Fruits as the vehicle of drug resistant pathogenic yeasts

Journal of Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 254-262

  Lo, Hsiu Jung ^a,b   Tsai, Sheng Hua ^a,c   Chu, Wen Li ^a   Chen, Yin Zhi ^a   Zhou, Zi Li ^c   Chen, Hong Fu ^d   Lee, Ching Fu ^d   Yang, Yun Liang ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Drug susceptibility; Environment; Fruit; Pathogenic yeast; Yeast diversity

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA; TRIADIMENOL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA FAMATA; CANDIDA FERMENTATI; CANDIDA INTERMEDIA; CANDIDA ORTHOPSILOSIS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FRUIT; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; MEYEROZYMA GUILLIERMONDII; NONHUMAN; PICHIA KUDRIAVZEVII; RHODOSPORIDIUM; RHODOTORULA; SURFACE PROPERTY; WICKERHAMOMYCES ANOMALUS; YEAST; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZOLES; CANDIDA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CANDIDIASIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FLUCONAZOLE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85021436644     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.06.005     Document Type: Article

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