Radiofungicidal effects of external gamma radiation and antibody-targeted beta and alpha radiation on Cryptococcus neoformans

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2232-2235

  Bryan, Ruth A ^a   Huang, Xianchun ^a   Morgenstern, Alfred ^a   Bruchertseifer, Frank ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^b   Dadachova, Ekaterina ^a,b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH 213; CESIUM 137; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY BI 213; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RH 188; RHENIUM 188;

ALPHA RADIATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CLONOGENESIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APOPTOSIS; BETA RAYS; BISMUTH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; RADIOISOTOPES; RHENIUM; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

EID: 44449126151     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01245-07     Document Type: Article

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