A head-on comparison of the in vitro antifungal activity of conventional and lipid-based amphotericin B: A multicenter study

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-29

  Jessup, C ^a   Reyes, G ^a   Fothergill, A ^b   McCarthy, D ^b   Rinaldi, M ^b   Messer, S ^c   Pfaller, M ^c   Ghannoum, M ^a,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Univ of Texas Hlth Sciences Center ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Abelcet; AmBisome; Antifungals; In vitro susceptibility; Lipid based amphotericin B

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FUNGI; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS;

EID: 0034105811     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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