Drug resistance in eukaryotic microorganisms

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Fairlamb, Alan H ^a   Gow, Neil A R ^b   Matthews, Keith R ^c   Waters, Andrew P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FUNGUS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FUNGI; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; MYCOSES; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84991387506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.92     Document Type: Review

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