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Definition for Caspofungin
Caspofungin ( INN [ 1 ] ) (brand name Cancidas worldwide) is an antifungal drug, the first of a new class termed the echinocandins from Merck & Co., Inc. It shows activity against infections with Aspergillus and Candida , and works by inhibiting the enzyme ?(1,3)-D-Glucan synthase and thereby disturbing the integrity of the fungal cell wall .
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Caspofungin ( INN [ 1 ] ) (brand name Cancidas worldwide) is an antifungal drug, the first of a new class termed the echinocandins from Merck & Co., Inc. It shows activity against infections with Aspergillus and Candida , and works by inhibiting the enzyme ?(1,3)-D-Glucan synthase and thereby disturbing the integrity of the fungal cell wall . Caspofungin is administered intravenously .
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aspergillosis
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Caspofungin facts and comparsions at Drugs.com
All about Caspofungin. View complete and up to date Caspofungin information - part of the Drugs.com trusted medication database.
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Cancidas (Caspofungin Acetate) Drug Information: Uses, Side Effects ...
Learn about the prescription medication Cancidas (Caspofungin Acetate), drug uses and information, side effects, drug interactions, warnings, and patient labeling.
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Drug Information for Caspofungin IV - WebMD
Find medical information for Caspofungin IV including side effects, drug interactions, images and pictures, medication uses, warnings, user ratings and reviews.
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Potential for Interactions between Caspofungin and Nelfinavir or Rifampin
The shape of the caspofungin plasma profile was altered by rifampin, resulting ... Nelfinavir does not meaningfully alter caspofungin pharmacokinetics. ...
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Caspofungin (Intravenous Route) - MayoClinic.com
Mayo Clinic offers award-winning medical and health information and tools for healthy living. ... Caspofungin is an antifungal medicine. ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR600309
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caspofungin-injectable Glossary of Terms with Definitions on ...
caspofungin-injectable glossary includes a list of caspofungin-injectable related medical definitions and related links on MedicineNet.com
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Talk:Caspofungin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caspofungin is part of WikiProject Pharmacology, a project to improve all ... Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Caspofungin" ...
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Caspofungin consumer information from Drugs.com
Caspofungin patient information. ... Caspofungin ( kas-poe-FUN-jin) is an antifungal. ... For caspofungin, the following should be considered: ...
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Single- and Multiple-Dose Pharmacokinetics of Caspofungin in Healthy Men
Caspofungin, a glucan synthesis inhibitor, is being developed as a parenteral antifungal agent. The pharmacokinetics of caspofungin following 1-h intravenous ...
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Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Higher Doses of Caspofungin.
Previously in the caspofungin clinical program, the highest doses evaluated were ... CONCLUSIONS: Caspofungin, given IV as single 150-mg and 210-mg doses or as ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102266606.html
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caspofungin
Caspofungin is used to treat fungal infections that involve the stomach, lungs, ... Before receiving caspofungin, tell your doctor if you are allergic to any drugs, ...
http://www.drugs.com/mtm/caspofungin.html?printable=1
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CASPOFUNGIN - INJECTABLE (Cancidas) side effects, medical uses, and ...
Read doctor-produced health and medical information written for you to make informed decisions about ... View All 5 caspofungin-injectable Doctor's & Expert's ...
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Factors influencing caspofungin plasma concentrati...[J Antimicrob ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical ...
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In Vitro Activity of Caspofungin against Candida albicans Biofilms
Caspofungin (formerly reported as MK-0991 and L-743,872) is a fungicidal, water ... Caspofungin also displays favorable pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic ...
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A Phase I Study of Caspofungin Evaluating the Potential for Drug ...
These results indicate that caspofungin is not subject to drug interactions ... Mean trough caspofungin concentrations were above a target concentration of 1 ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102248533.html
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Caspofungin Acetate Drug Information, Professional
Caspofungin Acetate Drug Information from Drugs.com. Includes Caspofungin Acetate side effects, interactions and indications.
