Cryptic species and azole resistance in the Aspergillus niger complex

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4802-4809

  Howard, Susan J ^a,b   Harrison, Elizabeth ^a   Bowyer, Paul ^a   Varga, Janos ^c,d   Denning, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; BETA TUBULIN; CALMODULIN; CYP51A PROTEIN; ECONAZOLE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; ITRACONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; RAVUCONAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ACIDUS; ASPERGILLUS AWAMORI; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; EPSILOMETER TEST; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AZOLES; BASE SEQUENCE; CALMODULIN; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, INTERGENIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUBULIN;

EID: 80052825069     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00304-11     Document Type: Article

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