Caspofungin fungi the drug is active against

Caspofungin is alive adjoin all breed of Candida. It is acutely alive adjoin all breed except Candida parapsilosis, Candida guilliermondii and Candida lusitaniae adjoin which it is moderately active. For over 90% of these isolates it is fungicidal in-vitro and models accept approved fungal killing in vivo. It is aswell alive in patients adjoin isolates to which the biologic is hardly beneath alive but it may be that either beyond doses or another regiments would be appropriate for patients with actual difficult to amusement ache with these bacilli such as affection valve or eye infections.
Caspofungin is aswell actual alive adjoin all Aspergillus species. It does not annihilate Aspergillus absolutely in analysis tubes. There is a actual bound bulk of action adjoin Coccidioides immitis, Blastomycesdermatitidis, Scedosporium species, Paecilomyces varioti and Histoplasma capsulata but it is acceptable that the action is not acceptable for analytic use.