Atorvastatin as a promising anticryptococcal agent

Ribeiro, ND; Costa, MC; Magalhaes, TFF; Carneiro, HCS; Oliveira, LV; Fontes, ACL; Santos, JRA; Ferreira, GF; Araujo, GRD; Alves, V; Frases, S; Paixao, TA; Stoianoff, MAD; Santos, DA

Santos, DA (reprint author), Univ Fed Minas Gerais, Inst Ciencias Biol, Dept Microbiol, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, BR-31270901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS, 2017; 49 (6): 695

Abstract

Cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii leads to pneumonia and meningoencephalitis, and has a high mortality rate worldwide due to the inadequacy......

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