In vivo efficacy of anidulafungin and caspofungin against Candida glabrata and association with in vitro potency in the presence of sera

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1616-1620

  Wiederhold, Nathan P ^a,b   Najvar, Laura K ^b   Bocanegra, Rosie ^b   Molina, Destiny ^b   Olivo, Marcos ^b   Graybill, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INOCULATION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; SERUM;

EID: 34248397536     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00105-07     Document Type: Article

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