Candida glabrata: A review of its features and resistance

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 673-688

  Rodrigues, C F ^a   Silva, S ^a   Henriques, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VORICONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; CELL DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R FACTOR; REVIEW; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84900825264     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-2009-3     Document Type: Review

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