Therapeutic efficacy evaluation of metronidazole and some antifungal agents with meglumine antimoniate on visceral leishmaniasis by real-time light-cycler (LC) PCR in BALB/c mice

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-263

  Bahashwan, Saleh A ^a  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antifungal agents; Kinetoplast DNA; Leishmaniasis; Molecular diagnosis; Real time lightcycler(LC) PCR; Spleen infection

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; KINETOPLAST DNA; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; METRONIDAZOLE; MINICIRCLE DNA; TERBINAFINE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SCREENING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LIVER; MONOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PROMASTIGOTE; REAL TIME LIGHT CYCLER POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; SPLEEN DISEASE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 79959971618     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v10i3.2     Document Type: Article

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