Table 2: The antifungal activity of cysteine and its derivatives against Scedosporium isolates.
aCBS, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
bDC, D-cysteine; LC, L-cysteine; LCME, L-cysteine-methyl ester hydrochloride; NIDC, N-isobutyryl-D-cysteine; NILC, N-isobutyryl-L-cysteine.
Species (Strain numbera) Source Mean MICs of cysteine and its derivativesb (μg/ml)
DC LC LCME NIDC NILC
S. aurantiacum (CBS 116910) Wound exudate/Spain >1024 >1024 512 >1024 1024
S. aurantiacum (CBS 136046) Human lung/Australia >1024 >1024 1024 >1024 >1024
S. aurantiacum (CBS 136047) Soil/Australia >1024 >1024 1024 >1024 >1024
S. aurantiacum (CBS 136049) Soil/Austria >1024 >1024 1024 >1024 >1024
S. boydii (CBS 117410) Soil/Spain >1024 >1024 1024 >1024 >1024
S. boydii (CBS 117432) Sputum/France >1024 >1024 1024 >1024 >1024
S. boydii (CBS 120157) Human lung/France >1024 >1024 1024 >1024 >1024
P. angusta (CBS 254.72) Sewage/USA >1024 >1024 1024 >1024 >1024
P. ellipsoidea (CBS 301.79) Dung/The Netherlands >1024 >1024 >1024 >1024 >1024
MIC range >1024 >1024 512 - >1024 >1024 1024 - >1024