LUPETTI A, BROUWER CP, WELLING MM, BOGAARDS S, DOGTEROM-BALLERING H, VAN DISSEL JT, NIBBERING PH; Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (43rd: 2003: Chicago, Ill.).

Abstr Intersci Conf Antimicrob Agents Chemother Intersci Conf Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2003 Sep 14-17; 43: abstract no. M-366.

Dept. of Infect. Dis., Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.

BACKGROUND: In light of the need of new antifungal regimens we investigated whether the human lactoferrin-derived peptide hLF(1-11) is effective against infections with fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans and whether the combination of this peptide with fluconazole acts synergistically against such infections. METHODS: Fluconazole-resistant C. albicans (1 Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• Animals
• Antifungal Agents
• Antigens, Fungal
• Candida albicans
• Fluconazole
• Humans
• Lactoferrin
• Mice
• Peptides
• immunology

Other ID:

• GWAIDS0024909

UI: 102264533

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