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Mechanism of amphotericin B resistance in Leishmania donovani promastigotes.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Feb 1998
Mbongo N, Loiseau P M, Billion M A, Robert-Gero M
Abstract excerpt
Amphotericin B (AmB)-resistant Leishmania donovani promastigotes were selected by increasing drug pressure, and their biological features were compared with those of the wild-type parent strain. The 50% inhibitory concentration for resistant cells was 20 times higher than that for the wild-type. Resistance was stable after more than 40 passages in drug-free medium, and resistant promastigotes were infective to...
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