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Anticandidal activity of SPA-S-843, a new polyenic drug
V Strippoli1, F D D'Auria, G Simonetti
1Institute of Microbiology, Faculties of Medicine and Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', viale Regina Margherita, 255, 00198 Rome, Italy.
The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
|February 8, 2000
Abstract:
The activity of a new, soluble and stable polyene (SPA-S-843) against Candida albicans was assessed by contact and culture tests and by inhibition of germ-tube formation. The drug demonstrated a higher contact activity and lower MICs than amphotericin B. This antimicrobial activity was more evident under acid pH and low ionic strength. In addition, the ability of SPA-S-843 to inhibit Candida sp. conversion from yeast to mycelial form was evident at low drug concentrations (0.25-0.62 mg/L).