EFFECT OF ASCORBIC ACID AND PIMECROLIMUS (ELIDEL®) ON THE ACTIVITY OF SOME ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS AGAINST MULTIPLE RESISTANT CLINICAL CANDIDA ALBICANS | ||||
The Egyptian Journal of Fertility of Sterility | ||||
Article 3, Volume 9, 1,2, January 2005, Page 17-28 PDF (792.36 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/egyfs.2005.5000 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Aglan I.1; Abou Freikha H.1; Abo-Kamar M.2; El MaGhraby M.3; Nassar O.4 | ||||
1Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology | ||||
2Microbiology,and Faculty of Pharmacy , tanta University | ||||
3Pharmaceutical Tcchnologyv,Faculty of Pharmacy , tanta Unive | ||||
4Dermatology Venereology,Faculty of Medicine | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Abstract: One hundred patients [60 women with vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) and 40 with skin candidiasis] were included in the present study. The VVC and skin candidiasis were detected by both clinical and microbiological examination. The susceptibility of a total 100 Candida albicans isolates to 7 common antifungal agents was determined. The incidence of resistance to the tested drugs ranged from 12% to 61% . Lowest percentage of resistance was to tioconazole while the highest one was to fluconazole. The effects of combining ascorbic acid, Pimecrolimus (SDZ ASM 981, Elidel®) with different antifungal agents against C. albicans were investigated. The results of combination with ascorbic acid revealed that the percent reduction of resistacne was in the range of 12.7% to 78.1%. The highest value was observed with miconazole (78.1 %) while nystatin showed the lowest value (12.7%). Time killing curve of C. albicans American Type Culture Collection (ATCC32354) was conducted in presence and absence of ascorbic acid with miconazole. The results revealed about 5 log reduction in the number of viable cells. the vaginal and skin miconazole ascorbic acid cream was found to be highly effective in eradicating the candidiasis and curing the clinical symptoms of the disease when used once daily for seven days. On the other hand, the in vitro activity of combination of pimccrolimus (Elidel) cream with miconazole and ascorbic acid showed higher activity against C. albicans than miconazole ascorbic acid cream. These results revealed the synergistic activity of ascorbic acid or pirnecrolirnus to antifungal agents against C. albicans resistant tisolatcs, | ||||
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