in reducing the fungal burden in the kidneys of animals infected with both C. krusei strains and the C. lusitaniae strains that were susceptible to amphotericin B desoxycholate. This advantage of liposomal amphotericin B therapy could not be demonstrated in mice infected with the C. lusitaniae strains that were resistant to amphotericin B desoxycholate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Specialties, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Karyotakis
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Anaissie
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004337:Drug Carriers; D004338:Drug Combinations; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008081:Liposomes; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D004337:Drug Carriers; D004338:Drug Combinations; D008081:Liposomes; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid; D000666:Amphotericin B; C059765:amphotericin B, deoxycholate drug combination