Comparison of fluconazole and amphotericin B for treatment of experimental Candida albicans endocarditis in rabbits

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 263-266

  Chemlal, Kadoudja ^a   Saint Julien, Line ^a   Joly, Véronique ^a   Farinotti, Robert ^a   Seta, Nathalie ^a   Yeni, Patrick ^a   Carbon, Claude ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCARDITIS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0030048113     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.1.263     Document Type: Article

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