Azole-Resistant invasive aspergillosis: Relationship to agriculture

Current Fungal Infection Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 178-191

  Stensvold, Christen Rune ^a   Jørgensen, Lise Nistrup ^b   Arendrup, Maiken Cavling ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Aspergillus; Azole resistance; CYP51; Fungicide

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANIDULAFUNGIN; BENOMYL; CARBENDAZIM; CASPOFUNGIN; CHLOROTHALONIL; DIFENCONAZOLE; EPOXICONAZOLE; FENPROPIDINE; FENPROPIMORPH; FLUSILAZOLE; FUBERIDAZOLE; FUNGICIDE; HEXACONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; MANCOZEB; MANEB; METCONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; PROPICONAZOLE; PROTHIOCONAZOLE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; TEBUCONAZOLE; TETRACONAZOLE; TRIDEMORPH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE; ZINEB;

AGRICULTURE; APPLE SCAB; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PLANT DISEASE; POINT MUTATION; PRESERVATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 84869105988     PISSN: 19363761     EISSN: 1936377X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12281-012-0097-7     Document Type: Article

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