ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY IN HUMAN CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID AND PLASMA AFTER INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF ALLIUM-SATIVUM

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DAVIS, LE
SHEN, JK
CAI, Y
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[1] VET AFFAIRS MED CTR, NEUROL SERV, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108 USA
[2] SHANGHAI MED UNIV 2, REN JI HOSP, DEPT NEUROL, SHANGHAI, PEOPLES R CHINA
[3] UNIV NEW MEXICO, SCH MED, DEPT MICROBIOL, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87131 USA
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10.1128/AAC.34.4.651
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Commercial Allium sativum (garlic) extract was given intravenously to two patients with cryptococcal meningitis and three patients with other types of meningitis. Plasma titers of anti-Cryptococcus neoformans activity rose twofold over preinfusion titers. Anti-C. neoformans activity was detected in four of five cerebrospinal fluid samples but not in pooled normal cerebrospinal fluid.
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