The in-vitro activity of an antifungal antibiotic benanomicin A in comparison with amphotericin B

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1073-1077

  Watanabe, Maki ^a   Hiratani, Tamio ^a   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^a   Ohtsuka, Keiko ^b   Watabe, Hiroomi ^b   Inouye, Shigeharu ^b,d   Kondo, Shinichi ^c   Takeuchi, Tomio ^c   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENANOMICIN A;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DERMATOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GEOTRICHUM; HYPHOMYCETES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; RHODOTORULA; TRICHOSPORON; YEAST; ZYGOMYCETES;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTHRACYCLINES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0030454425     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/38.6.1073     Document Type: Article

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