Aspergillus section Fumigati: Antifungal susceptibility patterns and sequence-based identification

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1244-1251

  Alcazar Fuoli, Laura ^a   Mellado, Emilia ^a   Alastruey Izquierdo, Ana ^a   Cuenca Estrella, Manuel ^a   Rodriguez Tudela, Juan L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BETA TUBULIN; CASPOFUNGIN; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; RAVUCONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN;

EID: 42049110748     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00942-07     Document Type: Article

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