Action of clofazimine on Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare

Clofazimine is a member of the phenazine pigment family which has been successfully used in chemotherapy against a variety of mycobacteria including M. avium. The presence of clofazimine in growth medium resulted in higher carotenoid pigmentation in M. avium cells. Carotenoid pigments have been show...

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Main Author: Warek, Ujwala
Other Authors: Microbiology
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41419
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03042009-040856/