Killing activity of micafungin against Aspergillus fumigatus hyphae assessed by specific fluorescent staining for cell viability

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1995-1998

  Watabe, Etsuko ^a   Nakai, Toru ^a   Matsumoto, Satoru ^a   Ikeda, Fumiaki ^a   Hatano, Kazuo ^a  

^a ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; MICAFUNGIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BARBITURATES; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYPHAE; ISOXAZOLES; LIPOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 0038440777     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.6.1995-1998.2003     Document Type: Article

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