Assessment of the effect of amphotericin B on the vitality of Candida albicans

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1034-1041

  Liao, Robert S ^a   Rennie, Robert P ^a   Talbot, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032960631     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.5.1034     Document Type: Article

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