Synergistic activities of azithromycin and amphotericin B against Naegleria fowleri in vitro and in a mouse model of primary amebic meningoencephalitis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-27

  Soltow, Shannon M ^a   Brenner, George M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZITHROMYCIN;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; IC 50; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845968886     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00788-06     Document Type: Article

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