Possible mechanisms of the antifungal activity of fluconazole in combination with terbinafine against Candida albicans

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1505-1509

  Khodavandi, Alireza ^a   Alizadeh, Fahimeh ^b   Vanda, Nasim Aghai ^c   Karimi, Golgis ^d   Chong, Pei Pei ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Gene expression; Synergistic activity

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ERG1 GENE; ERG11 GENE; ERG3 GENE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROL SYNTHESIS; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLUCONAZOLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NAPHTHALENES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84908691461     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2014.900808     Document Type: Article

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