Hexadecylphosphocholine (miltefosine) has broad-spectrum fungicidal activity and is efficacious in a mouse model of cryptococcosis.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on February 01, 2006

Authors

Fred Widmer1, Lesley C Wright, Daniel Obando, Rosemary Handke, Ranjini Ganendren, David H Ellis, Tania C Sorrell

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Sydney at Westmead, and Department of Infectious Diseases, ICPMR Building, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.

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