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Targeting the calcineurin pathway enhances ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors against Trichophyton mentagrophytes in vitro and in a human skin infection model.

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Onyewu, C; Eads, E; Schell, WA; Perfect, JR; Ullmann, Y; Kaufman, G; Horwitz, BA; Berdicevsky, I; Heitman, J
Published in: Antimicrob Agents Chemother
October 2007

Fluconazole-FK506 or fluconazole-cyclosporine drug combinations were tested in an ex vivo Trichophyton mentagrophytes human skin infection model. Conidia colonization was monitored by scanning electron microscopy over a 7-day treatment period. The fluconazole-FK506 combination demonstrated the most obvious advantage over single-drug therapy by clearing conidia and protecting skin from damage at low drug concentrations.

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Antimicrob Agents Chemother

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ISSN

0066-4804

Publication Date

October 2007

Volume

51

Issue

10

Start / End Page

3743 / 3746

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Trichophyton
  • Tinea
  • Terbinafine
  • Tacrolimus
  • Skin
  • Signal Transduction
  • Naphthalenes
  • Microbiology
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Humans
 

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Onyewu, C., Eads, E., Schell, W. A., Perfect, J. R., Ullmann, Y., Kaufman, G., … Heitman, J. (2007). Targeting the calcineurin pathway enhances ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors against Trichophyton mentagrophytes in vitro and in a human skin infection model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 51(10), 3743–3746. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00492-07
Onyewu, Chiatogu, Emily Eads, Wiley A. Schell, John R. Perfect, Yehuda Ullmann, Gil Kaufman, Benjamin A. Horwitz, Israela Berdicevsky, and Joseph Heitman. “Targeting the calcineurin pathway enhances ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors against Trichophyton mentagrophytes in vitro and in a human skin infection model.Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51, no. 10 (October 2007): 3743–46. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00492-07.
Onyewu C, Eads E, Schell WA, Perfect JR, Ullmann Y, Kaufman G, et al. Targeting the calcineurin pathway enhances ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors against Trichophyton mentagrophytes in vitro and in a human skin infection model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Oct;51(10):3743–6.
Onyewu, Chiatogu, et al. “Targeting the calcineurin pathway enhances ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors against Trichophyton mentagrophytes in vitro and in a human skin infection model.Antimicrob Agents Chemother, vol. 51, no. 10, Oct. 2007, pp. 3743–46. Pubmed, doi:10.1128/AAC.00492-07.
Onyewu C, Eads E, Schell WA, Perfect JR, Ullmann Y, Kaufman G, Horwitz BA, Berdicevsky I, Heitman J. Targeting the calcineurin pathway enhances ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors against Trichophyton mentagrophytes in vitro and in a human skin infection model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Oct;51(10):3743–3746.

Published In

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

DOI

ISSN

0066-4804

Publication Date

October 2007

Volume

51

Issue

10

Start / End Page

3743 / 3746

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Trichophyton
  • Tinea
  • Terbinafine
  • Tacrolimus
  • Skin
  • Signal Transduction
  • Naphthalenes
  • Microbiology
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Humans