title: In vitro activity of three new triazoles and one echinocandin against Candida bloodstream isolates from cancer patients.
abstract: The in vitro activities of voriconazole, posaconazole, ravuconazole and micafungin were compared with those of fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, flucytosine and amphotericin B against 164 candidaemia isolates recovered from cancer patients in two Canadian centres. The MIC(50) results for ravuconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole and micafungin were 0.01, 0.03, 0.12 and 0.25 mg/L, respectively. The new antifungal agents showed substantial activity against isolates demonstrating in vitro resistance to fluconazole and itraconazole. These results suggest that the newer antifungal agents possess promising activity against invasive Candida isolates, particularly against those with reduced susceptibility to fluconazole and itraconazole.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology-Infectious Diseases, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, 5415 Boulevard l'Assomption, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4. laverdiere@courrier.umontreal.ca
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laverdiere
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hoban
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Restieri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Habel
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D002175:Candida / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications; D054714:Echinocandins; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D055666:Lipopeptides; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000077551:Micafungin; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D014230:Triazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D065819:Voriconazole
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D054714:Echinocandins; D055666:Lipopeptides; D008074:Lipoproteins; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; D011743:Pyrimidines; D013844:Thiazoles; D014230:Triazoles; C101425:posaconazole; C104066:ER 30346; D065819:Voriconazole; D000077551:Micafungin