SCH 56592, amphotericin B, or itraconazole therapy of experimental murine cerebral phaeohyphomycosis due to Ramichloridium obovoideum ('Ramichloridium mackenziei')

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1159-1162

  Al Abdely, Hail M ^a,b,d   Najvar, Laura ^a   Bocanegra, Rosie ^a   Fothergill, Annette ^a   Loebenberg, David ^c   Rinaldi, Michael G ^a,b   Graybill, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; GEOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; ITRACONAZOLE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED ICR; MYCOSES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0034090743     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.5.1159-1162.2000     Document Type: Article

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