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Our preliminary research showed that sodium new houttuyfonate (SNH) was efficacious against\n                    <jats:italic>A. fumigatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection, but its effects against\n                    <jats:italic>A. flavus<\/jats:italic>\n                    remain unknown. In this study, we used the microdilution broth susceptibility method to determine the antifungal activities of four antifungal drugs and SNH against 12 clinical\n                    <jats:italic>A. flavus<\/jats:italic>\n                    strains,\n                    <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                    . To confirm the therapeutic effect of SNH on\n                    <jats:italic>A. flavus<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection, we established a mouse model of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) with the nasal drip method. All the strains tested were resistant to fluconazole but sensitive to itraconazole, voriconazole, and amphotericin B. The minimum inhibitory concentration to inhibit the growth of 90% of cells (MIC90) of SNH against the test strains was 64\u2013128\u00a0\u03bcg\/mL. After the IPA mouse model was treated with SNH, the expression of genes encoding interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-1\u03b2, and tumor necrosis factor \u03b1 was significantly reduced. SNH also reduced the fungal load in the mouse lung, the extent of pathological damage, and the neutrophil\/lymphocyte ratio in the blood. 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