Production of Trichophyton rubrum microspores in large quantities and its application to evaluate amorolfine/azole compound interactions in vitro.

Details

Serval ID
serval:BIB_08FB5E246E02
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Production of Trichophyton rubrum microspores in large quantities and its application to evaluate amorolfine/azole compound interactions in vitro.
Journal
Mycoses
Author(s)
Laurent A., Monod M.
ISSN
1439-0507 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0933-7407
Publication state
Published
Issued date
09/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
60
Number
9
Pages
581-586
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Trichophyton rubrum is the most frequently isolated dermatophyte species in European countries. The lack or poor sporulation of T. rubrum has always been a major complication and a limiting factor when performing antifungal susceptibility testing. Therefore, we describe an in vitro method aiming to enhance sporulation of various T. rubrum isolates in order to perform antifungigrams. A combination of high CO <sub>2</sub> tensions and incubation on PDA growth medium revealed to be optimal for sporulation of all tested T. rubrum isolates. This method was further used to examine in vitro the combined effects of amorolfine and azole derivatives against fungal growth using adapted checkerboard microdilution assays and an isobolographic approach of the data, adapted disc diffusion and Etest assays. Non-antagonistic and synergistic effects were observed in these settings with amorolfine combined to each of the tested azole compounds. The optimised culture method appeared to be suitable for T. rubrum isolates for which antifungigrams were especially difficult to obtain because of the lack of sporulation.

Keywords
Antifungal Agents/pharmacology, Azoles/pharmacology, Carbon Dioxide, Culture Media, Europe, Humans, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Microbiological Techniques, Morpholines/pharmacology, Spores, Fungal/drug effects, Spores, Fungal/isolation & purification, Trichophyton/drug effects, Trichophyton/growth & development, Trichophyton/physiology, Trichophyton rubrum, amorolfine, azole compounds, isobolograms, sporulation, synergism
Pubmed
Web of science
Create date
16/05/2017 17:58
Last modification date
20/08/2019 13:31
Usage data