Antifungal activity of colistin against mucorales species in vitro and in a murine model of Rhizopus oryzae pulmonary infection.

Ben-Ami, Ronen; Lewis, Russell E; Tarrand, Jeffrey; Leventakos, Konstantinos; Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P

Ben-Ami, Ronen; Lewis, Russell E; Tarrand, Jeffrey; Leventakos, Konstantinos; Kontoyiannis, Dimitrios P.

Affiliation

Ben-Ami R; Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, Unit 1460, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother ; 54(1): 484-90, 2010 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19858263

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Antifungal Agents/pharmacology; Colistin/pharmacology; Lung Diseases, Fungal/drug therapy; Mucorales/drug effects; Mucormycosis/drug therapy; Rhizopus/drug effects; Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism; Animals; Cytoplasm/drug effects; Cytoplasm/ultrastructure; Female; Hyphae/drug effects; Hyphae/ultrastructure; Lung/microbiology; Lung Diseases, Fungal/microbiology; Lung Diseases, Fungal/pathology; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; Mucorales/ultrastructure; Mucormycosis/microbiology; Rhizopus/ultrastructure; Spores, Fungal/drug effects; Tetrazolium Salts; Vacuoles/drug effects; Vacuoles/ultrastructure

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Rhizopus / Colistin / Lung Diseases, Fungal / Mucorales / Mucormycosis / Antifungal Agents Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother Year: 2010 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States

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