Epidemiological cutoffs and cross-resistance to azole drugs in Aspergillus jumigatus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2468-2472

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

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ITRACONAZOLE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; POSACONAZOLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; RAVUCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CROSS RESISTANCE; CYP51A GENE; EUROPE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AZOLES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PYRIMIDINES; THIAZOLES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 46249109837     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00156-08     Document Type: Article

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