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Images of Caspofungin IV - WebMD
View pictures of Caspofungin IV including drug dosages and medical information and advice on prescription drugs, vitamins and over the counter medications.
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Flow Cytometry Susceptibility Testing for the Antifungal Caspofungin
The cell destruction from caspofungin often causes the yeast cell to lyse, ... Caspofungin susceptibility category interpretation followed suggested criteria ...
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Caspofungin
Caspofungin is usually given as an injection at your doctor's office, hospital, or clinic. ... Be sure you understand how to use Caspofungin. ...
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Concentration-Response Relationships for Caspofungin in Candidiasis.
... increased by higher caspofungin plasma concentrations over the range of ... CONCLUSIONS: Caspofungin concentrations achieved with 50 mg once daily are ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102265828.html
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Definition of caspofungin acetate - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Virtual and Standard Colonoscopy Both Accurate. NCI Responds ... caspofungin acetate. A drug used to prevent or treat infections caused by a fungus (a type of ...
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of caspofungin vs. liposomal amphotericin ...
The caspofungin mean total treatment cost was £9762 (95% uncertainty interval ... Caspofungin has been recently licensed in the UK for empirical therapy for ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1974808
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Complete Caspofungin Acetate information from Drugs.com
All about Caspofungin Acetate. View complete and up to date Caspofungin Acetate information - part of the Drugs.com trusted medication database.
http://www.drugs.com/ppa/caspofungin-acetate.html
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Caspofungin - PubChem Public Chemical Database
PubChem Compound Summary ... Caspofungin - Compound Summary (CID: 468682) a cyclic hexapeptide echinocandin ... (Total:1) caspofungin. Pharmacological Action ...
http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=468682
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Drug Interactions Between Caspofungin and Tacrolimus.
CONCLUSIONS: Tacrolimus does not alter the pharmacokinetics of caspofungin. Caspofungin modestly reduces whole blood concentrations of tacrolimus. ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102269373.html
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caspofungin Information from Drugs.com
caspofungin medical information ... Or browse a complete list of drug names A B C D E F ... Stedman's > caspofungin. caspofungin. Pronunciation: kas?p?-f?n-jin ...
http://www.drugs.com/dict/caspofungin.html
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The Antifungal Echinocandin Caspofungin Acetate Kills Growing Cells of ...
Caspofungin acetate is an antifungal antibiotic that inhibits synthesis of 1,3-? ... A correlation between caspofungin-induced loss of viability, decreased CFDA ...
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Disposition of Caspofungin, a Novel Antifungal Agent, in Mice, Rats ...
The elimination kinetics of caspofungin were multiphasic and displayed an ... Caspofungin is a semisynthetic lipopeptide agent of the novel echinocandin class ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=375331
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Caspofungin Side Effects | Drugs.com
Comprehensive and accurate Caspofungin side effects information for consumers and healthcare professionals. ... side effects for Caspofungin may not be ...
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The Post-Antifungal Effect (PAFE) of Caspofungin.
... newly introduced echinocandin Caspofungin against clinical isolates of ... METHODS: The MIC of Caspofungin against 9 C.albicans were determined using broth ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102267246.html
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Addition of Caspofungin to Fluconazole Does Not Improve Outcome in ...
However, caspofungin is not 100% curative in candidiasis. ... Caspofungin, an echinocandin antifungal drug, inhibits synthesis of the fungal ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?&artid=161841
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CASPOFUNGIN ACETATE
Information for CASPOFUNGIN ACETATE on Drugs.com. May include images, interactions and related content. ... Caspofungin Acetate ...
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Influence of Human Sera on the In Vitro Activity of the Echinocandin ...
The activity of the echinocandin caspofungin (MK-0991), a 1,3-?-d-glucan ... Caspofungin was then added with or without serum, and the germlings were ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=90196
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Assessment of the Paradoxical Effect of Caspofungin in Therapy of ...
