A novel mycological analysis valuable for evaluating therapeutic efficacy of antimycotics against experimental dermatophytosis in guinea pigs

Mycoses

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-113

  Majima, Toshiro ^a   Masui, Shigeki ^a   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^b   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^b  

^a POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Dermal mycosis; Mycological evaluation; Semilogarithmic diagram

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; KERATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; GUINEA PIG; INCUBATION TIME; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYPHAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SKIN; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; CAVIA; FUNGI; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 15444364234     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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