Amphotericin B and other polyenes—Discovery, clinical use, mode of action and drug resistance

H Carolus, S Pierson, K Lagrou, P Van Dijck - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although polyenes were the first broad spectrum antifungal drugs on the market, after 70
years they are still the gold standard to treat a variety of fungal infections. Polyenes such as …

Epidemiology and molecular mechanisms of antifungal resistance in Candida and Aspergillus

SS Gonçalves, ACR Souza, A Chowdhary, JF Meis… - Mycoses, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The significant increase in the use of antifungal agents, both for the treatment of candidiasis
and invasive aspergillosis and as azole fungicides in agricultural crop protection has …

Aspergillus terreus species complex

C Lass-Flörl, AM Dietl, DP Kontoyiannis… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Infections due to Aspergillus species are an acute threat to human health; members of the
Aspergillus section Fumigati are the most frequently occurring agents, but depending on the …

Induction of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production by itraconazole, terbinafine, and amphotericin B as a mode of action against Aspergillus fumigatus

E Shekhova, O Kniemeyer… - Antimicrobial Agents and …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Drug resistance in fungal pathogens is of incredible importance to global health, yet the
mechanisms of drug action remain only loosely defined. Antifungal compounds have been …

Curcumin and its promise as an anticancer drug: An analysis of its anticancer and antifungal effects in cancer and associated complications from invasive fungal …

J Chen, ZM He, FL Wang, ZS Zhang, X Liu… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are important complications of cancer, and they have become
a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. Effective anti-infection therapy is …

A 20-year antifungal susceptibility surveillance (From 1999 to 2019) for Aspergillus spp. and proposed epidemiological cutoff values for Aspergillus fumigatus and …

X Yang, W Chen, T Liang, JW Tan, W Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The emergence of resistant Aspergillus spp. is increasing worldwide. Long-term
susceptibility surveillance for clinically isolated Aspergillus spp. strains is warranted for …

Aspergillus terreus: Novel lessons learned on amphotericin B resistance

W Posch, M Blatzer, D Wilflingseder… - Medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The polyene antifungal amphotericin B (AmB) exerts a powerful and broad activity against a
vast array of fungi and in general displays a remarkably low rate of antimicrobial resistance …

Unmasking the Amphotericin B Resistance Mechanisms in Candida haemulonii Species Complex

LN Silva, SSC Oliveira, LB Magalhães… - ACS Infectious …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The polyene amphotericin B (AMB) exerts a powerful and broad antifungal activity. AMB acts
by (i) binding to ergosterol, leading to pore formation at the fungal plasma membrane with …

Stress-Induced Changes in the Lipid Microenvironment of β-(1,3)-d-Glucan Synthase Cause Clinically Important Echinocandin Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus

S Satish, C Jiménez-Ortigosa, Y Zhao, MH Lee… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Aspergillus fumigatus is a leading cause of invasive fungal infections. Resistance to first-line
triazole antifungals has led to therapy with echinocandin drugs. Recently, we identified …

Oxidative stress response tips the balance in Aspergillus terreus amphotericin B resistance

E Jukic, M Blatzer, W Posch, M Steger… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
In this study, we characterize the impact of antioxidative enzymes in amphotericin B (AmB)-
resistant (ATR) and rare AmB-susceptible (ATS) clinical Aspergillus terreus isolates. We …