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Men (and Women) Are Not Mice-Deferasirox Fails as Adjunctive Treatment of Mucormycosis.

Men (and Women) Are Not Mice-Deferasirox Fails as Adjunctive Treatment of Mucormycosis.

Source :
Clinical Infectious Diseases; 3/1/2012, Vol. 54 Issue 5, following p691-691, 2p
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

The article focuses on a research conducted by B. Spellberg and team on the usage of iron chelator Deferasirox for the treatment of mucormycosis. As fungi belonging to order Mucorales require iron for their growth, people having iron overload in their body are at an elevated risk of infection by the fungus. In such cases deferasirox proves to be quiet beneficial as due to high affinity for iron, it limits the transfer of mobilized iron to the fungi thereby inhibiting the growth of the fungus.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10584838
Volume :
54
Issue :
5
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
74614941