Phospholipid and sterol analysis of plasma membranes of azole-resistant Candida albicans strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-63

  Löffler, Jürgen ^a   Einsele, Hermann ^a   Hebart, Holger ^a   Schumacher, Ulrike ^b   Hrastnik, Claudia ^c   Daum, Günther ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Candida; Phospholipid; Plasma membrane; Sterol

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERGOSTEROL; FLUCONAZOLE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0034176596     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00071-9     Document Type: Article

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