Enhanced fungicidal activity of N-chlorotaurine in nasal secretion
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Enhanced fungicidal activity of N-chlorotaurine in nasal secretion.
The antifungal activity of N-chlorotaurine (NCT), a long-lived oxidant produced by stimulated human leucocytes, was investigated. Incubation of Aspergillus spp., Candida spp., Fusarium spp., Penicillium spp. and Alternaria spp. in 1% NCT (55 mM) for 1-4 h produced a log10 reduction in cfu of between 1 and 4. In samples of nasal secretion, killing was significantly hastened (30 min), which may b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/47.6.871