In vitro susceptibility of Aspergillus spp. clinical isolates to albendazole
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- 25 April 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Vol. 51 (6) , 1419-1422
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkg245
Abstract
The in vitro antifungal activity of albendazole, a benzimidazole widely used as an antihelmintic drug in humans, was investigated and assessed for its activity against Aspergillus spp. Forty-eight isolates, representing the most frequent species found in human pathology [Aspergillus fumigatus (n = 27), Aspergillus flavus (n = 10), Aspergillus terreus (n = 7), Aspergillus nidulans (n = 3) and Aspergillus niger (n = 1)], and one quality control strain (A. niger ATCC 9804 83435) were tested according to the NCCLS M38-P methodology for moulds. All the strains were susceptible to albendazole, with homogeneous MICs for each species; three strains were resistant to itraconazole.Keywords
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