Synergistic activity of the N-terminal peptide of human lactoferrin and fluconazole against Candida species

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 262-267

  Lupetti, Antonella ^a,c   Paulusma Annema, Akke ^a   Welling, Mick M ^a   Dogterom Ballering, Heleen ^a   Brouwer, Carlo P J M ^b   Senesi, Sonia ^c   Van Dissel, Jaap T ^a   Nibbering, Peter H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AM Pharma   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FLUCONAZOLE; LACTOFERRIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HLF(1-11); RHODAMINE 123; SODIUM AZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLUCONAZOLE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 0037228719     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.1.262-267.2003     Document Type: Article

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