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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2004

In vitro susceptibilities of Madurella mycetomatis to itraconazole and amphotericin B assessed by a modified NCCLS method and a viability-based 2,3-Bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5- sulfophenyl)-5-[(phenylamino)carbonyl]-2H-tetrazolium hydroxide (XTT) assay.

Abdalla O A Ahmed, Wendy W J van de Sande, Wim van Vianen, Alex van Belkum, Ahmed H Fahal, Henri A Verbrugh, Irma A J M Bakker-Woudenberg

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdalla O A AhmedMycetoma Research Group, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Wendy W J van de Sande
Wim van Vianen
Alex van Belkum
Ahmed H Fahal
Henri A Verbrugh
Irma A J M Bakker-Woudenberg
Erasmus MC · NLUniversity of Khartoum · SD

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Susceptibilities of Madurella mycetomatis against amphotericin B and itraconazole in vitro were determined by protocols based on NCCLS guidelines (visual reading) and a 2,3-bis (2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-5-[(phenylamino) carbonyl]-2H-tetrazolium hydroxide (XTT) assay for fungal viability. The XTT assay was reproducible and sensitive for both antifungals. Itraconazole (MIC at which 50% of the isolates tested are inhibited [MIC(50)]) of 0.06 to 0.13 mg/liter) was superior to amphotericin B (MIC(50) of 0.5 to 1.0 mg/liter).

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Tetrazolium SaltsAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsColorimetryItraconazoleMadurellaMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMycetomaNephelometry and TurbidimetryReproducibility of Results2,3-bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-5-((phenylamino)carbonyl)-2H-tetrazolium hydroxideAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsItraconazoleTetrazolium Salts

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PMID15215141
PMCPMC434196
OpenAlexW2133958485

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