Determination of the therapeutic activity of caspofungin compared with the amphotericin B in an animal experimental model of histoplasmosis in hamster (Mesocrisetus auratus)

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 155-158

  Finquelievich, Jorge ^a   Landaburu, Maria Fernanda ^a   Pinoni, Victoria ^a   Iovannitti, Cristina Adela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Caspofungin; Experimental histoplasmosis; Hamster; Histoplasmosis treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; GLUCOSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SPLEEN; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHINOCANDINS; HISTOPLASMOSIS;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CRICETINAE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM VAR. CAPSULATUM;

EID: 80053283854     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: 21739188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riam.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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