Inhibitors of sterol biosynthesis and amphotericin B reduce the viability of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1630-1638

  Kaneshiro, Edna S ^a   Collins, Margaret S ^b   Cushion, Melanie T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 [1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 3 CYCLOPENTENYLMETHYL]IMIDAZOLE; 1 [1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)CYCLOBUTYLMETHYL]IMIDAZOLE; 1,4 BIS(2 CHLOROBENZYLAMINOMETHYL)CYCLOHEXANE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CCI 14993; CCI 16543; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLUCONAZOLE; GR 105155X; GR 193018A; GR 31149A; GR 40317A; GR 40665A; GR 54985A; GR 71539X; GR 77303X; GR 90525A; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; L 647318; L 654164; LANOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; MEVINOLIN; SIMVASTATIN; SINEFUNGIN; SQUALENE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SQUALESTATIN; TERBINAFINE; TOLNAFTATE; UI 8666A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LANOSTEROL; PNEUMOCYSTIS; STEROLS;

EID: 0034036547     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.6.1630-1638.2000     Document Type: Article

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