Evaluación de la patogenia experimental y sensibilidad a los antifúngicos de hongos filamentosos

The conventional antifungal therapies commonly used for the treatment of fungal infections due to filamentous fungi are far to be the optimal. These infections can be classified according to their anatomical location in superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous and systemic. The main objective of this th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Calvo Manso, Enrique
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universitat Rovira i virgili (URV)
Repositorio:Repositori Institucional de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili
OAI Identifier:oai:urv.cat:TDX:1063
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1063
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/81706
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:615 - Farmacologia. Terapèutica. Toxicologia. Radiologia
579 - Microbiologia
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Sumario:The conventional antifungal therapies commonly used for the treatment of fungal infections due to filamentous fungi are far to be the optimal. These infections can be classified according to their anatomical location in superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous and systemic. The main objective of this thesis was to evaluate both in vitro and in murine models, the efficacy of new therapeutical strategies against a subcutaneous infection such as chromoblastomycosis, and systemic infections such as phaeohyphomycoses and aspergillosis. Posaconazole was the most effective drug in treating experimental infections caused by dematiaceous fungi, i.e. chromoblastomycoses caused by Fonsecaea pedrosoi or Cladophialophora carrionii, and systemic phaeohypomycoses caused by Fonsecaea monophora or Exophiala spp. Anidulafungin, alone and in combination with voriconazole, showed a high efficacy in the treatment of aspergillosis caused by emerging species of the genus Aspergillus, such as Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger.