[HTML][HTML] Lipid systems for the delivery of amphotericin B in antifungal therapy

C Faustino, L Pinheiro - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Amphotericin B (AmB), a broad-spectrum polyene antibiotic in the clinic for more than fifty
years, remains the gold standard in the treatment of life-threatening invasive fungal …

Antifungals discovery: an insight into new strategies to combat antifungal resistance

AM Fuentefria, B Pippi, DF Dalla Lana… - Letters in applied …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Undeniably, new antifungal treatments are necessary against pathogenic fungi. Fungal
infections have significantly increased in recent decades, being highlighted as important …

[HTML][HTML] Antifungal therapeutic drug monitoring: focus on drugs without a clear recommendation

A Gomez-Lopez - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The goal of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is to determine the appropriate
exposure of difficult-to-manage medications to optimize the clinical outcomes in patients in …

Treatment of invasive aspergillosis: how it's going, where it's heading

J Boyer, S Feys, I Zsifkovits, M Hoenigl, M Egger - Mycopathologia, 2023 - Springer
Despite improvements in treatment and diagnostics over the last two decades, invasive
aspergillosis (IA) remains a devastating fungal disease. The number of …

Paving the way for affordable and equitable liposomal amphotericin B access worldwide

JSF Lee, RM Cohen, RA Khan, J Burry… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Amphotericin B has long been crucial for treating many serious infectious diseases, such as
invasive fungal infections and visceral leishmaniasis, particularly for patients who are …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and challenges in commercial pharmaceutical liposome applications

GM Jensen, DF Hodgson - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
In the 1980s, the center of entrepreneurial activity for the application of liposome science to
medicine took the form of a company called Vestar Inc.(which became NeXstar …

Mechanisms of antimicrobial-induced nephrotoxicity in children

KJ Downes, M Hayes, JC Fitzgerald… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Drug-induced nephrotoxicity is responsible for 20% to 60% of cases of acute kidney injury in
hospitalized patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in both …

Innate inspiration: antifungal peptides and other immunotherapeutics from the host immune response

DK Mercer, DA O'Neil - Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The purpose of this review is to describe antifungal therapeutic candidates in preclinical and
clinical development derived from, or directly influenced by, the immune system, with a …

Antifungal agents and the kidney: pharmacokinetics, clinical nephrotoxicity, and interactions

A Tragiannidis, A Gkampeta, M Vousvouki… - Expert opinion on …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Invasive fungal infections continue to be important causes of morbidity and
mortality in severely ill and immunocompromised patient populations. The past three …

Therapeutic drug monitoring of antifungal agents in critically ill patients: is there a need for dose optimisation?

D Baracaldo-Santamaría, JD Cala-Garcia… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Invasive fungal infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in
critically ill patients. Increasing resistance rates and inadequate antifungal exposure have …