Candida nivariensis, an emerging pathogenic fungus with multidrug resistance to antifungal agents

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 933-938

  Borman, Andrew M ^a,d   Petch, Rebecca ^b   Linton, Christopher J ^a   Palmer, Michael D ^a   Bridge, Paul D ^c   Johnson, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; ITRACONAZOLE; PROTEIN D1D2; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA NIVARIENSIS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZOLES; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, FUNGAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGI;

EID: 40749127196     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02116-07     Document Type: Article

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