Aspergillus fumigatus strains with mutations in the cyp51A gene do not always show phenotypic resistance to itraconazole, voriconazole, or posaconazole

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2460-2462

  Escribano, Pilar ^a,b   Recio, Sandra ^a   Peláez, Teresa ^a,b,c   Bouza, Emilio ^a,b,c   Guinea, Jesús ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CYP51A GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MUTATION; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 79955542154     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01358-10     Document Type: Article

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