In vitro interaction of caspofungin and immunosuppressives against agents of mucormycosis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2312-2314

  Thakur, Manish ^a   Revankar, Sanjay G ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; Echinocandins; Rhizopus; Sirolimus

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; APOPHYSOMYCES ELEGANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CUNNINGHAMELLA; CUNNINGHAMELLA BERTHOLLETIAE; EUMYCOTA; GLOMEROMYCOTA; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOCLADUS CORYMBIFERA; NONHUMAN; RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS ARRHIZUS; RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CALCINEURIN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, FUNGAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ECHINOCANDINS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; SIROLIMUS;

EID: 80052893531     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr297     Document Type: Article

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