Comparative efficacies of lipid-complexed amphotericin B and liposomal amphotericin B against coccidioidal meningitis in rabbits

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1858-1862

  Clemons, Karl V ^a,b,c   Capilla, Javier ^a,b,c   Sobel, Raymond A ^c,d   Martinez, Marife ^a   Tong, Ann Jay ^a   Stevens, David A ^a,b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY BURDEN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDES POSADASII; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; RABBITS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149112447     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01538-08     Document Type: Article

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