Comment on: Low prevalence of resistance to azoles in Aspergillus fumigatus in a French cohort of patients treated for haematological malignancies

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 954-955

  Verweij, P E ^a   Camps, S M T ^a   Kema, G H J ^b   Melchers, W J G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antifungal resistance; Aspergillus spp.; Fungicides

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 51A; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AZOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FRANCE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79952786684     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr008     Document Type: Letter

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