Drug susceptibility testing in microaerophilic parasites: Cysteine strongly affects the effectivities of metronidazole and auranofin, a novel and promising antimicrobial
The microaerophilic parasites Entamoeba histolytica, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Giardia lamblia annually cause hundreds of millions of human infections which are treated with antiparasitic drugs. Metronidazole is the most often prescribed drug but also other drugs are in use, and novel drugs with im...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-12-01
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Series: | International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211320717300775 |