In vitro activity of terbinafine combined with caspofungin and azoles against Pythium insidiosum

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2136-2138

  Cavalheiro, Ayrton S ^a   Maboni, Grazieli ^a   De Azevedo, Maria I ^a   Argenta, Juliana S ^a   Pereira, Daniela I B ^a   Spader, Tatiana B ^a   Alves, Sydney H ^a   Santurio, Janio M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG POTENTIATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYTHIOSIS; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZOLES; BRAZIL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHINOCANDINS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFECTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NAPHTHALENES; PYTHIUM;

EID: 66149134422     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01506-08     Document Type: Article

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