title: Efficacy of SPK-843, a novel polyene antifungal, in a murine model of systemic cryptococcosis.
abstract: SPK-843, a new polyene antifungal, possessed efficacy in a murine model of systemic infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. The administration of 4.0 mg/kg SPK-843 led to better survival prolongation and fungal reduction than those observed with the administration of 0.7 mg/kg amphotericin B and 80 mg/kg fluconazole (P < 0.001), without histopathological renal changes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan. kakeya@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kakeya
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Hisato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Senda
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Izumikawa
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanagihara
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000382:microbiology; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000187:drug effects; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011090:Polyenes / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D011090:Polyenes; C115650:SPA S 843