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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2005, p. 4757-4759, Vol. 49, No. 11
0066-4804/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.49.11.4757-4759.2005
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Activities of Flucytosine, Fluconazole, Amphotericin B, and Micafungin in a Murine Model of Disseminated Infection by Candida glabrata

Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain

Received 27 July 2005/ Returned for modification 22 August 2005/ Accepted 24 August 2005

We compared the efficacies of amphotericin B, fluconazole, flucytosine, and micafungin in a systemic murine infection by three isolates of Candida glabrata. Amphotericin B showed the best results, although none of the drugs dramatically reduced mortality or tissue burden in liver or spleen.

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