Fungicidal effect of tyrothricin on Candida albicans

Mycoses

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 45-50

  Kretschmar, Marianne ^a,d   Nichterlein, T ^a   Nebe, C T ^b   Hof, H ^a   Burger, K J ^c  

^a Faculty of Clinical Medicine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Candida albicans; Flow cytometric analysis; Respiratory activity; Susceptibility assay; Tyrothricin

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TYROTHRICIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029899748     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1996.tb00083.x     Document Type: Article

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