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  2. Ciclopirox and Efinaconazole Transungual Permeation, Antifungal Activity, and Proficiency To Induce Resistance in Trichophyton rubrum

Ciclopirox and Efinaconazole Transungual Permeation, Antifungal Activity, and Proficiency To Induce Resistance in Trichophyton rubrum

  • Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 Sep 23;63(10):e00442-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00442-19.
Daniela Monti 1 Diletta Mazzantini 2 Silvia Tampucci 3 Alessandra Vecchione 2 Francesco Celandroni 2 Susi Burgalassi 1 Emilia Ghelardi 2
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Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
  • 2 Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
  • 3 Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy silvia.tampucci@unipi.it.
Abstract

Onychomycosis is a nail fungal Infection, mostly caused by dermatophytes. The treatment efficacy is impaired by difficulties of reaching effective drug levels at the site of infection; frequent relapses occur after cessation of Antifungal therapy. The aim of the study was to compare two commercial products containing ciclopirox or efinaconazole for antimycotic activity and Antifungal drug resistance. A study of permeation and penetration through bovine hoof membranes, as a nail model, was performed to evaluate the antimycotic activity of permeates against clinical isolates of selected fungi, and the frequency of spontaneous in vitroTrichophyton rubrum-resistant strains was assessed by broth microdilution assays. The results suggest that ciclopirox creates a depot in the nail, leading to a gradual release of the drug over time with action on both the nail plate and bed. Conversely, efinaconazole, mildly interacting with nail keratin, mainly exerts its Antifungal activity in the nail bed. However, in the case of T. rubrum, the Antifungal activities of the drugs in the nail plate seem comparable. Finally, efinaconazole showed a potential for induction of resistance in T. rubrum, which may limit its efficacy over time. Ciclopirox did not show any potential to induce resistance in T. rubrum and appears endowed with a more complete activity than efinaconazole in the management of onychomycosis as the nail keratin is a substrate for the growth of Fungal cells, and the availability of drug in large concentration just in the nail bed may not be sufficient to guarantee the complete eradication of pathogens.

Keywords

Trichophyton rubrum; antifungal resistance; bovine hoof membranes; ciclopirox; efinaconazole; transungual permeation.

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