In vitro comparison of the efficacies of natamycin and silver nitrate against ocular fungi

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1636-1638

  Xu, Yan ^a,c   Pang, Guangren ^a   Gao, Chuanwen ^a   Zhao, Dongqing ^a   Zhou, Lutan ^a   Sun, Shengtao ^a   Wang, Bingliang ^b  

^a HENAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Anyang Eye Hospital   (China)

^c HENAN INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NATAMYCIN; POVIDONE IODINE; SILVER NITRATE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SCREENING; FUSARIUM SOLANI; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATOMYCOSIS; NEWBORN OPHTHALMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; EYE; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NATAMYCIN; SILVER NITRATE;

EID: 65649144784     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00697-08     Document Type: Article

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