In vitro activity and synergism of amphotericin B, azoles and cationic antimicrobials against the emerging pathogen Trichoderma spp

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1058-1061

  Kratzer, Christina ^a   Tobudic, Selma ^a   Schmoll, Monika ^b   Graninger, Wolfgang ^a   Georgopoulos, Apostolos ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Akacid ; Chlorhexidine; Filamentous fungi; MICs; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AKACID PLUS; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; TRICHODERMA;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; AZOLES; CHLORHEXIDINE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLUCONAZOLE; GUANIDINES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES; POLYMERS; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 34548437269     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl384     Document Type: Article

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