Combined Therapy Against Murine-Disseminated Infection by Fusarium verticillioides

Mycopathologia

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 171-175

  Ruíz Cendoya, Mery ^a   Pastor, Javier ^a   Guarro, Josep ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Fusarium verticillioides; Posaconazole; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; POSACONAZOLE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FUSARIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FUSARIUM; MICE; MYCOSES; PYRIMIDINES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIAZOLES;

FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; MURINAE;

EID: 79751535654     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9364-8     Document Type: Article

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