Comparison of the fungicidal activities of caspofungin and amphotericin B against Candida glabrata

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4989-4992

  Barchiesi, Francesco ^a   Spreghini, Elisabetta ^a   Tomassetti, Serena ^a   Arzeni, Daniela ^a   Giannini, Daniele ^a   Scalise, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; KIDNEY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CANDIDA; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 28844509470     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.12.4989-4992.2005     Document Type: Article

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