Alterations in spore production in Trichophyton rubrum treated in vitro with 1-amino-6-methyl4-phenylpyrazolo[3,4-d]-1,2,3-triazole

Mycoses

Volumn 42, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 549-554

  Mares, Donatella ^a   Romagnoli, C ^a   Sacchetti, G ^a   Vicentini, C B ^a   Bruni, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthroconidia; Chlamydospores; Ele ctronmicroscopy; SEM; Sporogenesis; TEM; Triazoles; Trichophyton rubrum; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 6 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRAZOLO[3,4 D][1,2,3]TRIAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPORES; TRIAZOLES; TRICHOPHYTON;

TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 0032733255     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.1999.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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