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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2005, p. 830-832, Vol. 49, No. 2
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.2.830-832.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Combination Therapy with Amphotericin B Lipid Complex and Caspofungin Acetate of Disseminated Zygomycosis in Diabetic Ketoacidotic Mice

Brad Spellberg, Yue Fu, John E. Edwards Jr., and Ashraf S. Ibrahim*

Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, Torrance, and David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Received 30 July 2004/ Returned for modification 5 August 2004/ Accepted 3 October 2004

We studied the combination of amphotericin B lipid complex (ABLC) and caspofungin in mice with disseminated Rhizopus oryzae. Combination therapy improved survival compared to that of mice given monotherapy and that of untreated controls (P < 0.05) but did not improve organ clearance. In addition, prophylactic combination therapy was not more effective than prophylactic ABLC alone.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute, St. John’s Cardiovascular Research Center, 1124 West Carson St., Torrance, CA 90502. Phone: (310) 222-6424. Fax: (310) 782-2016. E-mail: ibrahim{at}humc.edu.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2005, p. 830-832, Vol. 49, No. 2
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.2.830-832.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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