Treatment and prevention of Candida albicans biofilms with caspofungin in a novel central venous catheter murine model of candidiasis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 567-570

  Lazzell, Anna L ^a   Chaturvedi, Ashok K ^a   Pierce, Christopher G ^a   Prasad, Deepthi ^a   Uppuluri, Priya ^a   Lopez Ribot, Jose L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungals; Candidaemia; Echinocandins; Mice

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHINOCANDINS; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE;

EID: 69049092799     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp242     Document Type: Article

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