Paradoxical growth effects of the echinocandins caspofungin and micafungin, but not of anidulafungin, on clinical isolates of Candida albicans and C. dubliniensis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-131

  Fleischhacker, M ^a   Radecke, C ^a   Schulz, B ^a   Ruhnke, M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIDULAFUNGIN; CASPOFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; MICAFUNGIN;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; ECHINOCANDINS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 38649098482     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0411-4     Document Type: Article

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