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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 1998, p. 2437-2439, Vol. 42, No. 9
0066-4804/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Activity of Liposomal Amphotericin B with Prolonged Circulation in Blood versus Those of AmBisome and Fungizone against Intracellular Candida albicans in Murine Peritoneal Macrophages

Els W. M. van Etten,* Wim van Vianen, Janneke Hak, and Irma A. J. M. Bakker-Woudenberg

Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 18 February 1998/Returned for modification 8 April 1998/Accepted 10 June 1998

Activity against intracellular Candida albicans was assessed in C. albicans-infected murine peritoneal macrophages exposed to long-circulating pegylated amphotericin B liposomes (PEG-AMB-LIP), AmBisome, or Fungizone. The level of antifungal activity of Fungizone is much higher than that of AmBisome or PEG-AMB-LIP, while PEG-AMB-LIP and AmBisome show equivalent activity levels. Previous exposure of uninfected macrophages to PEG-AMB-LIP or AmBisome is advantageous for intracellular antifungal activity.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-10-4088068. Fax: 31-10-4364730. E-mail: vanetten{at}kmic.fgg.eur.nl.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 1998, p. 2437-2439, Vol. 42, No. 9
0066-4804/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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