Important of Azoles

Pharmacokinetic Drug Interactions of Azoles

Azoles in Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis.

Antifungal azoles: old and new.

Management of fungal infections is complex with increasing choice of antifungals. Mortality and morbidity are significant despite treatment. Azoles are commonly used compounds which inhibit fungal lanosterol 14 demethylase, thereby depleting ergosterol in the fungal cell membrane with the accumulation of lanosterol precursors. Imidazoles (miconazole, ketoconazole, clotrimazole) are used in topi...

Organism-dependent fungicidal activities of azoles.

We investigated the antifungal activities of itraconazole and voriconazole on Aspergillus species by time kill studies, and the results were compared with those obtained for Candida species. Exposure of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia to varying concentrations (1.25 to 10 microg/ml) of itraconazole and voriconazole resulted in cellular death; the cytocidal effect was time and concentration depend...

Experimental therapy with azoles against Candida guilliermondii.

We evaluated the in vitro killing activity of voriconazole (VRC) and posaconazole (PSC) against two clinical isolates of Candida guilliermondii. The two drugs showed fungistatic activity against both isolates and were effective in reducing kidney fungal burden in a neutropenic murine model of disseminated candidiasis in infected mice. PSC was significantly more effective than VRC against one of...