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. 2015 Jun 5;6(4):362–371. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2015.1039885

Table 1.

*Selected synergistic combinations against C. albicans in vitro and in vivo.

Data from Wild type or resistance# Synergistic combination Reference
In vitro Animal Wild type and Resistance Beauvericin + Clotrimazole, or Fluconazole, or Itraconazole, or Ketoconazole, or Miconazole Unpublished
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Rapamycin + peptides Unpublished
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Ketoconazole + Avilamycin Unpublished
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Ketoconazole + Spinosad Unpublished
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Nitroimidazoles + Amphotericin B 83
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Histatin 5 and its analogs Amphotericin B 84
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Tetrandrine + Ketoconazole 85
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Fluconazole + Thymol, or Carvacrol 86
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Geldanamycin + Fluconazole 87
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Pure polyphenol curcumin I + Fluconazole, or Miconazole, or Ketoconazole, or Itraconazole, or Voriconazole, or Nystatin or Amphotericin B 88
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Berberine + Fluconazole 89-91
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Fluconazole + alverine citrate, or Caspofungin, Latrunculin-A, or Wortmannin, or Fenpropimorph 92
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Tunicamycin + FK506, or Cyclosporine-A 92
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Wortmannin + Tunicamycin, or FK506 92
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Posaconazole + Caspofungin, or FK506 93
In vitro Wild type and resistance Amphotericin B + Terbinafine 94
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Flucytosine + Econazole, or Miconazole 95
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Fluvastatin + Fluconazole, or Itraconazole 96
In vitro Wild type and Resistance FK506 + Fluconazole, or Voriconazole, or Itraconazole 97
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Retigeric acid B + Fluconazole, or Ketoconazole, or Itraconazole 98
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Lactoferrin + Fluconazole, or Itraconazole 99
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Farnesol + Fluconazole, or Ketoconazole, or Miconazole, or Amphotericin B 100
In vitro Wild type and Resistance Amiodarone + Fluconazole, or Voriconazole, or Itraconazole 101
In vitro Resistance Eugenol + Amphotericin B, or Fluconazole 102
In vitro Resistance Honokiol + Fluconazole 103
In vitro Resistance Glabridin + Fluconazole 104
In vitro Resistance Tioconazole + Butylated hydroxyanisole 105
In vitro Resistance Baicalein + Amphotericin B 106
In vitro Resistance Curcumin+ R6G, or Ketoconazole, or Itraconazole, or Miconazole 107
In vitro Resistance Anidulafungin + Posaconazole, or Amphotericin B 108
In vitro Resistance Caspofungin + Posaconazole, or Micafungin 108
In vitro Resistance Minocycline + Fluconazole 109
In vitro Resistance Baicalein + Fluconazole 110
In vitro Resistance Ofloxacin + Fluconazole 111
In vitro Biofilm and Planktonic cells Fluconazole + FK506, or Cyclosporine A 112
In vitro Biofilm and Planktonic cells Berberine + Miconazole 113
In vitro Biofilm and Planktonic cells Aspirin + Amphotericin B 114
In vitro Biofilm Tyrocidines + Amphotericin B, or Caspofungin 115
In vitro Biofilm Amphotericin B + Drospirenone, or Perhexiline, or Toremifene 116
In vitro Biofilm Caspofungin + Drospirenone, or Perhexiline, or Toremifene 116
In vitro Biofilm Amphotericin B + N-acetylcysteine, or EDTA, or Ethanol, or Talactoferrin 117
In vitro Biofilm Fluconazole + N-acetylcysteine, or EDTA, or Ethanol, or Talactoferrin 117
In vitro Biofilm Terpenes + Fluconazole 118
In vitro Biofilm Doxycycline + Fluconazole 119
In vitro Biofilm Silver nanoparticles + nystatin, or chlorhexidine digluconate 120
In vitro Biofilm Doxycycline + Fluconazole 121
In vitro Biofilm Shearinines D (3) and E (4) + Amphotericin B 122
In vitro Biofilm Verapamil + Fluconazole, or Tunicamycin 123
In vitro Biofilm Cyclosporine A + Fluconazole, or Voriconazole, or Amphotericin B, or Caspofungin 124
In vitro Biofilm Amphotericin B + Rifampicin, or Clarithromycin 125
Animal Wild type and resistance Posaconazole + Caspofungin, or FK506 126
Animal Resistance Amphotericin B + Caspofungin 127
Animal Resistance Tetrandrine + Ketoconazole 128
Animal Wild type Berberine + Amphotericin B 129
Animal Wild type Cilofungin + Amphotericin B 130
Animal Wild type Antimicrobial peptides + Caspofungin 131
Animal Wild type Nikkomycin Z + R 3783 132
Animal Wild type Amphotericin B + Ketoconazole, or 5-Fluorocytosine 133
Animal Wild type 5-Fluorocytosine + Fluconazole, or Itraconazole 133
Animal Biofilm Fluconazole + FK506, or Cyclosporine A 112
Clinic trials Clinical Amphotericin B + 5-Fluorocytosine 134-137
Clinic trials Clinical 5-Fluorocytosine + Azoles 138
Clinic trials Clinical Amphotericin B + Azoles 139
Clinic trials Clinical Terbinafine + Itraconazole or Fluconazole 140
Clinic trials Clinical Mycograb + lipid-associated amphotericin B 141
*

Because strains, culture conditions, susceptibility testing methods and models used to define synergy in these studies were different, results from different literatures may be contrary to each other, only synergy reports were selected in this table.

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Strains were labeled as wild type if they were not claimed as resistance explicitly in the reference. For clinical trials, the infection sources are not distinguished, all labeled as clinical.