Comparative efficacies of TAK-187, a long-lasting ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitor, and benznidazole in preventing cardiac damage in a murine model of Chagas' disease

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1556-1560

  Corrales, Milagros ^a   Cardozo, Rubén ^a   Segura, María Asunción ^a   Urbina, Julio A ^b   Basombrío, Miguel Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 [2 (2,4 DIFLUOROPHENYL) 2 HYDROXY 1 METHYL 3 (1H 1,2,4 TRIAZOL 1 YL)PROPYL] 4 [4 (2,2,3,3 TETRAFLUOROPROPOXY)PHENYL] 1,2,4 TRIAZOL 3(2H) ONE; BENZNIDAZOLE; ERGOSTEROL; NIFURTIMOX; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART FAILURE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ERGOSTEROL; MALE; MICE; NITROIMIDAZOLES; TRIAZOLES; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 16244418371     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1556-1560.2005     Document Type: Article

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