Open AccessIncorporation of amphotericin B in tuftsin-bearing liposomes showed enhanced efficacy against systemic cryptococcosis in leucopenic mice
Author(s) -
Masood Alam Khan,
Tahseen H. Nasti,
Mohammad Owais
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dki307
Subject(s) - tuftsin , amphotericin b , liposome , cryptococcus neoformans , pharmacology , immune system , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , medicine , immunology , antifungal , peptide , biochemistry
The role of the immunomodulator tuftsin in enhancing the antifungal activity of liposomal amphotericin B against Cryptococcus neoformans in leucopenic mice was assessed.
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