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. 2004 Dec;48(12):4520–4527. doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.12.4520-4527.2004

TABLE 2.

Percent inhibition of A. castellanii growth by the drugs tested at concentrations ≤10 μg/mla

Drug Concn range (μg/ml) Concn (μg/ml) % Inhibition ± SE
Day 2 Day 3 Day 6
Acyclovir 100-12.50 NDb ND ND
Amphotericin B 100-0.05 3.125 86.67 ± 2.2 61.42 ± 3.6 58.29 ± 4.2
Amphotericin B 6.25 100 74.45 ± 4.7 62.80 ± 3.8
AZT 10-0.02 2.50 43.40 ± 1.8 22.52 ± 3.2 24.25 ± 2.5
AZT 5.00 66.13 ± 5.2 33.88 ± 1.9 28.55 ± 2.8
AZT 10.00 100 59.49 ± 1.3 46.78 ± 3.6
Chlorpromazine 100-0.05 1.56 100 87.99 ± 4.1 70.41 ± 5.3
Chlorpromazine 3.125 100 92.12 ± 3.3 70.59 ± 3.7
Chlorpromazine 6.25 100 100 82.83 ± 2.6
Erythromycin 100-0.05 6.25 70.80 ± 1.4 46.82 ± 4.0 49.50 ± 3.4
Fusidic acid 125-0.06 7.812 0 0 0
Ornidazole 100-0.05 3.125 64.50 ± 4.9 54.33 ± 4.6 59.06 ± 3.5
Ornidazole 6.125 67.93 ± 3.7 57.93 ± 4.2 61.13 ± 5.0
Pefloxacin 250-0.12 ND ND ND
Polymyxin B 100-0.05 6.25 70.83 ± 3.4 72.19 ± 4.1 56.34 ± 4.7
Rokitamycin 300-0.15 2.34 94.73 ± 1.2 64.30 ± 3.6 69.94 ± 3.2
Rokitamycin 4.68 100 75.08 ± 2.8 73.54 ± 2.8
Rokitamycin 9.37 100 89.70 ± 4.3 80.15 ± 3.6
Suramin 100-0.05 6.25 0 0 0
a

Inhibition of growth in PYG medium at 37°C in a 5% CO2 atmosphere was scored on days 2, 3, and 6. Values are the means ± standard errors (SEs) of at least three different experiments.

b

ND, not determined.