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. 1990 Apr;34(4):651-3.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.34.4.651.

Antifungal activity in human cerebrospinal fluid and plasma after intravenous administration of Allium sativum

L E Davis  1 , J K Shen, Y Cai
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Antifungal activity in human cerebrospinal fluid and plasma after intravenous administration of Allium sativum

L E Davis et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1990 Apr.

Abstract

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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