Interaction of the echinocandin caspofungin with amphotericin B or voriconazole against Aspergillus biofilms in vitro

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6414-6416

  Liu, Weixia ^a   Li, Lijuan ^a   Sun, Yi ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Wan, Zhe ^a   Li, Ruoyu ^a   Liu, Wei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOFILM; BROTH DILUTION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOFILMS; COLORIMETRY; COLORING AGENTS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ECHINOCANDINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PYRIMIDINES; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84869203461     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00687-12     Document Type: Article

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