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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Antifungal drugs: An updated review of central nervous system pharmacokinetics

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Author(s):
Wirth, Fernanda [1] ; Ishida, Kelly [1]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biomed Sci, Dept Microbiol, Lab Antifungal Chemotherapy, Prof Lineu Prestes Ave, ICB II, Lab 150, BR-13740550 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
Document type: Review article
Source: MYCOSES; v. 63, n. 10 SEP 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in the central nervous system (CNS) are particularly hard to treat and are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Four chemical classes of systemic antifungal agents are used for the treatment of IFIs (eg meningitis), including polyenes, triazoles, pyrimidine analogues and echinocandins. This review will address all of these classes and discuss their penetration and accumulation in the CNS. Treatment of fungal meningitis is based on the antifungal that shows good penetration and accumulation in the CNS. Pharmacokinetic data concerning the entry of antifungal agents into the intracranial compartments are faulty. This review will provide an overview of the ability of systemic antifungals to penetrate the CNS, based on previously published drug physicochemical properties and pharmacokinetic data, for evaluation of the most promising antifungal drugs for the treatment of fungal CNS infections. The studies selected and discussed in this review are from 1990 to 2019. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 17/19374-9 - Echinocandins in the control of infections associated to polymicrobial biofilms of Candida spp. and bacteria such as Stapholococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Grantee:Kelly Ishida
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants