Evaluation of the inhibitory effect of amphotericin B on the apical growth of F. solani using the BioCell-Tracer® System

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-188

  Teixeira, Ana Beatriz Alkmim ^b   Moretti, Maria Luiza ^b   Machado, Helymar Costa ^b   Nishimura, Keiko ^c   Taguchi, Hideaki ^c   Schreiber, Angélica Zaninelli ^a,b  

^a Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; BioCell tracer; Fusarium sp.; Susceptibility test

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONIDIUM; DILUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM SOLANI; IN VIVO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; HYPHAE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY;

FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; FUSARIUM SP.;

EID: 34247633601     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01367.x     Document Type: Article

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