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  • Title: [In vitro evaluation of antimicrobial activity of fusafungine].
    Author: German-Fattal M, German A.
    Journal: Ann Pharm Fr; 1990; 48(6):295-305. PubMed ID: 2131761.
    Abstract:
    Fusafungine is an antibiotic extracted from the fungus Fusarium laterium WR strain 437. The antimicrobial activity of fusafungine was determined on strains from laboratory collections and clinical isolates; since fusafungine is not soluble in the classical media, the usual techniques had to be modified. MICs for all the Gram-positive cocci and bacteria tested, aerobic, or anaerobic, were below 30 mcg/ml. The antimicrobial activity included Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MIC less than 18 mcg/ml) and Streptococcus mutans (MIC less than 30 mcg/ml). An antifungal activity was shown for most of the Candida albicans tested (MIC less than 32 mcg/ml) and for different Nocardia sp. (MIC less than 13 mcg/ml). Moreover, fusafungine induced neither acquired resistance nor cross-resistance towards the antibiotics classically used in therapy.
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