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Development and characterization of paromomycin-resistant Leishmania donovani promastigotes.
Parasite (Paris, France) - 1 Jun 1998
Maarouf M, Adeline M T, Solignac M, Vautrin D, Robert-Gero M
Abstract excerpt
Paromomycin is an antileishmanial chemotherapeutic agent. Leishmania donovani promastigotes resistant to 800 microM of paromomycin were selected by increasing drug pressure and cloned. These promastigotes did not acquire multidrug resistance. Paromomycin resistance was stable in the absence of the drug in the culture. It remained stable also in amastigotes isolated after a passage in mice. Furthermore the...
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