Method of testing the susceptibility of Pneumocystis carinii to antimicrobial agents in vitro.
AUTOR(ES)
Cushion, M T
RESUMO
Rat Pneumocystis carinii grown on lung-derived cell lines in tissue culture flasks and multiwell plates was tested for susceptibility to four antimicrobial agents currently being used in the treatment of human pneumocystosis. Standard criteria for organism quantitation, replication, viability, and inoculum size were established. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole inhibited P. carinii growth at a concentration ratio of 1:19 microgram/ml, and pentamidine isethionate was active at 0.1 microgram/ml. alpha-Difluoromethylornithine, an inhibitor of polyamine biosynthesis, inhibited P. carinii at a concentration of 1 mM once erythrocytes (which are high in polyamine content) were removed from the inoculum; this effect could be overcome by the polyamine putrescine. Dapsone suppressed P. carinii replication at a dose of 0.1 microgram/ml, but this effect was lost after 72 h in culture. Overall, the reduction in P. carinii numbers with these drugs was relatively modest (45 to 84%), which is consistent with their lack of lethal effects on the organism in vivo. Thus, the system presented here should be helpful in developing new anti-P. carinii agents and in elucidating their mechanism of action.
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