Inhibition of dermatophytes by optical brighteners

Mycoses

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 120-125

  Brasch, Jochen ^a,b   Kreiselmaier, I ^a   Christophers, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Cell wall; Chitin; Fluorescence; Stilbenedisulfonic acid

Indexed keywords

CHITIN DERIVATIVE; STILBENEDISULFONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DERMATOPHYTE; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 0038414672     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2003.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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