Activity of Hoechst 33258 against Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. muris, Candida albicans, and Candida dubliniensis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1326-1330

  Disney, Matthew D ^a   Stephenson, Ruth ^a   Wright, Terry W ^a   Haidaris, Constantine G ^a   Turner, Douglas H ^a   Gigliotti, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 [5 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL)[2,5' BI 1H BENZIMIDAZOL] 2' YL]PHENOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MAGNESIUM; MICONAZOLE; NUCLEIC ACID; PENTAMIDINE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILVER STAINING;

ANIMALS; BISBENZIMIDE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, SCID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, FUNGAL;

EID: 16244388564     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1326-1330.2005     Document Type: Article

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