| Lessons from animal studies for the treatment of invasive human infections due to uncommon fungi. | |
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PMID: 21493649 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Clinical experience in the management of opportunistic infections, especially those caused by less common fungi, is, due to their rarity, very scarce; therefore, the most effective treatments remain unknown. The ever-increasing numbers of fungal infections due to opportunistic fungi have repeatedly proven the limitations of the antifungal armamentarium. Moreover, some of these fungi, such as Fusarium spp. or Scedosporium spp., are innately resistant to almost all the available antifungal drugs, which makes the development of new and effective therapies a high priority. Since it is difficult to conduct randomized clinical trials in these uncommon mycoses, the use of animal models is a good alternative for evaluating new therapies. This is an extensive review of the numerous studies that have used animal models for this purpose against a significant number of less common fungi. A table describing the different studies performed on the efficacy of the different drugs tested is included for each fungal species. In addition, there is a summary table showing the conclusions that can be derived from the analysis of the studies and listing the drugs that showed the best results. Considering the wide variability in the response to the antifungals that the different strains of a given species can show, the table highlights the drugs that showed positive results using at least two parameters for evaluating efficacy against at least two different strains without showing any negative results. These data can be very useful for guiding the treatment of rare infections when there is very little experience or when controversial results exist, or when treatment fails. |
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Authors:
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Josep Guarro |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-4-14 |
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Title: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy Volume: - ISSN: 1460-2091 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-4-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7513617 Medline TA: J Antimicrob Chemother Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Mycology Unit, Medical School, IISPV, Rovira i Virgili University, 43201 Reus, Spain. |
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