In vitro activity of R126638 and ketoconazole against Malassezia species

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 312-315

  Faergemann, Jan ^a   Ausma, Jannie ^b   Borgers, Marcel ^b,c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Barrier Therapeutics   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hyphae formation; Ketoconazole; Malassezia species; MIC; R126638

Indexed keywords

AZOLINE; KETOCONAZOLE; TRIAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA OBTUSA; MALASSEZIA RESTRICTA; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YEAST CELL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; KETOCONAZOLE; MALASSEZIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 33746507879     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0079     Document Type: Article

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