Comparative in vivo activity of BAL4815, the active component of the prodrug BAL8557, in a neutropenic murine model of disseminated Aspergillus flavus
Author(s) -
Peter Warn,
Joanne Sharp,
Juan Alejandro Neira Mosquera,
Jochen Spickermann,
Anne SchmittHoffmann,
M. Heep,
David W. Denning
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkl396
Subject(s) - aspergillus flavus , in vivo , prodrug , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , pharmacology , medicine , biology
BAL8557 (WSA) is the water-soluble prodrug of the triazole BAL4815 with in vitro anti-Aspergillus activity. We compared the activity of oral BAL8557 with oral itraconazole, oral voriconazole and intravenous caspofungin in a temporarily neutropenic murine model of disseminated Aspergillus flavus.
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