The echinocandin antifungal, caspofungin (CAS), has been demonstrated to have ... Efficacy of the echinocandin caspofungin against disseminated aspergillosis and ...
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Definition of caspofungin acetate - National Cancer Institute Drug ...
Virtual and Standard Colonoscopy Both Accurate. NCI Responds to Hurricanes ... Caspofungin inhibits 1,3-beta-glucan synthase, resulting in decreased synthesis ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/drugdictionary.aspx?CdrID=38182
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caspofungin
Information for caspofungin on Drugs.com. May include images, interactions and ... Caspofungin is used to treat fungal infections that involve the ... Caspofungin ...
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Caspofungin Therapy in Documented Fungal Infections: Spanish Experience ...
Caspofungin has recently been approved by the FDA and EMEA for the treatment of ... CONCLUSIONS: Caspofungin was efficacious and generally well tolerated in the ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102266915.html
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Combination therapy of disseminated coccidioidomycosis with caspofungin ...
There were no drug-related side effects noted from the use of the caspofungin and fluconazole. ... Caspofungin is the first of a new class of antifungal agents, ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1386678
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Failure of Intermittent Caspofungin Therapy to Treat Fluconazole ...
BACKGROUND: Caspofungin exhibits potent in vitro fungicidal activity against ... Conclusion: In advanced AIDS, caspofungin may be used to treat fluconazole ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102266920.html
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Cancidas Official FDA information, side effects and uses.
Accurate, FDA approved Cancidas information for healthcare professionals and ... The overall safety of caspofungin was assessed in 1661 adult individuals who ...
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Efficacy of the Echinocandin Caspofungin against Disseminated ...
Caspofungin is a 1,3-?-d-glucan synthesis inhibitor efficacious against a number ... Caspofungin was effective in treating disseminated aspergillosis in mice that ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=90063
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Effect of Caspofungin on Metabolite Profiles of Aspergillus Species ...
For caspofungin, the MEPs agreed with the MECs for several Aspergillus strains, ... However, with caspofungin, neither glycine betaine (the levels of which ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2151454
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Caspofungin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caspofungin acetate for injection was originally approved by both the FDA, in ... Caspofungin has in animal studies been shown to have embroyotoxic properties and ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspofungin
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Population Pharmacokinetics of Caspofungin in Candidiasis Patients.
... or 70 mg IV once daily caspofungin and in 91 invasive candidiasis (IC) patients ... caspofungin. pharmacokinetics. Other ID: GWAIDS0026215. UI: 102265839 ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102265839.html
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Comparison of the Echinocandin Caspofungin with Amphotericin B for ...
For the survival study, mice received caspofungin at 8, 4, and 2 mg/kg of body ... Effect of caspofungin on survival following infection with 105 Histoplasma yeasts. ...
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Synergistic Effect of Posaconazole and Caspofungin against Clinical ...
Although the caspofungin MICs were all above serum drug levels, the combination ... The combination of caspofungin and posaconazole has been evaluated in other ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2043197
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caspofungin
Close Print this page. caspofungin. Pronunciation: kas?p?-f?n-jin. A member of the echinocandin class of antifungal compounds targeting the fungal cell wall. ...
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Interlaboratory Comparison of Results of Susceptibility Testing with ...
... of MIC data was problematic for caspofungin tests with Aspergillus spp. ... Published caspofungin MICs for Candida species suggest interlaboratory variation ...
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Influences of Methodological Variables on Susceptibility Testing of ...
The caspofungin MICs under these various conditions ranged over more than 4 ... Preclinical evaluations of caspofungin in susceptibility tests with Candida ...
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Cancidas consumer information from Drugs.com
Cancidas patient information. ... Caspofungin ( kas-poe-FUN-jin) is an antifungal. ... For caspofungin, the following should be considered: ...
http://www.drugs.com/cons/Cancidas.html
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