Effect of antimicrobial compounds on Balamuthia mandrillaris encystment and human brain microvascular endothelial cell cytopathogenicity

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4471-4473

  Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah ^a   Matin, Abdul ^a   Warhurst, David ^b   Stins, Monique ^c   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ARTEMISININ; BRAIN PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOCHALASIN D; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCYTOSINE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN INFECTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ACTINS; AMEBICIDES; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOCHALASIN D; CYTOSKELETON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ERGOSTEROL; HUMANS; KETOCONAZOLE;

EID: 36749080355     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00373-07     Document Type: Article

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