Effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on the candidacidal activity of polymorphonuclear neutrophils and their collaboration with fluconazole

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1575-1578

  Natarajan, Uma ^a,b   Brummer, Elmer ^a,b,c   Stevens, David A ^a,b,c  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL KILLING; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030764602     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.7.1575     Document Type: Article

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