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Repurposed drug battles 'brain-eating' amoeba.
- Source :
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Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 2023 Feb 10; Vol. 379 (6632), pp. 524-525. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 09. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- A drug for urinary tract infections may also treat Balamuthia mandrillaris .
- Subjects :
- Humans
Brain diagnostic imaging
Brain parasitology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing methods
Male
Middle Aged
Therapies, Investigational
Amebiasis diagnostic imaging
Amebiasis drug therapy
Balamuthia mandrillaris genetics
Balamuthia mandrillaris isolation & purification
Drug Repositioning
Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections diagnostic imaging
Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections drug therapy
Nitroquinolines therapeutic use
Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary therapeutic use
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1095-9203
- Volume :
- 379
- Issue :
- 6632
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Science (New York, N.Y.)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- 36758090
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adh0581