Antagonism of the direct fungicidal action of miconazole by miconazole fungistasis. 1988

W H Beggs, and I R LaSota, and C E Hughes
General Medical Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417.

A weakly fungistatic concentration of miconazole in lag phase yeast cultures of Candida albicans antagonized development of phenotypic susceptibility to the direct fungicidal action of high-level (i.e. greater than 10(-5) M) miconazole. After development in the absence of drug, maintenance of susceptibility upon continued incubation was also antagonized by low levels of miconazole. This auto-antagonistic effect has important clinical implications.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008825 Miconazole An imidazole antifungal agent that is used topically and by intravenous infusion. Brentan,Dactarin,Miconasil Nitrate,Miconazole Nitrate,Monistat,R-14,889,Nitrate, Miconasil,Nitrate, Miconazole,R 14,889,R14,889
D010641 Phenotype The outward appearance of the individual. It is the product of interactions between genes, and between the GENOTYPE and the environment. Phenotypes
D002176 Candida albicans A unicellular budding fungus which is the principal pathogenic species causing CANDIDIASIS (moniliasis). Candida albicans var. stellatoidea,Candida stellatoidea,Dematium albicans,Monilia albicans,Myceloblastanon albicans,Mycotorula albicans,Parasaccharomyces albicans,Procandida albicans,Procandida stellatoidea,Saccharomyces albicans,Syringospora albicans
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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