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However, antifungal drugs are problematic because of their limited target.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Hypothesis.<\/jats:bold> Scientists have been searching for new antifungals and some compounds with at least additive effects on antifungals. Calcineurin inhibitors used as immunosuppressive agents also attract attention due to their antifungal property.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Aim.<\/jats:bold> To evaluate the activity of two calcineurin inhibitors alone and in combination with amphotericin B (AMB), caspofungin (CAS), itraconazole (ITR), voriconazole (VOR) and fluconazole (FLU).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Methodology.<\/jats:bold> MICs of AMB, CAS, ITR, VOR, FLU and cyclosporine A (CsA) and tacrolimus (TAC) as calcineurin inhibitors were evaluated by the broth microdilution method against <jats:italic>Candida albicans<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=13), <jats:italic>C. krusei<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=7) and <jats:italic>C. glabrata<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=10). Checkerboard and time-kill methods were performed to investigate the activity of combining calcineurin inhibitors with antifungal drugs.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Results.<\/jats:bold> The lowest MIC values were detected with VOR for all <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> isolates tested. Although we did not detect any inhibition for CsA or TAC alone at concentrations tested in this study, the combinations of CAS with CsA showed the highest synergistic activity (36.7%) by the checkerboard method, and CAS with CsA and ITR with TAC combinations exhibited apparent synergistic interaction by the time-kill method. 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