Low-Dose Amphotericin B and Murine Dialyzable Spleen Extracts Protect against Systemic Candida Infection in Mice

Candida albicans causes opportunistic systemic infections with high mortality (30%–50%). Despite significant nephrotoxicity, amphotericin (AmB) is still used for the treatment of this serious fungal infection. Therefore, alternative treatments are urgently needed. Dialyzable leukocyte extracts have...

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Main Authors: F. Robledo-Ávila, M. Pérez-Tapia, A. Limón-Flores, L. Pavon, R. Hernández-Pando, I. Wong-Baeza, G. González-González, C. Tovar, S. Estrada-Parra, I. Estrada-García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/194064