In vitro parasiticidal effect of nitazoxanide against Echinococcus multilocularis metacestodes

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 467-474

  Stettler, Marianne ^a   Fink, Renate ^a   Walker, Mirjam ^a   Gottstein, Bruno ^a   Geary, Timothy G ^b   Rossignol, Jean François ^c   Hemphill, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Romark Institute for Medical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ALBENDAZOLE SULFOXIDE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MEBENDAZOLE; NITAZOXANIDE; SULFOXIDE; TIZOXANIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL VACUOLE; CESTODE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTICESTODAL AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; THIAZOLES;

EID: 0037308448     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.2.467-474.2003     Document Type: Article

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