GROWTH OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS IN PRESENCE OF L-DOPA DECREASES ITSSUSCEPTIBILITY TO AMPHOTERICIN-B

Authors
WANG YL CASADEVALL A
Citation
Yl. Wang et A. Casadevall, GROWTH OF CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS IN PRESENCE OF L-DOPA DECREASES ITSSUSCEPTIBILITY TO AMPHOTERICIN-B, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 38(11), 1994, pp. 2648-2650
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy",Microbiology
Journal title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00664804
Volume
38
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2648 - 2650
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(1994)38:11<2648:GOCIPO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Cryptococcus neoformans grown with L-dopa was melanized and was less s usceptible to amphotericin B. The results suggest that in vivo and in vitro susceptibilities to amphotericin B may differ.