Clonal and spontaneous origins of fluconazole resistance in Candida albicans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1214-1220

  Xu, Jianping ^a   Ramos, Adela R ^a   Vilgalys, Rytas ^a   Mitchell, Thomas G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLUCONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENOTYPE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0034007682     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1214-1220.2000     Document Type: Article

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