Immunomodulator Tuftsin augments anti-fungal activity of amphotericin B against experimental murine candidiasis

Journal of Drug Targeting

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 185-192

  Masood, A K ^a   Faisal, S M ^a   Haque, W ^a   Owais, M ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Candidiasis; Drug resistance; Immunomodulator; Liposome; Tuftsin

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBODY; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; TUFTSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTIGENS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KIDNEY; LIPOSOMES; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUFTSIN;

EID: 0036249974     PISSN: 1061186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10611860290022615     Document Type: Article

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