Calcineurin inhibitor agents interact synergistically with antifungal agents in vitro against Cryptococcus neoformans isolates:: Correlation with outcome in solid organ transplant recipients with Cryptococcosis

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作者
Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P. [1 ]
Lewis, Russell E. [1 ]
Alexander, Barbara D. [2 ]
Lortholary, Olivier [3 ,4 ]
Dromer, Francoise [3 ]
Gupta, Krishan L. [5 ]
John, George T. [6 ]
del Busto, Ramon [7 ]
Klintmalm, Goran B. [8 ]
Somani, Jyoti [9 ]
Lyon, G. Marshall [9 ]
Pursell, Kenneth [10 ]
Stosor, Valentina [11 ]
Munoz, Patricia [12 ]
Limaye, Ajit P. [13 ]
Kalil, Andre C. [14 ]
Pruett, Timothy L. [15 ]
Garcia-Diaz, Julia [16 ]
Humar, Atul [17 ]
Houston, Sally [18 ]
House, Andrew A. [19 ]
Wray, Dannah [20 ]
Orloff, Susan [21 ]
Dowdy, Lorraine A. [22 ]
Fisher, Robert A. [23 ]
Heitman, Joseph [3 ,4 ]
Albert, Nathaniel D. [1 ]
Wagener, Marilyn M. [24 ,25 ]
Singh, Nina [24 ,25 ]
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[1] Univ Texas MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Durham, NC USA
[3] Inst Pasteur, Paris, France
[4] Hop Necker Enfants Malad, Fac Med Paris Descartes, Paris, France
[5] Postgrad Inst Med Educ & Res, Chandigarh 160012, India
[6] Christian Med Coll & Hosp, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nadu, India
[7] Henry Ford Hosp, Detroit, MI 48202 USA
[8] Baylor Univ, Med Ctr, Dallas, TX USA
[9] Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
[10] Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
[11] Northwestern Univ, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
[12] Hosp Gen Univ Gregorio Maranon, Madrid, Spain
[13] Univ Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[14] Univ Nebraska, Omaha, NE 68182 USA
[15] Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA
[16] Alton Ochsner Med Fdn & Ochsner Clin, New Orleans, LA 70121 USA
[17] Toronto Gen Hosp, Univ Hlth Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
[18] Univ S Florida, Tampa, FL USA
[19] Univ Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
[20] Med Univ S Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425 USA
[21] Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, Portland, OR 97201 USA
[22] Univ Miami, Miami, FL 33152 USA
[23] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Richmond, VA USA
[24] VA Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA USA
[25] Univ Pittsburgh, Med Ctr, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare Syst, Infect Dis Sect 2A 137, Pittsburgh, PA 15240 USA
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10.1128/AAC.00990-07
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Synergistic interactions were observed between CIs and antifungal agents against 53 (90%) of 59 Cryptococcus neoformans isolates from solid organ transplant recipients with cryptococcosis and may account for better outcomes in patients with cryptococcosis receiving these immunosuppressive agents.
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页码:735 / 738
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