Isabella Dib Ferreira Gremião, Gabriela Reis Pereira-Oliveira, Sandro Antonio Pereira, Maria Lopes Corrêa, Luana Pereira Borba-Santos, Alessandra Lifsitch Viçosa, Ashna Garg, Krupanandan Haranahalli, Deveney Dasilva, Nivea Pereira de Sa, Gabriel S Matos, Vanessa Silva, Cristina Lazzarini, Caroline Mota Fernandes, Kildare Miranda, Jhon Jhamilton Artunduaga Bonilla, Anna Letícia Nunes, Leonardo Nimrichter, Iwao Ojima, John Mallamo, John B McCarthy, Maurizio Del Poeta
UNLABELLED: Acylhydrazone (AH) derivatives represent a novel category of anti-fungal medications that exhibit potent activity against Sporothrix sp., both in vitro and in a murine model of sporotrichosis. In this study, we demonstrated the anti-fungal efficacy of the AH derivative D13 [4-bromo- N '-(3,5-dibromo-2-hydroxybenzylidene)-benzohydrazide] against both planktonic cells and biofilms formed by Sporothrix brasiliensis . In a clinical study, the effect of D13 was then tested in combination with itraconazole (ITC), with or without potassium iodide, in 10 cats with sporotrichosis refractory to the treatment of standard of care with ITC...
April 22, 2024: Microbiology Spectrum