Echinocandin Treatment of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in Rodent Models Depletes Cysts Leaving Trophic Burdens That Cannot Transmit the Infection

Fungi in the genus Pneumocystis cause pneumonia (PCP) in hosts with debilitated immune systems and are emerging as co-morbidity factors associated with chronic diseases such as COPD. Limited therapeutic choices and poor understanding of the life cycle are a result of the inability of these fungi to...

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Main Authors: Cushion, Melanie T., Linke, Michael J., Ashbaugh, Alan, Sesterhenn, Tom, Collins, Margaret S., Lynch, Keeley, Brubaker, Ronald, Walzer, Peter D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2813285/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20126455
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008524
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