Radiometric detection of metabolic activity of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and its susceptibility to amphotericin B and diethylstilbestrol

Paracoccidioidomycosis (South American blastomycosis) is a systemic disease, strikingly more frequent in males, caused by the dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. A radiometric assay system has been applied to study the metabolic activity and the effect of drugs on this fungus "in vi...

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Main Authors: Edwaldo E. Camargo, Maria K. Sato, Gilda M. B. Del Negro, Carlos da Silva Lacaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1987-10-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651987000500005&lng=en&tlng=en