Activity of Voriconazole: Post-antifungal effect, effects of low concentrations and of pretreatment on the susceptibility of Candida albicans to leucocytes

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 501-504

  Garcia M T ^a   Llorente, M T ^a   Lima, J E ^a   Minguez F ^a,b   Del Moral, F ^a   Prieto, J ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SERUM;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES; YEASTS;

EID: 0032727555     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549950164049     Document Type: Article

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