Impact of Resistance to Fluconazole on Virulence and Morphological Aspects of Cryptococcus Neoformans and Cryptococcus Gattii Isolates

ABSTRACT: Cryptococcus sp. are responsible for around 1 million cases of meningitis every year. Fluconazole (FLU) is commonly used in the treatment of cryptococcosis, mainly in immunocompromised patients and the resistance is usually reported after long periods of treatment. In this study, the morph...

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Autores:

Rossi, Suélen Andreia
Trevijano Contador, Nuria
Scorzoni, Liliana
Mesa Arango, Ana Cecilia
de Oliveira, Haroldo Cesar
Werther, Karin
de Freitas Raso, Tânia
Mendes Giannini, Maria José Soares
Zaragoza Hernández, Oscar
Fusco Almeida, Ana Marisa

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2016

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/34172

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/34172
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00153/full

Palabra clave:

Fluconazole
Fluconazol
Drug Resistance
Resistencia a Medicamentos
Virulence
Virulencia
Cryptococcus gattii
Cryptococcus neoformans

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openAccess

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/