Effects of voriconazole on Candida glabrata in vitro

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-112

  Koul, Anjni ^a   Vitullo, John ^a   Reyes, Guadalupe ^a   Ghannoum, Mahmoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; PHOSPHOLIPID; STEROL; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PYRIMIDINES; STEROLS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0032865616     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/44.1.109     Document Type: Article

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