In vivo pharmacodynamic characterization of anidulafungin in a neutropenic murine candidiasis model

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 539-550

  Andes, D ^a,b,e   Diekema, D J ^c   Pfaller, M A ^c   Prince, R A ^d   Marchillo, K ^a   Ashbeck, J ^a   Hou, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIDULAFUNGIN; ECHINOCANDIN; POLYENE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; AREA UNDER CURVE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHINOCANDINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEUTROPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649131783     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01061-07     Document Type: Article

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