The antifungal effect of a combination of pitavastatin and itraconazole in a silkworm model (IMAGE)

Chiba University

The antifungal effect of a combination of pitavastatin and itraconazole in a silkworm model

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The Checkerboard method for determining the likely synergistic effect of pitavastatin and itraconazole on Aspergillus fumigatus in silkworms showed that the drug combination increased silkworm survival rates while decreasing fungal activity

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Majima et al. from Chiba University, Japan

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