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Caspofungin in combination with amphotericin B against Candida glabrata.

Barchiesi F, Spreghini E, Fothergill AW, Arzeni D, Greganti G, Giannini D, Rinaldi MG, Scalise G

Istituto di Malattie Infettive e Medicina Pubblica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Ospedali Riuniti, Umberto I-G.M. Lancisi-G. Salesi, Ancona, Italy. l.infettive@ao-umbertoprimo.marche.it

The effects of caspofungin combined with amphotericin B were investigated with Candida glabrata. Although in vitro experiments showed an indifferent interaction, the combination regimen was the only therapeutic approach yielding organ sterilization in a murine candidemia model.

Published 26 May 2005 in Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(6): 2546-9.
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