Echinocandin antifungal drugs
Echinocandin antifungal drugs
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Echinocandin antifungal drugs
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London: Elsevier Ltd
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The Lancet (British edition), 2003-10, Vol.362 (9390), p.1142-1151
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English
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London: Elsevier Ltd
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The echinocandins are large lipopeptide molecules that are inhibitors of β-(1,3)-glucan synthesis, an action that damages fungal cell walls. In vitro and in vivo, the echinocandins are rapidly fungicidal against most Candida spp and fungistatic against Aspergillus spp. They are not active at clinically relevant concentrations against Zygomycetes, C...
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Echinocandin antifungal drugs
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2069944896
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2069944896
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ISSN
0140-6736
E-ISSN
1474-547X
DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14472-8
