Fosmidomycin, a novel chemotherapeutic agent for malaria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 735-738

  Lell, Bertrand ^a,b   Ruangweerayut, Ronnatrai ^c   Wiesner, Jochen ^d   Missinou, Michel Anoumou ^a,b   Schindler, Andreas ^a,b   Baranek, Thomas ^d   Hintz, Martin ^d   Hutchinson, David ^a   Jomaa, Hassan ^d   Kremsner, Peter Gottfried ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^d Jomaa Pharmaka GmbH   (Germany)

^e Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 DEOXY DEXTRO XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE REDUCTOISOMERASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; FOSMIDOMYCIN; GLUCOSE; ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GABON; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; VERTIGO;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOSFOMYCIN; GABON; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THAILAND;

EID: 0037308581     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.2.735-738.2003     Document Type: Article

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