Standardization of Hyphal Growth Inhibition Rate as a Means of Evaluating Microsporum spp. in vitro Susceptibility to Terbinafine, Griseofulvin, and Ciclopiroxolamine

Mycopathologia

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 279-285

  Biancalana, Fernanda Simas Corrêa ^a   Lyra, Luzia ^a   Moretti, Maria Luiza ^a   Kamei, Katsuhiko ^b   Schreiber, Angélica Zaninelli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifungal susceptibility; Dermatophytes; Griseofulvin and ciclopiroxolamine; Hyphal growth inhibition; Microsporum spp.; Terbinafine

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CICLOPIROX; GRISEOFULVIN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDONE DERIVATIVE; TERBINAFINE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSPORUM; STANDARD;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; GRISEOFULVIN; HUMANS; HYPHAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSPORUM; NAPHTHALENES; PYRIDONES;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM;

EID: 80052474581     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-011-9433-7     Document Type: Article

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