Treatment of murine Candida krusei or Candida glabrata infection with L- 743,872

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1937-1939

  Graybill, J R ^a,b   Bocanegra, R ^a   Luther, M ^b   Fothergill, A ^a   Rinaldi, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Audie L Murphy Memorial Veterans Administration Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; PNEUMOCANDIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030832091     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.9.1937     Document Type: Article

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