An invisible threat: Mutation-mediated resistance to triazole drugs in aspergillus

Current Fungal Infection Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 288-295

  Pham, Cau D ^a   Lockhart, Shawn R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Aspergillus fumigatus; Cyp51a; Itraconazole; Posaconazole; Resistance; Triazole; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

TRIAZOLE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84880732715     PISSN: 19363761     EISSN: 1936377X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12281-012-0106-x     Document Type: Article

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