The Antifungal Echinocandin Caspofungin Acetate Kills Growing Cells of Aspergillus fumigatus In Vitro

Caspofungin acetate is an antifungal antibiotic that inhibits synthesis of 1,3-β-d-glucan, an essential component of the fungal cell wall. While caspofungin causes cell death in yeasts and dimorphic fungi such as Candida albicans, its effect on Aspergillus fumigatus is less well understood. We used...

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Pubblicato in:	Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Autori principali:	Bowman, J. C., Hicks, P. Scott, Kurtz, M. B., Rosen, H., Schmatz, D. M., Liberator, P. A., Douglas, C. M.
Natura:	Artigo
Lingua:	Inglês
Pubblicazione:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2002
Soggetti:	Mechanisms of Action: Physiological Effects
Accesso online:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC127409/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12183260/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.46.9.3001-3012.2002
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