Efficacy of micafungin alone or in combination against systemic murine aspergillosis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1452-1455

  Luque, Javier Capilla ^a,b   Clemons, Karl V ^b,c,d   Stevens, David A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; NIKKOMYCIN Z;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; ITRACONAZOLE; LIPOPROTEINS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 0037378040     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.4.1452-1455.2003     Document Type: Article

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