Role of caspofungin in restoring the impaired phagocyte-dependent innate immunity towards Candida albicans in chronic haemodialysis patients

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-76

  Scalas, Daniela ^a   Banche, Giuliana ^a   Merlino, Chiara ^a   Giacchino, Franca ^b   Allizond, Valeria ^a   Garneri, Giuseppe ^b   Patti, Rosaria ^b   Roana, Janira ^a   Mandras, Narcisa ^a   Tullio, Vivian ^a   Cuffini, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Civil Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Caspofungin; Haemodialysis patients; Intracellular killing; Phagocytosis; PMNs; Polymorphonuclear cells

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ECHINOCANDINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 82955247881     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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